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غشو ند غشى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غِشَاوَةٌ ذ (S, ISd, K) and غَشَاوَةٌ and غُشَاوَةٌ (ISd, K) and ↓ غَشْوَةٌ and غِشْوَةٌ and غُشْوَةٌ (S, K) and ↓ غَاشِيَةٌ and ↓ غُشْيَةٌ and ↓ غُشَايَةٌ and غِشَايَةٌ (K) signify A covering upon the eyes (S, K) and upon the heart: (K:) you say, عَلَى بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةٌ &c. [ Upon his eyes is a covering, or film, app. used only in a tropical sense], (S, K,) and عَلَى قَلْبِهِ [ upon his heart ], (K:) thus the first of these words signifies. in relation to the eyes, in the Kur [ii. 6 and] xlv. 22, in relation to the heart, Az says that it is a [ sort of ] covering of rust (مِنْ طَبَعٍ [also termed رَيْن]). (TA.) See also غِشَاآءٌ, in two places.

Derived headwords

غِشَاوَةٌ
  1. 1.
عَلَى بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةٌ
عَلَى قَلْبِهِ