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غُثَآءٌ

Root: غثو

Full Definition

غُثَآءٌ and غُثَّآءٌ The rubbish, or small rubbish, or particles of things, or refuse, and scum, and rotten leaves mixed with the scum, borne upon the surface of a torrent: or dried-up [or decayed] and broken pieces [or leaves and stalks] of herbage, that are seen upon a torrent: so in the Kur lxxxvii. 5: [see أَحْوَى in art. حو:] pl. أَغْثَآءٌ.
2 [Hence,] one says, مَالُهُ غُثَآءٌ وَعَمَلُهُ هَبَآءٌ وَسَعْيُهُ خَفَآءٌ [His property is as rubbish borne by a torrent , and his work is as motes that are seen in the rays of the sun , and his labour, or earning, is a thing that is unapparent].
3 [Hence, also,] غُثَآءُ النَّاسِ The low, or vile, and the refuse, of mankind.
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