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غش
Root entry · 1 derived lemma10 استغشّهُ ذ (S, K) and ↓ اغتشّهُ (K, TA) He reckoned him, or deemed him, dishonest, or insincere, in action, or advice or counsel; contr. of اِسْتَنْصَحَهُ (S, K) and اِنْتَصَحَهُ; (K;) or, [which means the same,] i. q. عَدَّهُ غَاشًّا: (TA:) or he imagined in him dishonest, or insincere, conduct, or advice or counsel; dissimulation; or the pretending the contrary of what he conceived in his mind. (K.) A poet says, لَكَ نَاصِحٌ ↓ أَيَا رُبَّ مَنْ تَغْتَشُّهُ وَمُسْتَنْصَحٍ بِالْغَيْبِ غَيْرُ أَمِينِ [ O man, many a one whom thou reckonest dishonest in action, or advice, is honest therein to thee; and ( many a ) one who is reckoned honest in action, or advice, in that which is beyond the reach of perception, is not faithful ]. (TA)
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استغشّهُverb
- 1.
عَدَّهُ غَاشًّا
لَكَ نَاصِحٌ
وَمُسْتَنْصَحٍ بِالْغَيْبِ غَيْرُ أَمِينِ