غُسْلٌ
Root: غسل
Full Definition
غُسْلٌ
the subst. from غَسَلَهُ [i. e. a subst. signifying A washing]: or a subst. from الاغتسال, and [as such] signifying a complete washing [of oneself, i. e.] of the whole person: it is in consequence of جَنَابَة [q. v.], and of childbirth, and for [the prayers of] Friday, and is the washing of the dead; but in other cases, the word
غَسْلٌ , with fet-h, is used: and one says
غُسُلٌ as well as غُسْلٌ, the former being a dial. var. of the latter: El-Kumeyt says, describing a wild ass,
2 And see غَسُولٌ.
[Beneath the أَلَآءَة, in two sorts of washing that continued during the night upon him with much pouring and much dropping]; meaning that the water that was upon the tree poured upon him at one time; and at one time, that of the rain: the pl. of غُسْلٌ is أَغْسَالٌ. See also غَسْلٌ.تَحْتَ الأَلَآءَةِ فِى نَوْعَيْنِ مِنْ غُسُلٍ بَاتَا عَلَيْهِ بِتَسْجَالٍ وَتَقْطَارِ
2 And see غَسُولٌ.
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