غسو

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the onset of darkness, specifically at night. It also extends to describe small, unripe fruits, particularly dates and nabq fruits.

Derived headwords

غَسَا اللَّيْلُverb

1.
night fellboth
The night began to fall and darkness set in.

يَغْسُوverb

1.
it darkensboth
The verb form indicating the onset of darkness, typically referring to the night.

غَسْوًاnoun

1.
darkeningclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) for the act of the night darkening.

غَسْوًاnoun

1.
darknessclassical
The state of darkness, particularly at night.

أَغْسَىverb

1.
made darkclassical
The causative form of the verb, meaning to make something dark or to cause darkness to fall.

الغَسَاةnoun

1.
small dateclassical
A small, unripe date.

الغَسَاnoun

1.
dateclassical
A general term for a date fruit, as used by Abu Hanifa.

غَسَاnoun

1.
small datesclassical
Plural form of الغساة, referring to small dates.

غَسِيَاتnoun

1.
small datesclassical
Another plural form for small dates.

غَسَوَاتnoun

1.
small datesclassical
A further plural form for small dates.

الغَسْوَةnoun

1.
nabq fruitclassical
The fruit of the sidr tree (nabq).

غَسْوٍnoun

1.
nabq fruitsclassical
Plural form of الغسوة, referring to nabq fruits.

Parallel reading

غسا الليل يغسو غسواً، بالفتح؛ وفي الصحاح والمحكم: غسواً كسمواً؛ (أظلم)

The night fell, it darkens, a darkening, with fathah; and in Al-Sihah and Al-Muhkam: a darkening like samaw; (it became dark).

وأنشد الجوهري لابن أحمر: فلما غسا ليلي وأيقنت أنها هي الأربى جاءت بأم حبوكرى

And Al-Jawhari recited for Ibn Ahmar: When my night darkened and I knew that she was the one who would bring me closer, she came with Umm Hubukra.

والغساة: البلحة الصغيرة.

And Al-Ghasah: the small date.

وقال أبو حنيفة: الغسا (البلح) فعم به؛

And Abu Hanifa said: Al-Ghasa (the dates) and he generalized it;

ج غسا، كحصاة وحصا، وغسيات، محركة، هكذا في التكملة عن الدينوري؛ أو غسوات، كما هو نص المحكم.

Plural of Ghasa, like hasah and hasa, and Ghasiyat, with harakah, as in Al-Takmilah from Al-Dinawari; or Ghasawat, as is the text of Al-Muhkam.

والغسوة: النبقة، ج غسو بحذف الهاء، ويروى بالشين أيضا كما سيأتي.

And Al-Ghaswah: the nabq fruit, plural Ghasu with the deletion of the ha, and it is also narrated with the sheen as will be mentioned later.