Quranic root
غزو
gh · z · w
The root has two principal orientations: seeking or making for something, and a separate reproductive vocabulary concerning impregnation and delayed birth.
The seeking-and-aiming branch develops into going forth against an enemy and the related vocabulary of war expeditions, combatants, and campaigns. A distinct branch concerns difficult impregnation and late parturition in female animals.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
غَازٍ
ghāzin
- Part of speech
- Active participle
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
One who goes forth to fight an enemy; a combatant or raider.
The Quranic form is the plural غُزًّى, referring to people engaged in going out for combat.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 3:156word 16
“fighting”
A company or body of combatants on a warlike expedition.
A collective or quasi-plural use of غُزًّى, the form occurring in the Quran.
- Lane · entry 29269
Selected Quran examples
Quran 3:156word 16
“fighting”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 3:156غُزًّۭىfighting
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 20 Classical meanings
غَزَا (غَزَاهُ)
To will, desire, seek, aim at, intend, or mean something.
Used with an object or with reference to the intended meaning of speech.
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غَزَا العَدُوَّ
To go forth, repair, or betake oneself to fight the enemy, sometimes with the aim of plundering them, in their country.
The object may be understood when the verb is used alone in this sense.
- Lane · entry 29258
غَزَا إِلَيْهِ
To go or turn toward someone or something; to make for or seek it.
A construction with إِلَى expressing directed movement or purpose.
- Lane · entry 29258
غَزَاوَةٌ
Excellence or commendable quality in engaging in a warlike expedition.
A specialized abstract noun associated with warring or warring and plundering expeditions.
- Lane · entry 29258
أَغْزَى (أَغْزَاهُ)
To equip, send, urge, or incite someone to engage in a warlike expedition.
The object is the person being fitted out, sent, or encouraged for the expedition.
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أَغْزَتْ؛ مُغْزِيَةٌ
A woman whose husband is absent on a war expedition.
A conventional use referring to the husband's departure to fight the enemy.
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أَغْزَتْ؛ مُغْزٍ
Of a female animal: to have difficult impregnation, or to be difficult to impregnate.
Attested particularly of a she-camel.
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أَغْزَى (أَغْزَاهُ)
To grant someone a delay by deferring the collection of a debt owed by him.
A causative or transitive use concerning postponement of payment.
- Lane · entry 29260
اِغْتَزَى بِفُلَانٍ
To single someone out and take him as one's own from among his companions; figuratively, to have a charge or cause peculiarly assigned to something.
The construction بِـ marks the person or matter singled out or assigned.
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غَزْوَةٌ
A warlike expedition or campaign: the act of going out to fight, and sometimes plunder, the enemy.
It may denote a single expedition or, in one usage, the operations of a campaign or year's work.
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غِزْوَةٌ
A mode or manner of seeking.
A distinct vocalized form with the meaning of طِلْبَةٌ.
- Lane · entry 29264
أَبُو غَزْوَانَ
The cat, regarded as one that continually makes war upon mice.
An epithet or nickname based on the cat's habitual pursuit of mice.
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غَزْوِيٌّ
Of or relating to warfare or a warlike expedition.
A relational adjective; variant vocalizations are reported in the lexical tradition.
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غَزَّاءٌ
One who engages frequently or extensively in warfare or warlike expeditions.
An intensive description of habitual participation in غَزْو.
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الأَغْزَاءُ؛ المَغْزَى
The offspring of camels from the summer season, regarded as undesirable because the young are weak.
A specialized pastoral term concerning seasonal camel offspring.
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مَغْزًى
The intended sense or meaning of a saying.
Used for the purport or intended meaning of speech.
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مُغْزِيَةٌ؛ مُغْزٍ
A female animal that is late in giving birth after delayed conception or prolonged pregnancy.
Reported of a she-camel, a she-ass, and sheep or goats that give birth later than the others.
- Lane · entry 29273
مَغْزَاةٌ
A place to which a warlike expedition is made or where warfare occurs.
Its plural is مَغَازٍ.
- Lane · entry 29274
مَغَازِي
The memorable deeds or exploits of warriors and raiders.
A plural term, especially for the notable campaigns or deeds of those who engage in غَزْو.
- Lane · entry 29274
مَغْزِيٌّ
One subjected to a raid or attack; a person used as the object of غَزَا.
Used as an epithet for a man; مَغْزُوٌّ is the regular passive-participial form.
- Lane · entry 29275
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The sole Quran occurrence is the plural form غُزًّى; the public headword is normalized to the supported singular active participle غَازٍ. The contextual gloss “fighting” is supported here by the lexical explanations of going forth to combat the enemy.