Rizwan Zubair

Root غ و ی gh-w-y

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غ و یgh-w-y

(ض) غَوٰى يَغْوِيْ غَيًّاghawā yaghwī ghayyan: to stray from the right path, to go astray. ﴿وَعَصٰٓى اٰدَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوٰى﴾ (Ṭā Hā 20:121); ﴿مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوٰى﴾ (An-Najm 53:2)

غَيٌّghayy (verbal noun (maṣdar), also a noun (ism dhāt)): error, going astray. ﴿قَدْ تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:256)

غَاوٍghāw pl. غَاوُوْنَghāwūna (active participle (ism fāʿil) on the pattern of فَاعِلٌfāʿil): one who goes astray. ﴿وَالشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُۥنَ﴾ (Ash-Shuʿarāʾ 26:224); غَوِيٌّghawiyy (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): astray.

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَغْوٰى يُغْوِيْ اِغْوَاءًaghwā yughwī ighwāʾan: to lead off the path, to lead astray. ﴿قَالَ فَبِمَآ اَغْوَيْتَنِيْ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:16)

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