غُثَآءٌ
Root: غثو
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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
3 [Hence, also,] غُثَآءُ النَّاسِ
2 [Hence,] one says, مَالُهُ غُثَآءٌ وَعَمَلُهُ هَبَآءٌ وَسَعْيُهُ خَفَآءٌ
3 [Hence, also,] غُثَآءُ النَّاسِ
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