غَائِصٌ
Root: غوص
Full Definition
غَائِصٌ
One who dives in, or descends beneath, or enters into, water; as also
غَوَّاصٌ [which, however, has an intensive signification, or implies the habit of so doing]: and ↓ the latter, or both, particularly one who dives in the sea for pearls, or for pearl-shells, and fetches them out: pl. غُوَّاصٌ, of the former, and غَاصَةٌ, [also of the former,] and [of the latter] غَوَّاصُونَ.
2 [Hence the saying,] هَوَ مِنْ صَاغَةِ الفِقَرِ وَغَاصَةِ الدُّرَرِ
3 [Hence likewise,] غَوَّاصٌ also signifies
4 And غَائِصٌ also signifies One who pounces, or comes suddenly, or at unawares, upon a thing; as also, but in an intensive sense, غَوَّاصٌ : pl. of the former غَاصَةٌ.
2 [Hence the saying,] هَوَ مِنْ صَاغَةِ الفِقَرِ وَغَاصَةِ الدُّرَرِ
3 [Hence likewise,] غَوَّاصٌ also signifies
4 And غَائِصٌ also signifies One who pounces, or comes suddenly, or at unawares, upon a thing; as also, but in an intensive sense, غَوَّاصٌ : pl. of the former غَاصَةٌ.
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