غالى
Root: غلو
Form: 3
Full Definition
2 See also 1, near the middle, in two places.
3 غَالَى بِهِ, and غالاهُ, which latter is used by a poet for غالى به, He bought it at a high, or an excessive, price, namely, flesh-meat; as also بِهِ; and , i. e. water, and flesh-meat [&c.]: (IKtt, TA: [see an ex. in a verse of Lebeed cited in art. دكن:]) or he exceeded what was usual in purchasing it, or in offering it for sale, and mentioning the price. A poet says,
[We purchase at a high price flesh-meat, for the guests, raw; and we make it to be low-priced when the contents of the cooking-pots are thoroughly cooked]: he has suppressed the ب [after نغالى], meaning it [to be understood].نُغَالِى اللَّحْمَ لِلْأَضْيَافِ نِيْئًا وَنُرْخِصُهُ إِذَا نَضِجَ القُدُورُ
4 And غالى فِى الصِّدَاقِ He made the dowry, or the gift to, or for, a bride, high, or excessive, in amount; [he was excessive, or exorbitant, therein;] whence the saying of 'Omar, لَا تُغَالُوا فِى صَدُقَاتِ النِّسَآءِ [Be not ye excessive, or exorbitant, in respect of the dowries of women].
5 And غالاهُ, Verbal.Noun مُغَالَاةٌ, signifies also He contended with him for superiority in tallness or in beneficence; syn. طَاوَلَهُ.
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