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

Declension of adjective غَلِيظ (ḡalīẓ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	غَلِيظ ḡalīẓ	الْغَلِيظ al-ḡalīẓ	غَلِيظَة ḡalīẓa	الْغَلِيظَة al-ḡalīẓa
Nominative	غَلِيظٌ ḡalīẓun	الْغَلِيظُ al-ḡalīẓu	غَلِيظَةٌ ḡalīẓatun	الْغَلِيظَةُ al-ḡalīẓatu
Accusative	غَلِيظًا ḡalīẓan	الْغَلِيظَ al-ḡalīẓa	غَلِيظَةً ḡalīẓatan	الْغَلِيظَةَ al-ḡalīẓata
Genitive	غَلِيظٍ ḡalīẓin	الْغَلِيظِ al-ḡalīẓi	غَلِيظَةٍ ḡalīẓatin	الْغَلِيظَةِ al-ḡalīẓati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	غَلِيظَيْن ḡalīẓayn	الْغَلِيظَيْن al-ḡalīẓayn	غَلِيظَتَيْن ḡalīẓatayn	الْغَلِيظَتَيْن al-ḡalīẓatayn
Nominative	غَلِيظَانِ ḡalīẓāni	الْغَلِيظَانِ al-ḡalīẓāni	غَلِيظَتَانِ ḡalīẓatāni	الْغَلِيظَتَانِ al-ḡalīẓatāni
Accusative	غَلِيظَيْنِ ḡalīẓayni	الْغَلِيظَيْنِ al-ḡalīẓayni	غَلِيظَتَيْنِ ḡalīẓatayni	الْغَلِيظَتَيْنِ al-ḡalīẓatayni
Genitive	غَلِيظَيْنِ ḡalīẓayni	الْغَلِيظَيْنِ al-ḡalīẓayni	غَلِيظَتَيْنِ ḡalīẓatayni	الْغَلِيظَتَيْنِ al-ḡalīẓatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	غَلِيظِين‎; غُلَظَاء‎; غِلَاظ ḡalīẓīn‎; ḡulaẓāʔ‎; ḡilāẓ	الْغَلِيظِين‎; الْغُلَظَاء‎; الْغِلَاظ al-ḡalīẓīn‎; al-ḡulaẓāʔ‎; al-ḡilāẓ	غِلَاظ ḡilāẓ	الْغِلَاظ al-ḡilāẓ
Nominative	غَلِيظُونَ‎; غُلَظَاءُ‎; غِلَاظٌ ḡalīẓūna‎; ḡulaẓāʔu‎; ḡilāẓun	الْغَلِيظُونَ‎; الْغُلَظَاءُ‎; الْغِلَاظُ al-ḡalīẓūna‎; al-ḡulaẓāʔu‎; al-ḡilāẓu	غِلَاظٌ ḡilāẓun	الْغِلَاظُ al-ḡilāẓu
Accusative	غَلِيظِينَ‎; غُلَظَاءَ‎; غِلَاظًا ḡalīẓīna‎; ḡulaẓāʔa‎; ḡilāẓan	الْغَلِيظِينَ‎; الْغُلَظَاءَ‎; الْغِلَاظَ al-ḡalīẓīna‎; al-ḡulaẓāʔa‎; al-ḡilāẓa	غِلَاظًا ḡilāẓan	الْغِلَاظَ al-ḡilāẓa
Genitive	غَلِيظِينَ‎; غُلَظَاءَ‎; غِلَاظٍ ḡalīẓīna‎; ḡulaẓāʔa‎; ḡilāẓin	الْغَلِيظِينَ‎; الْغُلَظَاءِ‎; الْغِلَاظِ al-ḡalīẓīna‎; al-ḡulaẓāʔi‎; al-ḡilāẓi	غِلَاظٍ ḡilāẓin	الْغِلَاظِ al-ḡilāẓi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəliz
• → Kannada: ಗಲೀಜು (galīju)
  • → Tamil: கலீஜு (kalīju)
• → Hindi: ग़लीज़ (ġalīz)
  • → Telugu: గలీజు (galīju)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غليظ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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