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غسى

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the onset or approach of something, particularly time periods like evening or night, and also to the beginning stages of certain things like fruit or old age.

Derived headwords

غَسَاverb
  1. 1.
    to approach, to draw nearboth

    Used to describe the time of evening or night drawing near.

أَغْسَىverb
  1. 1.
    evening approachedclassical

    Said when the evening or its later part has arrived for someone.

وأغسيت يا رجل — And the evening approached, O man
غَسْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    early part of the nightclassical

    Refers to the initial period of the night.

غاسٍadjective
  1. 1.
    old, advanced in ageclassical

    Describes an elderly person whose age has become advanced.

الغاسِيnoun
  1. 1.
    first datesclassical

    The earliest fruits of dates that appear, resembling the droppings of young camels.

Parallel reading

وأغسيت يا رجل: وذلك إذا دخل عليه المغرب أو بعيده.
And the evening approached, O man: and that is when the evening or its later part has entered upon him.
وأغس من الليل: أي لا تسر أوله حتى يذهب غسوه،
And do not travel in the early part of the night: meaning, do not travel in its beginning until its early part has passed,
كأفحم عليك الليل، أي لا تسر حتى تذهب فحمته.
like when the night has become dark upon you, meaning, do not travel until its darkness has passed.
وشيخ غاس: قد طال عمره، عن الليث، والمعروف بالعين.
And an old man, ghās: whose age has become long, from Al-Layth, and it is known with the 'ayn.
والغاسي: أول ما يخرج من التمر فيكون كأبعار الفصال.
And al-ghāsī: the first of the dates that emerge, and it is like the droppings of young camels.