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غ س م

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to darkness, obscurity, and the intermingling of light and shadow. It also extends to concepts of dust, clouds, and a specific type of ostrich.

Derived headwords

الغَسَمnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessboth

    The blackness or darkness, particularly of the night.

  2. 2.
    obscurityclassical

    The intermingling of darkness, as in the twilight or the onset of night.

  3. 3.
    dustclassical

    Dust or dustiness, often associated with obscurity.

غَسَمnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessboth

    The blackness or darkness, particularly of the night.

  2. 2.
    obscurityclassical

    The intermingling of darkness, as in the twilight or the onset of night.

  3. 3.
    dustclassical

    Dust or dustiness, often associated with obscurity.

الغَسَمnoun
  1. 1.
    dustclassical

    Dust or dustiness, often associated with obscurity.

غَسَم الليلnoun
  1. 1.
    dust of the nightclassical

    The dustiness or obscurity associated with the night.

أغْسَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become darkclassical

    To become dark or obscure, referring to the onset of night.

غاسِمadjective
  1. 1.
    darkclassical

    Dark or obscure, used to describe the night.

أغْسَامnoun
  1. 1.
    pieces of cloudclassical

    Pieces or patches of cloud in the sky.

غَسَمnoun
  1. 1.
    pieces of cloudclassical

    Pieces or patches of cloud in the sky.

أبو غُسَيْمname
  1. 1.
    a specific ostrichclassical

    A name given to a specific type of ostrich, possibly referring to its dark coloration.

Parallel reading

السواد
darkness
هو مثل الغسق وهو الظلمة
It is like the dusk, which is darkness.
اختلاط الظلمة
the intermingling of darkness
فظل يرقبه حتى إذا دمست ... ذات العشاء بأسداف من الغسم
So he watched it until the evening came, with darkness from the obscurity.
يعني: ظلمة الليل
Meaning: the darkness of the night.
الهبوة
dust
مختلطا غباره وغسمه
its dust and its obscurity mixed together
الغبرة غسم الليل
the dustiness is the obscurity of the night.
أظلم
it became dark
ليل غاسم: مظلم
a dark night: meaning obscure.
وفي السماء أغسام وغسم، كصرد
And in the sky are patches of cloud and darkness, like the bird 'صرد'.
أي: قطع من سحاب
Meaning: pieces of cloud.
وكذلك أطسام من سحاب وأدسام
And likewise are 'أطسام' and 'أدسام' of clouds.
أبو غسيم، كزبير: ظليم بن حطيط، تقدم ذكره
Abu Ghusaim, like Zubair: Dhaleem bin Hutait, his mention preceded.