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غبش

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

The root غبش (ghabasha) primarily relates to the dimness or obscurity of the night, particularly its later stages. It also encompasses the concept of remaining or lingering, often associated with this dimness.

Derived headwords

الغَبْشُnoun
  1. 1.
    with two fatḥas: the remainder of the nightboth

    with two fatḥas: the remainder of the night

  2. 2.
    the darkness of the end of the nightboth

    the darkness of the end of the night

أَغْبَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    remnants of the nightclassical

    The plural form of الغَبْش, referring to multiple instances or periods of the remaining darkness of the night.

Parallel reading

الغبش بالتحريك: البقية من الليل
Al-ghabshu (with harakat): The remnant of the night.
ويقال ظلمة آخر الليل
And it is said: the darkness of the latter part of the night.
والجمع أغباش
And the plural is aghbash.
أغباش ليل تمام كان طارقه * تطخطخ الغيم حتى ماله جوب
Dimness of a complete night, whose visitor was the cloud, drizzling until it had no escape.