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غطا

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of covering, concealing, or overshadowing. It extends to the darkness of night, the filling of something, and the state of being youthful.

Derived headwords

الغِطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    that with which one covers oneselfboth

    that with which one covers oneself

تَغَطَّىverb
  1. 1.
    To cover oneselfboth

    To cover oneself with something.

غَطَّىverb
  1. 1.
    To coverboth

    To cover something.

  2. 2.
    To cover (with darkness)both

    The night covering or darkening something.

تَغْطِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Coveringboth

    The act of covering something.

أَغْطَىverb
  1. 1.
    To coverboth

    To cover something.

مُغَطِّيparticiple
  1. 1.
    Coveringboth

    That which covers or conceals.

يَغْطُوverb
  1. 1.
    To darkenclassical

    The night darkens or becomes obscure.

يُغَطِّيverb
  1. 1.
    To darkenclassical

    The night darkens or becomes obscure.

غَطَاverb
  1. 1.
    To fillclassical

    Water filling something.

غَطَا عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    To rise overclassical

    Anything that rises and becomes tall over something else.

غَطِيَverb
  1. 1.
    To be full of youthclassical

    A person filled with youthfulness.

غَطِيًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    Youthfulnessclassical

    The state of being full of youth.

غِطْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Youthfulnessclassical

    The state of being full of youth.

Parallel reading

الغطاء: ما تغطيت به.
The covering: that by which you cover yourself.
وغطيت الشئ تغطية.
And I covered the thing with a covering.
وغطيتـه أيضا أغطي غطيا.
And I also covered it, I cover it with a covering.
وقال: أنا ابن كلاب وابن أوس فمن يكن * قناعه مغطيا فإني لمجتلي
And he said: I am the son of Kilab and the son of Aws, and whoever's veil is covering, then indeed I am revealed.
وغطا الليل يغطو ويغطي، أي أظلم.
And the night covered, it darkened and it covered, meaning it became dark.
وغطا الماء.
And the water filled.
وكل شئ ارتفع وطال على شئ فقد غطا عليه.
And anything that rose and became tall over something has covered it.
كذوائب الحفأ الرطيب غطا به * عبل ومد بجانبيه الطحلب
Like the moist tresses of the Al-Hafa', over which a thicket covered and moss extended on its sides.
وإذا امتلا الرجل شبابا قيل: غطى يغطي غطيا وغطيا، بالفتح والضم.
And when a man is filled with youth, it is said: he became youthful, he becomes youthful, with youthfulness (with fatḥa and ḍamma).
يحملن سربا غطا فيه الشباب معا وأخطأته عيون الجن والحسده
They carry a flock in which youth is fully present together, and the eyes of jinn and the envious miss it.