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Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns covering, obscuring, and fainting. It describes states of unconsciousness, veils or coverings, and things that envelop or come upon someone or something, including abstract concepts like the Day of Judgment.

Derived headwords

غَشِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to faintboth

    To lose consciousness, to become overcome by a swoon.

  2. 2.
    to coverboth

    To envelop, to cover over something.

  3. 3.
    to come uponclassical

    To befall or afflict someone or something.

غَشْيٌnoun
  1. 1.
    faintingboth

    The act or state of losing consciousness.

  2. 2.
    coveringboth

    An act of covering or something that covers.

غَشْيَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    faintingclassical

    A state of being overcome by unconsciousness.

مُغْشَى عَلَيْهِadjective
  1. 1.
    unconsciousboth

    One who has fainted or lost consciousness.

غَشْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    fainting spellboth

    An instance of losing consciousness.

  2. 2.
    coveringboth

    A veil or covering.

غَوَاشٍnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringsboth

    Plural of 'ghashiya', referring to veils or coverings.

  2. 2.
    faintingsclassical

    Plural of 'ghashiya', referring to instances of unconsciousness.

غَشْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    A veil or something that covers, especially over the eyes or heart.

غَشَاوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    A veil or something that covers, similar to 'ghashwah'.

غَاشِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    A covering, veil, or something that envelops.

  2. 2.
    Day of Judgmentclassical

    A name for the Day of Judgment, implying its overwhelming nature.

  3. 3.
    fireclassical

    A name for Hellfire.

  4. 4.
    heart's tunicclassical

    The pericardium or membrane around the heart.

  5. 5.
    sword sheathclassical

    A leather covering for the lower part of a sword's hilt.

  6. 6.
    travel dustclassical

    Dust that covers the limbs during travel.

  7. 7.
    internal diseaseclassical

    A disease affecting the interior of the body.

  8. 8.
    visitorsclassical

    People who come to visit or inquire.

  9. 9.
    saddle partclassical

    A metal piece on the rear of a saddle.

غَشَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    A veil or covering, similar to 'ghashiya'.

تَغْشِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    The act of covering or causing to be covered.

أَغْشَىverb
  1. 1.
    to coverboth

    To cause something to be covered or veiled.

  2. 2.
    to blindboth

    To cause someone's sight to be obscured or lost.

تَغَشَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cover himboth

    To envelop or cover him.

أَغْشَيْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I covered itboth

    I caused it to be covered or veiled.

غَشَّيْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I covered itboth

    I covered it or veiled it.

غِشَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    membraneboth

    A covering membrane, such as of the heart, saddle, or sword.

  2. 2.
    coveringboth

    A general term for something that covers.

Parallel reading

غشي علي، كعني، غشيا وغشيانا: أغمي
He fainted, became weak, [experienced] ghishyan and ghishyan: he lost consciousness.
فهو مغشي عليه
And he is one who has fainted.
والاسم: الغشية
And the noun is: al-ghashyah.
ومن فوقهم غواش
And above them are coverings.
وعلى بصره وقلبه غشوة وغشاوة، مثلثتين
And upon his sight and his heart is ghashwah and ghashawah, with three vowelizations.
وغاشية وغشية وغشاية، مضمومتين
And ghashiyah, ghashiyah, and ghishayah, with the initial letter being dammah.
وغشاية: غطاء
And ghishayah: a covering.
وغشى الله على بصره تغشية
And Allah covered his sight with a covering.
وأغشى وغشيه الأمر
And [the matter] covered him, and the matter befell him.
وتغشاه وأغشيته إياه
And it covered him, and I covered it for him.
وغشيته
And I covered him.
والغاشية: القيامة، والنار، وقميص القلب
And al-ghashiyah: the Resurrection, the Fire, and the heart's tunic.
وجلد ألبس جفن السيف من أسفل شاربه إلى نعله
And leather that covers the scabbard of the sword from below its hilt to its sole.
أو ما يتغشى قوائمه من الأسفار
Or what covers its limbs from the journeys.
وداء في الجوف، والسؤال يأتونك، والزوار، والأصدقاء ينتابونك
And a disease in the belly, and the questioners who come to you, and the visitors, and the friends who call on you.
وحديدة فوق مؤخرة الرحل
And an iron piece above the rear of the saddle.
وغشاء القلب والسرج والسيف وغيره: ما تغشاه
And the membrane of the heart, the saddle, the sword, and other things: that which covers it.