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غَضّ
the lowering of the gaze /ˈɣadˤdˤ/
nounB1#2418 most common
Also: averting the eyes, turning a blind eye (idiomatic, as in غضّ الطرف)
Example sentences
غَضُّ البَصَرِ خُلُقٌ حَسَنٌ.
Lowering the gaze is a good trait.
يَجِبُ غَضُّ البَصَرِ عَنِ الحَرامِ.
One must lower the gaze from what is forbidden.
عَلَّمَنِي أَبِي غَضَّ البَصَرِ في الطَّرِيقِ.
My father taught me to lower my gaze in the street.
غَضُّ الطَّرْفِ عَنْ أَخْطاءِ الأَصْدِقاءِ نَوْعٌ مِنَ الوَفاءِ.
Turning a blind eye to friends' mistakes is a form of loyalty.
يَرى بَعضُ العُلَماءِ أَنَّ غَضَّ البَصَرِ يَحمي القَلبَ مِنَ الفِتَنِ.
Some scholars hold that lowering the gaze protects the heart from temptation.
اِخْتَلَفَ الفُقَهاءُ فِي حُدُودِ غَضِّ البَصَرِ بَيْنَ الرِّجالِ وَالنِّساءِ فِي المُعامَلاتِ اليَوْمِيَّةِ.
Jurists disagreed over the limits of lowering the gaze between men and women in daily dealings.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَضٌّ | None |
| Genitive | غَضٍّ | None |
| Accusative | غَضًّا | None |
| Vocative | يا غَضُّ | None |
Word family
غَضَّto lower or avert (the gaze)
غاضّone who lowers his gaze (active participle)
مَغْضُوضlowered, cast down (of eyes)
غَضِيضweak or downcast (eye, glance)
غَضاضةa diminishment or slight to one's standing
Etymology
غَضّ is the verbal noun of the doubled-root verb غَضَّ (yaghuḍḍu), built on the root غ ض ض. The root carries a core sense of pressing down or restraining, which extends to shutting or lowering the eyelids. Classical usage fixed the phrase غضّ البصر as the standard term for deliberately averting one's eyes, especially in modesty-related contexts.
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