غاية

See also: غایه

Arabic

Root
غ و ي (ḡ w y)
4 terms

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

end
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!
destination

Declension of noun **غَايَة** (ḡāya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	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
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

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

> Crimean Tatar: ğaye, ğayet (inherited)
→ Uyghur: غايە (ghaye), غايەت (ghayet)
→ Uzbek: gʻoya, gʻoyat