غوث

غَوْثٌ ذ and ↓ غُوَاثٌ and ↓ غَوَاثٌ, (S, K,) the last deviating from the common course of speech, (K, TA,) with respect to analogy, as will be seen from what follows, (TA,) A cry for aid, or succour. (S, K, KL, PS.) One says, أَجَابَ ا@للّٰهُ ↓ دُعَاآءَهُ وغُوَاثَهُ and ↓ غَوَاثَهُ [ God answered his prayer, and his cry for aid ]. (Fr, S.) ↓ غَوَاثٌ is said by Fr to be the only word significant of a sound, or cry, having fet-h [to the first letter]; other words of this kind being with damm, as بُكَاآءٌ and دُعَاآءٌ, or with kesr, as نِدَاآءٌ and صِيَاحٌ. (S.) See also 2. ― -b2- And see غِيَاثٌ.