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غَزْو
invasion, raid /ˈɣazw/
nounB2#4017 most common
Also: conquest, military expedition
Example sentences
الغَزْوُ خَطَأٌ كَبيرٌ.
Invasion is a big mistake.
بَدَأَ الغَزْوُ في الصَّباحِ.
The invasion began in the morning.
قاوَمَ الشَّعبُ الغَزْوَ بِشَجاعَةٍ.
The people resisted the invasion bravely.
أَدانَتِ الأُمَمُ المُتَّحِدَةُ غَزْوَ الدَّولَةِ المُجاوِرَةِ.
The United Nations condemned the invasion of the neighboring state.
خَلَّفَ الغَزْوُ العَسْكَرِيُّ دَماراً واسِعاً في البِنْيَةِ التَّحْتِيَّةِ.
The military invasion left widespread destruction in the infrastructure.
لا يُمكِنُ فَصْلُ تَداعِياتِ الغَزْوِ الاقْتِصادِيَّةِ عَنْ أَبْعادِهِ السِّياسِيَّةِ وَالإِنْسانِيَّةِ.
One cannot separate the economic repercussions of the invasion from its political and humanitarian dimensions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَزْوٌ | غَزَوَاتٌ |
| Genitive | غَزْوٍ | غَزَوَاتٍ |
| Accusative | غَزْواً | غَزَوَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا غَزْوُ | يا غَزَوَاتُ |
Word family
غَزاto raid, invade
غازٍraider, invader, conqueror
غَزْوَةa raid, a specific military expedition
مَغْزًىmeaning, underlying point
غُزاةinvaders, raiders (plural)
Etymology
غَزْو comes from the Arabic triliteral root غ-ز-و (gh-z-w), tied to the verb غَزا, meaning to raid or invade. غَزْو is the masdar, the verbal noun, built on the فَعْل pattern used for many hollow and weak verbs. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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