طَاغِيَةٌ
Root: طغو
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طَاغِيَةٌ
i. q.
جَبَّارٌ [i. e. Insolent, tyrannical, &c.]; who deviates from the right way or course, or trangresses the just limit: and stupid, or foolish; proud; wrongful, unjust, or injurious, in conduct: or one who cares not what he does, devouring [the property of] men, and oppressing them, and who is not turned from his course by a disposition to shun sin or crime, nor by fear. [Hence,] الطَّاغِيَةُ is an appellation of The king of the
رُوم [or Greeks of the Lower Empire]; applied to him as a surname because of his much exorbitance, and corrupt conduct.
2 And A thunderbolt; syn. صَاعِقَةٌ.
3 And The cry of punishment; by which Thamood were destroyed, as mentioned in the Kur [lxix. 5]: or, accord. to Zj, it there means their طُغْيَان [or exorbitance]; being a subst. like عَافِيَةٌ and عَاقِبَةٌ.
4 Also The flood denoted by the words of the Kur [lxix. 11] إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى المَآءُ.
2 And A thunderbolt; syn. صَاعِقَةٌ.
3 And The cry of punishment; by which Thamood were destroyed, as mentioned in the Kur [lxix. 5]: or, accord. to Zj, it there means their طُغْيَان [or exorbitance]; being a subst. like عَافِيَةٌ and عَاقِبَةٌ.
4 Also The flood denoted by the words of the Kur [lxix. 11] إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَى المَآءُ.
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