Arabic edit

Root
غ و ل (ḡ-w-l)

Noun edit

اِغْتِيَال (iḡtiyālm

  1. verbal noun of اِغْتَالَ (iḡtāla) (form VIII)
    1. assassination
      • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, بَقَائِي شَاءَ لَيْسَ هُمُ ٱرْتِحَالًا (baqāʔī šāʔa laysa humu rtiḥālan)[1]:
        تَوَلَّوْا بَغْتَةً فَكَأَنَّ بَيْنًا / تَهَيَّبَنِي فَفَاجَأَنِي ٱغْتِيَالَا
        tawallaw baḡtatan fakaʔanna baynan / tahayyabanī fafājaʔanī ḡtiyālā
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Declension edit