غرث

غَرْثَانُ ذ Hungry: [or, accord. to some, in the slightest degree: and accord. to some, vehemently: (see the verb:)] you say قَوْمٌ غَرْثَى [using the fem., i. e. a hungry people or party ], (S, A, * O, K,) and غَرَاثَى, (S, O, K,) and also with kesr to the ث [i. e. غَرَاثٍ] accord. to a copy of the S, (TA,) and غِرَاثٌ: (S, A, O, K:) the fem. is غَرْثَى; (S, A, O, K;) pl. غِرَاثٌ. (S, O, K.) And you say اِمْرَأَةٌ غَرْثَى الوِشَاحِ, meaning (tropical:) A woman slender in the waist: (S, A, O, K:) because she does not fill her وشاح [q. v.] which is therefore as though it were hungry. (S, O.)