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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering, obscuring, and approaching. It encompasses concepts like covering oneself, being covered, approaching someone or something, and also refers to specific things that cover or are covered, such as a horse's marking or a type of fruit.

Derived headwords

الغَشْوَاءnoun

1.
mareboth
A female horse, specifically one with a white marking on its face.
2.
goatclassical
A goat whose face is covered by a white marking.

أَغْشَىadjective

1.
coveredboth
Describing a horse that has a white marking covering its face.

الغَشْوnoun

1.
nabq fruitclassical
The fruit of the nabq tree (Ziziphus spina-christi).

غَشِيَverb

1.
to strikeboth
To strike someone with a whip.
2.
to approachboth
To come to someone or something.
3.
to have intercourseboth
To have sexual intercourse with a woman.
4.
to coverboth
To cover oneself with a garment.
5.
to be coveredboth
To be covered by something, such as a garment, in order to avoid being heard or seen.

غَشَّىverb

1.
to coverboth
To cover something or someone.
2.
to blindboth
To cause someone to lose their sight, metaphorically or literally.

تَغَشَّىverb

1.
to cover oneselfboth
To cover oneself with a garment, often for concealment.

Parallel reading

الغشواء: فرس م

Al-Ghashwa': a mare.

و من المعز: التي تغشى وجهها بياض.

And among goats: one whose face is covered by whiteness.

وفرس أغشى: كذلك.

And a horse that is 'aghsha': likewise.

والغشو: النبق.

And al-ghashw: the nabq fruit.

وغشيه بالسوط، كرضيه: ضربه

And he struck him with the whip, like 'radiyahu': he beat him.

و فلانا: أتاه، كغشاه يغشوه

And he approached someone: he came to him, like 'ghashahu' yaghshuhu.

و فلانة: جامعها.

And he had intercourse with a woman: he joined with her.

واستغشى ثوبه، و به: تغطى به كيلا يسمع ولا يرى.

And he covered himself with his garment, and by it: he covered himself with it so as not to be heard or seen.

وكسمي: ع.

And it was named: 'a'.