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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the onset of darkness and the early stages of night. It also extends to refer to specific types of unripe dates and the fruit of the nabq tree.

Derived headwords

غسا الليلverb
  1. 1.
    night fellboth

    The night began to fall and darkness set in.

غسواverb
  1. 1.
    to become darkclassical

    To grow dark; to become obscure, especially referring to the onset of night.

أغسىverb
  1. 1.
    to make darkclassical

    To cause something to become dark, often used in relation to the night falling.

الغساةnoun
  1. 1.
    unripe datesclassical

    A type of unripe dates, still hard and not yet sweet.

غساnoun
  1. 1.
    unripe datesclassical

    Singular form referring to a single unripe date.

غسياتnoun
  1. 1.
    unripe datesclassical

    Plural form for unripe dates.

الغسوةnoun
  1. 1.
    nabq fruitclassical

    The fruit of the nabq tree (Ziziphus spina-christi), often referring to it when unripe or in its early stage.

غسوnoun
  1. 1.
    nabq fruitclassical

    Plural form for the fruit of the nabq tree.

Parallel reading

غسا الليل غسوا
The night fell, becoming dark.
أظلم، كأغسى
It became dark, like when the night falls.