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غاية

Root: غى

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غاية gāya pl. -āt extreme limit; utmost degree, the outmost, extremity; aim, goal, end, objective, intention, intent, design, purpose, destination (of a journey) │ لغاية (with foll. genit.) as far as, up to, to the extent of, until, till; للغاية extremely, very (much); كان غاية في الجمال 688 (gāyatan, jamāl) to be of extraordinary beauty; الغاية تبرر الواسطة (tubarriru l-wāsitata) the end justifies the means; انطلق لغايته to head or set out for one’s destination

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