غثو ند غثى

غُثَاآءٌ ذ (S, Msb, K) and غُثَّاآءٌ (S, K) The rubbish, or small rubbish, or particles of things, or refuse, and scum, and rotten leaves mixed with the scum, (Zj, S, * Msb, * K, TA,) borne upon the surface (S, Msb, TA) of a torrent: (Zj, S, Msb, K, TA:) or dried-up [or decayed ] and broken pieces [or leaves and stalks ] of herbage, that are seen upon a torrent: so in the Kur lxxxvii. 5: [see أَحْوَى in art. حو:] (TA:) pl. أَغْثَاآءٌ. (S, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, مَالُهُ غُثَاآءٌ وَعَمَلُهُ هَبَاآءٌ وَسَعْيُهُ خَفَاآءٌ (assumed tropical:) [ His property is as rubbish borne by a torrent (see Kur xxiii. 43), and his work is as motes that are seen in the rays of the sun (see Kur xxv. 25), and his labour, or earning, is a thing that is unapparent ]. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence, also,] غُثَاآءُ النَّاسِ (assumed tropical:) The low, or vile, and the refuse, of mankind. (TA.)