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الغسق

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the onset of darkness at the beginning of the night, often associated with the fading of twilight. It also extends to meanings related to the flowing or gushing of liquids, particularly from wounds or udders, and can describe something cold or foul-smelling.

Derived headwords

الغَسَقُnoun
  1. 1.
    early nightfallboth

    The darkness that begins at the start of the night.

  2. 2.
    weed in foodclassical

    A type of weed or unwanted growth found in food, similar to darnel.

غَسَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became darkboth

    The eye became dark, referring to the onset of darkness or weeping.

  2. 2.
    weptboth

    The eye wept, shedding tears.

غسقت عينه — His eye became dark or shed tears.
غَسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    became darkboth

    The eye became dark, referring to the onset of darkness or weeping.

  2. 2.
    weptboth

    The eye wept, shedding tears.

غُسُوقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    darkeningboth

    The act or process of becoming dark.

  2. 2.
    weepingboth

    The act of weeping or shedding tears.

غَسَقَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    darkeningboth

    The act or process of becoming dark.

  2. 2.
    weepingboth

    The act of weeping or shedding tears.

غَسَقَ الجُرْحُverb
  1. 1.
    wound oozedclassical

    The wound exuded a yellowish fluid.

الجرح غسقانا: سال منه ماء أصفر — The wound oozed yellowish fluid.
تَغْسِقُ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    sky drizzledclassical

    The sky drizzled or rained lightly.

السماء تغسق غسقا وغسقانا: أرشت — The sky drizzled.
تَغْسِقُ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    sky drizzledclassical

    The sky drizzled or rained lightly.

غَسَقَ اللَّبَنُverb
  1. 1.
    milk flowedclassical

    The milk flowed or poured out from the udder.

اللبن: انصب من الضرع — The milk flowed from the udder.
أَغْسَقَ اللَّيْلُverb
  1. 1.
    night intensifiedboth

    The night became intensely dark.

الليل غسقا، ويحرك، وغسقانا، وأغسق: اشتدت ظلمته — The night became intensely dark.
الغَسَقَانُnoun
  1. 1.
    flowingclassical

    The act of flowing or pouring out, especially of liquids.

الغسقان، محركة: الانصباب — The flowing.
الغَاسِقُnoun
  1. 1.
    nightboth

    The night, especially when its darkness is deep, or the moon when the twilight has vanished.

  2. 2.
    Pleiadesclassical

    The Pleiades star cluster, associated with plagues and illnesses when it sets.

  3. 3.
    manclassical

    A man, specifically when his sexual desire is aroused.

ومن شر غاسق إذا وقب — And from the evil of the night as it gathers.
أي: الليل إذا دخل — Meaning: the night when it enters.
أو الثريا إذا سقطت لكثرة الطواعين والأسقام عند سقوطها — Or the Pleiades when it sets due to the prevalence of plagues and illnesses at its setting.
ابن عباس وجماعة: من شر الذكر إذا قام — Ibn Abbas and a group said: from the evil of the male when he stands (i.e., is aroused).
الغُسُوقُnoun
  1. 1.
    darkeningboth

    The act of becoming dark, the onset of night.

الغسوق والإغساق: الإظلام — The darkening and the causing to darken.
الإغْسَاقُnoun
  1. 1.
    causing darknessboth

    The act of causing something to become dark, or the onset of darkness.

الغسوق والإغساق: الإظلام — The darkening and the causing to darken.
الغَسَّاقُadjective
  1. 1.
    coldclassical

    Describing something that is cold.

  2. 2.
    foul-smellingclassical

    Describing something that is putrid or foul-smelling.

الغساق، كسحاب وشداد: البارد والمنتن — The cold and the foul-smelling.
أَغْسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    entered darknessboth

    To enter into the time of nightfall or deep darkness.

  2. 2.
    delayed prayerclassical

    The muezzin delayed the afternoon prayer (Maghrib) until the onset of night's darkness.

أغسق: دخل في الغسق — He entered into the time of nightfall.
و المؤذن: أخر المغرب إلى غسق الليل — And the muezzin delayed the Maghrib prayer until the darkness of the night.

Parallel reading

الغسق، محركة: ظلمة أول الليل، وشيء من قماش الطعام كالزؤان ونحوه.
Al-ghasaq, with vowel changes: the darkness of the early night, and something like weeds in food, such as darnel and the like.
وغسقت عينه، كضرب وسمع، غسوقا وغسقانا، محركة: أظلمت أو دمعت
And his eye became dark, like the verb forms 'daraba' and 'sami'a', ghusūqan and ghasaqānan, with vowel changes: it became dark or shed tears.
و الجرح غسقانا: سال منه ماء أصفر
And the wound oozed ghusqānan: yellowish fluid flowed from it.
و السماء تغسق غسقا وغسقانا: أرشت
And the sky drizzled ghusqan and ghasaqānan: it rained lightly.
و اللبن: انصب من الضرع
And the milk: poured from the udder.
و الليل غسقا، ويحرك، وغسقانا، وأغسق: اشتدت ظلمته.
And the night became ghusqan, and with vowel changes, and ghasaqānan, and aghsaqa: its darkness intensified.
والغسقان، محركة: الانصباب.
And al-ghasaqān, with vowel changes: the flowing.
ومن شر غاسق إذا وقب
And from the evil of the night as it gathers.
أي: الليل إذا دخل
Meaning: the night when it enters.
أو الثريا إذا سقطت لكثرة الطواعين والأسقام عند سقوطها.
Or the Pleiades when it sets due to the prevalence of plagues and illnesses at its setting.
ابن عباس وجماعة: من شر الذكر إذا قام.
Ibn Abbas and a group said: from the evil of the male when he stands (i.e., is aroused).
والغسوق والإغساق: الإظلام.
And al-ghusūq and al-ighsāq: the darkening.
والغساق، كسحاب وشداد: البارد والمنتن.
And al-ghassāq, like 'sahāb' and 'shiddād': the cold and the foul-smelling.
وأغسق: دخل في الغسق
And he entered into the time of nightfall.
و المؤذن: أخر المغرب إلى غسق الليل.
And the muezzin delayed the Maghrib prayer until the darkness of the night.