اغشاهُ
Root: غشو
Form: 4
Full Definition
اغشاهُIV
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He made it to cover it; or to be a cover, or covering, upon it, or over it.
2 And [hence,] both signify He made it, i. e. an event (أَمْر), to come upon, [or invade, so as to surprise, or so as to overwhelm, properly meaning] as a thing that covered, him, or it. Both of these verbs are used in this sense in the Kur-án accord. to different readings in vii. 52 and xiii. 3, and likewise in viii. 11.
3 Also, the former, He made him, or it, to come to him.
4 See also 2, in two places.
5 [Hence,] اغشى اللَّيْلُ: see 1, former half.
2 And [hence,] both signify He made it, i. e. an event (أَمْر), to come upon, [or invade, so as to surprise, or so as to overwhelm, properly meaning] as a thing that covered, him, or it. Both of these verbs are used in this sense in the Kur-án accord. to different readings in vii. 52 and xiii. 3, and likewise in viii. 11.
3 Also, the former, He made him, or it, to come to him.
4 See also 2, in two places.
5 [Hence,] اغشى اللَّيْلُ: see 1, former half.
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