غل

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ل ل (ḡ-l-l).

Verb

1. to insert, to join together
2. to be put into
3. to be admitted, to enter
4. to put on the undergarment غِلَالَة (ḡilāla)
5. to yield crops or revenue
6. to embezzle
7. to turn from what is right
8. to bind, to fetter, to chain, to shackle

Verb

1. to thirst for revenge, be full of hatred

Verb

1. to suffer from violent thirst

Noun

غَلّ • (ḡall) m

1. verbal noun of غَلَّ (ḡalla) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun غَلّ (ḡall)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَلّ ḡall	الْغَلّ al-ḡall	غَلّ ḡall
Nominative	غَلٌّ ḡallun	الْغَلُّ al-ḡallu	غَلُّ ḡallu
Accusative	غَلًّا ḡallan	الْغَلَّ al-ḡalla	غَلَّ ḡalla
Genitive	غَلٍّ ḡallin	الْغَلِّ al-ḡalli	غَلِّ ḡalli

Noun

غِلّ • (ḡill) m

1. verbal noun of غَلَّ (ḡalla) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun غِلّ (ḡill)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِلّ ḡill	الْغِلّ al-ḡill	غِلّ ḡill
Nominative	غِلٌّ ḡillun	الْغِلُّ al-ḡillu	غِلُّ ḡillu
Accusative	غِلًّا ḡillan	الْغِلَّ al-ḡilla	غِلَّ ḡilla
Genitive	غِلٍّ ḡillin	الْغِلِّ al-ḡilli	غِلِّ ḡilli

Noun

غُلّ • (ḡull) m (plural أَغْلَال (ʔaḡlāl))

1. verbal noun of غُلَّ (ḡulla, “to be thirsty”) (form I)
2. shackle, fetter

Declension

Declension of noun غُلّ (ḡull)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُلّ ḡull	الْغُلّ al-ḡull	غُلّ ḡull
Nominative	غُلٌّ ḡullun	الْغُلُّ al-ḡullu	غُلُّ ḡullu
Accusative	غُلًّا ḡullan	الْغُلَّ al-ḡulla	غُلَّ ḡulla
Genitive	غُلٍّ ḡullin	الْغُلِّ al-ḡulli	غُلِّ ḡulli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُلَّيْن ḡullayn	الْغُلَّيْن al-ḡullayn	غُلَّيْ ḡullay
Nominative	غُلَّانِ ḡullāni	الْغُلَّانِ al-ḡullāni	غُلَّا ḡullā
Accusative	غُلَّيْنِ ḡullayni	الْغُلَّيْنِ al-ḡullayni	غُلَّيْ ḡullay
Genitive	غُلَّيْنِ ḡullayni	الْغُلَّيْنِ al-ḡullayni	غُلَّيْ ḡullay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَغْلَال ʔaḡlāl	الْأَغْلَال al-ʔaḡlāl	أَغْلَال ʔaḡlāl
Nominative	أَغْلَالٌ ʔaḡlālun	الْأَغْلَالُ al-ʔaḡlālu	أَغْلَالُ ʔaḡlālu
Accusative	أَغْلَالًا ʔaḡlālan	الْأَغْلَالَ al-ʔaḡlāla	أَغْلَالَ ʔaḡlāla
Genitive	أَغْلَالٍ ʔaḡlālin	الْأَغْلَالِ al-ʔaḡlāli	أَغْلَالِ ʔaḡlāli

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2277
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 758
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “غل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 795

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Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Pathan *γal, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *γal, from Proto-Iranian *gádah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣal/

Noun

غل • (ǧal) m

1. thief

Declension

declension of غل

	singular		plural
direct	غل (ǧal)		غلۀ (ǧlë)
oblique	غل (ǧal)		غلو (ǧlo)
vocative	غله (ǧala)		غلو (ǧlo)