غلى

Core meaning

To boil: the agitation of a liquid set on the fire.

Uses

1. يَغْلِى, غَلْى → "to boil" : the verb and the verbal noun, side by side in one comparison.

   • «يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ» — "it boils in the bellies as boiling water boils" (44:45-46)

Evidence from the text

Both uses are in the same sentence: the verb says what the food of the tree of Zaqqoum does in the bellies, the verbal noun says what boiling water does. The comparison passes from one boiling to the other: the punishment is understood through what everyone has seen on the fire.

See also

حمم (boiling water) · زقم (Zaqqoum)