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غَنْظٌ ذ [an inf. n.: used as a simple subst.,] Grief, or distress, syn. كَرْبٌ, (IDrd, S, O, K, TA,) as also ↓ غَنَظٌ , (IDrd, O,) and مَشَقَّةٌ, (TA,) [or] such as is vehement, (TA,) [or] such as is most vehement: (S, TA:) and, (K,) accord. to IF, (O,) constant anxiety; (O, K;) as also ↓ غَنَظٌ : (K:) and, (K,) accord. to AO, (S, O,) a man's being at the point of death (S, O, K) by reason of distress, or grief, and then escaping therefrom. (S, O.) It is related of 'Omar Ibn-'Abd-el-'Azeez, that he mentioned death, and said, غَنْظٌ لَيْسَ كَالغَنْظِ وَكَظٌّ لَيْسَ كَالكَظِّ [i. e. Distress, &c., that is not like other distress, &c., and grief, &c., that is not like other grief, &c.: see كَظٌّ]. (S, O.) [See also غِنَاظٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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