غاية

See also: غایه

Arabic

Root
غ و ي (ḡ-w-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaː.ja/

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Noun

غَايَة • (ḡāya) f (plural غَايَات (ḡāyāt))

1. end
2. purpose, goal, aim, objective
   • Abú 'ṭ-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindī (AD 915-965)

     أَغَايَةُ الدِّينِ أَنْ تُحْفُوا شَوَارِبَكُمْ / يَا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ جَهْلِهَا الْأُمَمُ

     ʔaḡāyatu ad-dīni ʔan tuḥfū šawāribakum / yā ʔummatan ḍaḥikat min jahlihā l-ʔumamu

     Is it the purpose of religion that you should trim your moustaches? / What a nation at whose ignorance other nations laugh!

3. destination

Declension

Declension of noun غَايَة (ḡāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَايَة ḡāya	الْغَايَة al-ḡāya	غَايَة ḡāyat
Nominative	غَايَةٌ ḡāyatun	الْغَايَةُ al-ḡāyatu	غَايَةُ ḡāyatu
Accusative	غَايَةً ḡāyatan	الْغَايَةَ al-ḡāyata	غَايَةَ ḡāyata
Genitive	غَايَةٍ ḡāyatin	الْغَايَةِ al-ḡāyati	غَايَةِ ḡāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَايَتَيْن ḡāyatayn	الْغَايَتَيْن al-ḡāyatayn	غَايَتَيْ ḡāyatay
Nominative	غَايَتَانِ ḡāyatāni	الْغَايَتَانِ al-ḡāyatāni	غَايَتَا ḡāyatā
Accusative	غَايَتَيْنِ ḡāyatayni	الْغَايَتَيْنِ al-ḡāyatayni	غَايَتَيْ ḡāyatay
Genitive	غَايَتَيْنِ ḡāyatayni	الْغَايَتَيْنِ al-ḡāyatayni	غَايَتَيْ ḡāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَايَات ḡāyāt	الْغَايَات al-ḡāyāt	غَايَات ḡāyāt
Nominative	غَايَاتٌ ḡāyātun	الْغَايَاتُ al-ḡāyātu	غَايَاتُ ḡāyātu
Accusative	غَايَاتٍ ḡāyātin	الْغَايَاتِ al-ḡāyāti	غَايَاتِ ḡāyāti
Genitive	غَايَاتٍ ḡāyātin	الْغَايَاتِ al-ḡāyāti	غَايَاتِ ḡāyāti

Derived terms

• غَائِيّ (ḡāʔiyy)
• لِلْغَايَةِ (lilḡāyati)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qayə, qayət
• → Northern Kurdish: xaye
• → Ottoman Turkish: غایه (gaye), غایت (gayet)

  > Turkish: gaye, gayet (inherited)

• → Uyghur: غايە (ghaye), غايەت (ghayet)
• → Uzbek: gʻoya, gʻoyat