غليظ

See also: غلیظ

Arabic

Root
غ ل ظ (ḡ-l-ẓ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.liːðˤ/

Adjective

غَلِيظ • (ḡalīẓ) (feminine غَلِيظَة (ḡalīẓa), common plural غِلَاظ (ḡilāẓ), masculine plural غَلِيظُونَ (ḡalīẓūna) or غُلَظَاء (ḡulaẓāʔ), elative أَغْلَظ (ʔaḡlaẓ))

  1. thick
  2. (typography) bold
    اُكْتُبِ ٱلْعُنْوَانَ بِخَطٍّ غَلِيظٍ!
    uktubi l-ʕunwāna biḵaṭṭin ḡalīẓin!
    Write the title in bold text!
  3. burly, gross (person, body)
  4. viscous
  5. stringy, tough (food)
  6. coarse, crude
  7. rough
  8. harsh
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 31:24:
      نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَى عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ
      numattiʕuhum qalīlan ṯumma naḍṭarruhum ʔilā ʕaḏābin ḡalīẓin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  9. inviolable, sacred (oath, alliance)
  10. obtuse
  11. dull of intellect
  12. miserly, niggardly
  13. opaque

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غليظ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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