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غِنَى
wealth /ɣɪˈnaː/
nounB2#4176 most common
Also: richness, affluence, self-sufficiency
Example sentences
الغِنَى نعمة.
Wealth is a blessing.
يريد كثيرٌ من الناس الغِنَى والراحة.
Many people want wealth and comfort.
لا يشتري الغِنَى السعادة دائمًا.
Wealth does not always buy happiness.
قال النبي: ليس الغِنَى عن كثرة العَرَض، ولكن الغِنَى غِنَى النفس.
The Prophet said: richness is not in an abundance of possessions, but true richness is richness of the soul.
على الرغم من غِنَى البلاد بالموارد الطبيعية، يعاني كثير من سكانها من الفقر.
Despite the country's richness in natural resources, many of its people suffer poverty.
يكمن سرّ ازدهار الحضارات في غِنَى تراثها الثقافي وتنوّع روافده الفكرية.
The secret of civilizations' flourishing lies in the richness of their cultural heritage and the diversity of its intellectual sources.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غِنًى | |
| Genitive | غِنًى | |
| Accusative | غِنًى | |
| Vocative | غِنًى |
Word family
غَنِيّrich, wealthyأَغْنَىto enrich, to make wealthy
اسْتَغْنَىto be self-sufficient, to do without
اسْتِغْنَاءself-sufficiency, dispensing with something
غَانٍwell-off, affluent
Etymology
Ghinā comes from the Arabic triliteral root gh-n-y (غ ن ي), whose base verb ghaniya means to be rich or to have enough. The noun ghinā is the abstract, mass-noun form of that root, denoting the state of wealth or sufficiency rather than a countable thing. Classical usage extends it beyond money to any kind of sufficiency, including contentment of the soul.
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