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غسي

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the onset of darkness, specifically the deepening of night. It describes the process of night falling and enveloping the world in its gloom.

Derived headwords

غَسِيَverb
  1. 1.
    night fellboth

    The night began to fall and darkness set in.

يَغْسَىverb
  1. 1.
    night fallsboth

    The night falls, meaning it becomes dark.

غَسَىverb
  1. 1.
    night fellboth

    The night fell, meaning it became dark.

أَغْسَىverb
  1. 1.
    night envelopedclassical

    The night enveloped something, covering it with its darkness.

Parallel reading

غسي الليل، كرضي
The night fell, like 'radiya' (was pleased).
يغسى غسى: إذا أظلم
Yaghsa, ghasa: if it became dark.
والشين لغة فيه
And 'shin' is a dialectal variant for it.
وأغساه الليل: ألبسه ظلامه
And 'aghsaahu al-laylu': the night clothed it with its darkness.