غيث

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns rain and its beneficial effects. It encompasses the rain itself, the act of raining, and the land being rained upon. It can also extend to related concepts like clouds and vegetation that result from rain.

Derived headwords

الغيثnoun

1.
rainboth
rain

غاثverb

1.
Allah watered the lands.both
Allah watered the lands.

يغيثverb

1.
He provides rainboth
The present tense form indicating the act of providing rain.

غيثاnoun

1.
A rainfallboth
The masdar (verbal noun) indicating the act or instance of raining.

غُثناverb

1.
We received rainclassical
The first-person plural past tense of the verb, indicating that they experienced rain.

تُغاثverb

1.
It is rained uponboth
The passive voice, present tense, indicating that the land is being rained upon.

مُغيثةadjective

1.
Rain-bearingboth
An adjective describing land that receives rain, implying it is fertile or productive due to the rain.

مغيوثةadjective

1.
Rained uponboth
A passive participle describing land that has been rained upon.

Parallel reading

الغيث: المطر.

Al-ghayth: The rain.

وقد غاث الغيث الأرض، أي أصابها.

And the rain has rained upon the land, meaning it has struck it.

وغاث الله البلاد يغيثها غيثا.

And God rained upon the lands, providing them with rain.

وغيشت الأرض تغاث غيثا، فهي أرض مغيثة ومغيوثة.

And the land was rained upon, it is rained upon with rain, so it is a land that receives rain and has been rained upon.

قاتل الله أمة بنى فلان ما أفصحها: قلت لها: كيف كان المطر عندكم؟

May God kill the tribe of so-and-so, how eloquent they are! I said to her: How was the rain with you?

فقالت: غثنا ما شئنا.

And she said: We received rain as much as we wished.

وربما سمى السحاب والنبات بذلك.

And sometimes the cloud and the vegetation are named by that.