غزل

غَزِلَ

To engage in amorous and enticing speech or conduct with a woman or women.

Form I verb; the usage concerns the conduct or talk of a lover with the object of love.

• Lane · entry 29234

غَزِلَ

Of a dog, to become distracted, slack, or perplexed after reaching a young gazelle, and turn away from the pursuit.

A specialized usage describing failure or diversion in the pursuit of a gazelle.

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غَازَلَ

To converse or act amorously; to dally, sport, or behave wantonly with someone.

Form III. The same verb may be extended figuratively to dally with pleasant circumstances or ease of life.

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غَازَلَ

To approach the age of forty.

A conventional idiomatic usage of the Form III verb.

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أَغْزَلَ

To turn, revolve, or twirl a spindle.

Form IV; the spindle may itself be described as having been made to revolve.

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أَغْزَلَتْ

Of a female gazelle, to have a young one.

A lexical Form IV usage applied to the gazelle.

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تَغَزَّلَ

To undertake or affect ghazal: to engage in amorous expression or to speak of a beloved, especially in poetry.

Form V; it can denote adopting the subject or style of amatory discourse rather than direct amorous interaction.

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تَغَازَلُوا

To exchange amorous speech or conduct; to dally or flirt with one another.

Form VI reciprocal usage.

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غَزْلٌ

A spider’s web.

A reported extended application of the noun for spun material.

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غَزْلُ النَّبَاتِ

In Egyptian usage, a kind of food identified with إِطْرِيَة.

Regional and technical usage.

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غِزْلُ نِسَاءٍ

A follower or lover of women; a man devoted to amorous dealings with women.

The expression is also explained as one who talks or acts amorously with women.

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غَزَلٌ

Amatory discourse and conduct: the talk, actions, and circumstances between a lover and the beloved; by extension, love poetry or mention of the beloved.

This literary term includes amorous expression but is distinguished in some usage from تَشْبِيبٌ and نَسِيبٌ.

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غَزِلٌ

An amorous man, or one fond of women and displaying amorous behavior.

Used as a possessive or descriptive epithet for someone associated with غَزَل.

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غَزِلٌ

Weak, remiss, or languid in carrying out or accomplishing things.

A separate adjectival usage, not restricted to amorous conduct.

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غَزُلِيٌّ

Relating to spun thread or yarn.

Relational adjective derived from غَزْلٌ used as a substantive.

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غَزَالٌ، غَزَالَةٌ

A young gazelle; غَزَالَةٌ is reported as its feminine form.

Lexicographers differ over the precise age and sex covered by غَزَالٌ, ranging from a young gazelle to a gazelle more generally.

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• Mufradāt · row 1049

غَزَالُ شَعْبَانَ

A certain locust-like insect.

A specialized zoological expression.

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دَمُ الغَزَالِ

A plant resembling tarragon, eaten for its pungency and also used to make red streaks on the arms.

A plant name, not a reference to the animal’s blood.

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غَزَالَةٌ

The sun, especially its disk or rays; in some usage, the rising or elevated sun.

The term is explained as referring to the sun’s cord-like rays; some authorities restrict it to the sun when rising or high.

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غَزَالَةُ الضُّحَى

The beginning or early part of the forenoon.

A conventional time expression, extending from sunrise into the early ضُحَى period.

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غَزَالَةٌ

A sweet, pasture-growing herb with green leaves and yellow blossoms.

A regional plant name for a spreading, edible herb.

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غَزَّالٌ

A spinner or seller of spun thread or yarn.

An occupational noun associated with غَزْل.

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غَازِلٌ

One who spins.

Active participle of غَزَلَ; its plural forms may also be used as epithets for women and, in one form, for men.

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أَغْزَلُ

In proverbial comparisons, more skilled at weaving, more accomplished in love poetry, more recurrent in visiting, or more confused and perplexed.

The interpretation depends on the comparison: weaving and love poetry preserve the spinning or amatory branches, while recurrent visiting and confusion are figurative applications.

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مِغْزَلٌ، مُغْزَلٌ، مَغْزَلٌ

A spindle, the instrument used for spinning; variant forms may also denote the place of spinning or the place on which yarn is put.

The forms and vocalizations vary by dialect and lexical analysis; the spindle is the primary instrumental sense.

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مَغَازِلُ

The upright supports of a threshing machine.

A specialized plural usage of مِغْزَلٌ and its variants.

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مِغْزَلِيٌّ

A person who pares or trims spindles.

An occupational or technical relational noun.

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مُغَيْزِلٌ

A term reported for a slender cord and, in a variant reading, for a slender mountain or place-name.

The lexical reading is textually unstable; the cord interpretation is explicitly reported, while a manuscript reading supports the mountain interpretation.

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