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غ س ف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to darkness, obscurity, and the onset of night. It describes the act of becoming dark or causing darkness, often in the context of the evening or nightfall.

Derived headwords

الغَسَفnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessclassical

    The state of being dark or obscure; blackness.

  2. 2.
    obscurityclassical

    A state of being hidden or not easily perceived, often associated with darkness.

غاسِفadjective
  1. 1.
    darkeningclassical

    Describing something that is becoming dark or is associated with darkness, particularly the night.

انْغَسَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to become darkclassical

    To grow dark or obscure, often used to describe the onset of night.

أَغْسَفُواverb
  1. 1.
    they became darkclassical

    The plural past tense verb indicating that a group of people or things became dark or obscure.

Parallel reading

هو الظلمة والسواد
It is darkness and blackness.
حتى إذا ذر قرن الشمس أو كربت ... وظن أن سوف يولي بيضه الغسف
Until the sun's horn rose or it was near... and he thought that the darkness would soon cover its white.
حتى إذا الليل تجلى وانكشف وزال عن تلك الربا حتى انغسف
Until the night became clear and revealed itself, and moved away from those hills until it became dark.
أظلموا
They became dark.
ومن شر غاسف إذا وقب
And from the evil of the darkening [night] when it spreads.