غَايَةً
Root: غى
Form: 2
Full Definition
غَايَةًII
, Verbal.Noun تَغْيِيَةٌ; [in the CK
, which is wrong, unless they said thus as well as غَيَّيْتُهَا, like as they say رَيَيْتُ
رَايَةً as well as رَيَّيْتُهَا;] and
; I set up the banner, or standard; from A'Obeyd.
2 And غَيَّى لِلْقَوْمِ He set up a banner, or standard, for the people, or party: or he made it for them.
3 And غَيَّتِ الطَّيْرُ The birds flapped their wings, or fluttered, in the air, without moving from their place; or did thus around a thing, desiring to alight upon it; syn. رَفْرَفَتْ. [See also 6.]
def.2 غَيَّيْتُ غَايَةً signifies [also] بَيَّنْتُهَا [i. e. I made apparent, or manifest, or known, an utmost, or extreme, extent, term, limit, or the like; or I set it].
2 And غَيَّى لِلْقَوْمِ He set up a banner, or standard, for the people, or party: or he made it for them.
3 And غَيَّتِ الطَّيْرُ The birds flapped their wings, or fluttered, in the air, without moving from their place; or did thus around a thing, desiring to alight upon it; syn. رَفْرَفَتْ. [See also 6.]
def.2 غَيَّيْتُ غَايَةً signifies [also] بَيَّنْتُهَا [i. e. I made apparent, or manifest, or known, an utmost, or extreme, extent, term, limit, or the like; or I set it].
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