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غشي

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

The root غشي primarily relates to covering, enveloping, and obscuring. It extends to meanings of fainting, being overcome, and things that cover or conceal, including physical coverings and abstract concepts like death or divine judgment.

Derived headwords

غُشِيَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to faintboth

    To lose consciousness, to become insensible.

غَشْيَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fainting spellboth

    A single instance or episode of fainting.

  2. 2.
    onceclassical

    Referring to a single occurrence of an action.

غَشْيًاnoun
  1. 1.
    faintingboth

    The act or state of fainting.

غَشَيَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    faintingboth

    The act or state of fainting.

مَغْشِيٌّ عَلَيْهِadjective
  1. 1.
    faintedboth

    One who has lost consciousness.

الغِشْيَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    faintingclassical

    The condition of fainting, often described as a suspension of vital powers.

غَوَاشٍnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringsclassical

    Plural of 'ghashiya', referring to things that cover or envelop.

  2. 2.
    fainting peopleclassical

    Those who are overcome or fainting.

غَاشِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    Something that covers or envelops.

  2. 2.
    The Day of Judgmentclassical

    A name for the Day of Judgment because it will envelop all creation.

  3. 3.
    hellfireclassical

    Described as a covering for the faces of disbelievers.

  4. 4.
    heart's membraneclassical

    The pericardium, the protective sac around the heart.

  5. 5.
    sword sheathclassical

    The scabbard of a sword.

  6. 6.
    calamityclassical

    A great and overwhelming disaster.

  7. 7.
    illnessclassical

    A disease affecting the interior of the body.

  8. 8.
    beggarsclassical

    People who come asking for alms.

  9. 9.
    visitorsclassical

    Friends or relatives who visit frequently.

  10. 10.
    saddle partclassical

    A metal piece on the rear of a saddle.

غَشْوَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    Something that covers or conceals.

غَشَاوَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    That which covers or envelops something.

  2. 2.
    blindnessboth

    A covering over the eyes or heart that obstructs sight or understanding.

غَشَاوَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    That which covers or envelops something.

غِشَاوَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    That which covers or envelops something.

غَشَايَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringclassical

    Something that covers or conceals.

غَشَايَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringclassical

    Something that covers or conceals.

تَغْشِيَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    The act of covering or enveloping.

أَغْشَىverb
  1. 1.
    to coverboth

    To cover something, to envelop it.

  2. 2.
    to blindboth

    To cause someone to be unable to see, either physically or metaphorically.

غَشِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to coverboth

    To cover or envelop something.

  2. 2.
    to come uponboth

    To approach or arrive suddenly, often unexpectedly.

تَغَشَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to be covered byboth

    To be enveloped or covered by something.

  2. 2.
    to come upon himboth

    To approach or arrive at someone, often unexpectedly.

أَغْشَيْتُهُ إِيَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    I covered itboth

    The act of causing something to be covered.

غَشَّيْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I covered him/itboth

    The act of covering someone or something.

غِشَاءُ القَلْبِnoun
  1. 1.
    pericardiumclassical

    The membrane surrounding the heart.

غِشَاءُ السَّرْجِnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle coverclassical

    The covering for a saddle, typically made of leather.

غِشَاءُ السَّيْفِnoun
  1. 1.
    sword sheathclassical

    The scabbard or covering for a sword.

الغَاشِيَةُ مِنَ العَذَابِnoun
  1. 1.
    overwhelming punishmentclassical

    A severe and all-encompassing punishment.

الغَشَاوَةُ بِالكَسْرِnoun
  1. 1.
    heart's membraneclassical

    The membrane surrounding the heart.

غَشِيَ اللَّيْلُverb
  1. 1.
    the night darkenedboth

    The onset of darkness as night falls.

أَغْشَىverb
  1. 1.
    it darkenedboth

    The act of becoming dark, referring to the night.

الغَاشِيَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A great and overwhelming disaster.

غَشْيَةُ الحُمَّىnoun
  1. 1.
    feverish stuporclassical

    A state of delirium or unconsciousness caused by fever.

غَشْيَةُ المَوْتِnoun
  1. 1.
    death throesclassical

    The state of near-death or the sensations experienced when approaching death.

Parallel reading

يُغْشَى عَلَيْهِ
He faints.
يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَ المَغْشِيِّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ المَوْتِ
They look at you as one overcome by death.
لَهُمْ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ مِعَادٌ وَمِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ
Hell will be a place of return for them, and from above them will be coverings.
وَجَعَلَ عَلَى بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً
And He placed a covering over his sight.
فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
So We covered them, and they do not see.
وَغَشِيَهُ الأَمْرُ
And the matter came upon him.
يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ
He covers the day with the night.
فَغَشِّيَهُمْ مِنَ اليَمِّ مَا غَشِّيَهُمْ
And the sea covered them with what covered them.
إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى
When that which covers the lote-tree covered it.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الغَاشِيَةِ
Has there come to you the report of the overwhelming event?
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى
And by the night as it covers.