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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of darkness and the onset of night. It describes the process of night falling and enveloping everything in its gloom.

Derived headwords

يَغْسِيverb
  1. 1.
    to become darkboth

    The night begins to fall, bringing darkness.

أَغْسَىverb
  1. 1.
    to cover with darknessboth

    The night covers something, enveloping it in its darkness.

Parallel reading

يَغْسِي الليلُ
The night falls.
كَرَضِيَ: أَظْلَمَ
It became dark, like 'radiya'.
وَأَغْسَاهُ الليلُ
And the night covered it with its darkness.
أَلْبَسَهُ ظَلَامَهُ
It clothed it with its darkness.