Ghayn-Lam-Waw
2 words from this root family
Ghayn-Lam-Waw (غ-ل-و) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: ghālin (expensive / dear), ghālin (expensive).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 2 times in 2 verses, across 2 of the 114 suras. The first is in 4:171.
Themes: Adjectives, Basics, Shopping
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
غالٍ ghālin | expensive / dear | adjective, A1 | Adjectives - Materials & Textures |
غَالٍ ghālin | expensive | adjective, A2 | Grocery Shopping |
قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَا تَغْلُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَ قَوْمٍ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَضَلُّوا۟ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِSay: O People of the Scripture! Stress not in your religion other than the truth, and follow not the vain desires of folk who erred of old and led many astray, and erred from a plain road.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Feminine form: ghāliya (غالِية). Defective adjective; yāʾ drops in indefinite nominative/genitive. Definite form: al-ghālī (الغالي).