غبط

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Arabic

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Root
غ ب ط (ḡ b ṭ)
2 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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غَبَطَ (ḡabaṭa) I (non-past يَغْبِطُ (yaḡbiṭu), verbal noun غَبْط (ḡabṭ) or غِبْطَة (ḡibṭa))
غَبِطَ (ḡabiṭa) I (non-past يَغْبَطُ (yaḡbaṭu), verbal noun غَبْط (ḡabṭ) or غِبْطَة (ḡibṭa))

  1. (transitive) to wish to have what other has without being envious
    • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, رَأَيْتُكَ تُوسِعُ ٱلشُّعَرَاءَ نَيْلًا (raʔaytuka tūsiʕu š-šuʕarāʔa naylan):
      رَأَيْتُكَ تُوسِعُ ٱلشُّعَرَاءَ نَيْلًا / حَدِيثَهُمُ ٱلْمُوَلَّدَ وَٱلْقَدِيمَا
      فَتُعْطِي مَنْ بَقَى مَالًا جَسِيمًا / وَتُعْطِي مَنْ مَضَى شَرَفًا عَظِيمَا
      سَمِعْتُكَ مُنْشِدًا بَيْتَيْ زِيَادٍ / نَشِيدًا مِثْلَ مُنْشِدِهِ كَرِيمَا
      فَمَا أَنْكَرْتُ مَوْضِعَهُ وَلَٰكِنْ / غَبَطْتُ بِذَاكَ أَعْظُمَهُ ٱلرَّمِيمَا
      raʔaytuka tūsiʕu š-šuʕarāʔa naylan / ḥadīṯahumu l-muwallada wal-qadīmā
      fatuʕṭī man baqā mālan jasīman / watuʕṭī man maḍā šarafan ʕaẓīmā
      samiʕtuka munšidan baytay ziyādin / našīdan miṯla munšidihi karīmā
      famā ʔankartu mawḍiʕahu walākin / ḡabaṭtu biḏāka ʔaʕẓumahu r-ramīmā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (passive voice) to be happy
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Etymology 1.2

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Noun

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غَبْط (ḡabṭm

  1. verbal noun of غَبَطَ (ḡabaṭa) and غَبِطَ (ḡabiṭa)
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