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غش

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غِشَاشٌ ذ , applied to a drinking (شُرْبٌ), Little in quantity, (K, TA,) because of turbidness: (TA: [in which it is said to be applied in like manner to a day, يوم; but I think that this is a mistranscription for نَوْمٌ, i. e. sleep:]) or hasty. or not wholesome; (K, TA;) because the water is not clear. (TA.) -A2- And The beginning of the darkness: and the end thereof. (K.) -A3- نَقِيتُهُ غِشَاشًا, (T, S, K,) and ↓ غَشَاشًا, (K,) I met, or found, him, or it, in haste; (T, S, K:) and so على غشاش: (T, TA:) or at sunset; (Lth, K;) but Az disallows this: (TA:) or in the night; (K;) which is nearly the same as what Lth says. (TA.)

Derived headwords

غِشَاشٌ
  1. 1.
على غشاش