غسل

غَسُولٌ ذ (S, O, K) and ↓ غَسُّولٌ (O, K) and ↓ غُسْلٌ (Mgh, K) and ↓ غِسْلٌ and ↓ غِسْلَةٌ (IAth, K) Water with which one washes himself; (S, Mgh, O, K;) as also ↓ مُغْتَسَلٌ, occurring [in this sense] in the Kur xxxviii. 41: (S:) or the words preceding this signify water little in quantity, with which one washes himself: (TA:) and خِطْمِىّ [or marsh-mallows ], (K, TA,) and أُشْنَان [or potash (see also غَاسُولٌ)], and the like thereof, and certain of the [ plants termed ] حَمْض: (TA:) or غَسُولٌ signifies a thing [or substance ] with which the hand is washed, such as أُشْنَان &c.: (Har p. 86:) or, accord. to the M, anything with which one washes a head or a garment and the like. (TA.) [See also the pl. غَسُولَاتٌ voce دَلُوكٌ.]