غزو
Arabic
Etymology
From the root غ ز و (ḡ-z-w).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣazw/
Noun
غَزْو • (ḡazw) m
- verbal noun of غَزَا (ḡazā) (form I)
- intention, goal
- Synonyms: هَدَف (hadaf), غايَة (ḡāya), قَصْد (qaṣd)
- incursion, invasion, attack
- أَهْلَكَ ٱلْغَزْوُ ٱلْأَمْرِيكِيُّ لِلْعَرَاقِ ٱقْتِصَادَ ٱلْبِلَادِ.
- ʾahlaka l-ḡazwu l-ʾamrīkiyyu lilʿarāqi qtiṣāda l-bilādi.
- The American invasion of Iraq crippled the country's economy.
- Synonyms: غَارَة (ḡāra), مُدَاهَمَة (mudāhama), هُجُوم (hujūm), اِقْتِحام (iqtiḥām)
- disarray, huddle
Declension
Declension of noun غَزْو (ḡazw)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | غَزْو ḡazw | الْغَزْو al-ḡazw | غَزْو ḡazw |
| Nominative | غَزْوٌ ḡazwun | الْغَزْوُ al-ḡazwu | غَزْوُ ḡazwu |
| Accusative | غَزْوًا ḡazwan | الْغَزْوَ al-ḡazwa | غَزْوَ ḡazwa |
| Genitive | غَزْوٍ ḡazwin | الْغَزْوِ al-ḡazwi | غَزْوِ ḡazwi |
References
- Corriente, Federico (2005), “غزو”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 836
- Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE) تاج العروس لمرتضى الزبيدي
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “غزو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 274
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “غزو”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2257
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “غزو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 915