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غ س ك

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the onset of darkness and the dimming of light. It encompasses the transition from daylight to night, often associated with the evening twilight.

Derived headwords

الغَسَقُnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessboth

    The darkness that sets in at the beginning of the night, particularly the dimness of evening.

  2. 2.
    twilightclassical

    The period of dim light after sunset and before full darkness.

الغَسَكُnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessclassical

    A variant pronunciation or dialectal form of 'al-ghasaq', referring to the darkness of night.

Parallel reading

الغسك محركة، قال أبو زيد: لغة في الغسق وهو الظلمة
Al-ghasak, with vowel movement, Abu Zayd said: it is a linguistic variant of al-ghasaq, which is darkness.
وهو الظلمة
which is the darkness.