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غسا

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the onset of darkness, specifically the deepening of the night. It describes the process of becoming dark and obscure.

Derived headwords

غَسَا اللَّيْلُverb
  1. 1.
    night fellboth

    The night began to fall and darkness set in.

يَغْسُوverb
  1. 1.
    it darkensboth

    The night is darkening, becoming obscure.

غَسْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    darkeningboth

    The act or process of the night becoming dark.

غَسِيَverb
  1. 1.
    it became darkclassical

    The night became dark and obscure.

يَغْسَىverb
  1. 1.
    it darkensclassical

    The night darkens.

أَغْسَىverb
  1. 1.
    it made darkclassical

    To cause the night to become dark.

يُغْسِيverb
  1. 1.
    it makes darkclassical

    The night is making things dark.

Parallel reading

غسا الليل يغسو غسوا
The night fell, it darkened, a darkening.
وغسي يغسى
And it became dark, it darkens.
وأغسى يغسي
And it made dark, it makes dark.
إذا أظلم
when it became dark.
فلما غسى ليلى وأيقنت أنها * هي الاربى جاءت بأم حبو كرى
And when my night darkened and I was certain that she was the one sought, she came with the mother of a sleepy child.