غَثَا
Root: غثو
Form: 1
Full Definition
غَثَاI
, Present.T يَغْثُو, Verbal.Noun غَثْوٌ; and غَثَى, Present.T يَغْثِى, Verbal.Noun غَثْيٌ; the latter mentioned by IJ, but the former is that which is [commonly] known to the lexicologists; The valley, or water-course, was, or became, full of
غُثَآء [q. v.]: or had in a abundance of camels' or similar dung (بَعْر) and leaves and reeds or canes.
2 غَثَا اللَّحْمُ, Verbal.Noun غَثْوٌ, The flesh-meat was bad by reason of its leanness.
3 غَثَتِ النَّفْسُ, Present.T تَغْثِى, Verbal.Noun غَثْىٌ and غَثَيَانٌ; and, accord. to Lth, غَثِيَت, Present.T تَغْثَى, Verbal.Noun غَثًا, but Az says that this is post-classical; i. q. خَبُثَت; and جَاشَت; i. e. [The soul, or stomach, heaved; or became agitated by a tendency to vomit; or] became agitated so that the person nearly vomited, by reason of a mixture pouring forth to the mouth of the stomach: or, as some say, غَثَيَانٌ signifies a flowing of the mouth which sometimes, or often, occasions vomiting.
4 غَثَتِ السَّمَآءُ بِالسَّحَابِ, Present.T تَغْثِى, The sky was, or became, clouded, or covered with clouds: or began to be so.
def.2 غَثَا السَّيْلُ المَرْتَعَ, Present.T يَغْثُوهُ, Verbal.Noun غَثْوٌ; thus accord. to J, [in the S,] but accord. to the K and ISd, غَثَى, mentioned in art. غثى; and in [some of] the copies of the K, المَرْبَعَ is erroneously put for المَرْتَعَ; The torrent drew [or washed] together the pasture, and deprived it of its sweetness; as also .
2 And hence, by way of comparison, غَثَى الكَلَامَ, Present.T يَغْثِيهِ; and غَثِيَهُ, Present.T يَغْثَاهُ; the former verb of the class of رَمَى, and the latter of the class of رَضِىَ; Verbal.Noun غَثْىٌ;
3 And غَثَى المَالَ, and النَّاسَ, He beat the cattle, and the people, and dealt blows among them.
4 غَثِيَتِ الأَرْضُ بِالنَّبَاتِ The land became abundant in herbage: or began to be so.
5 And غَثِىَ شَعْرُهُ, Verbal.Noun غَثًى, His hair became matted, or compacted together: mentioned in art. غثى by IKtt: perhaps a dial. var. of عَثِىَ, with the unpointed ع; mentioned before.
2 غَثَا اللَّحْمُ, Verbal.Noun غَثْوٌ, The flesh-meat was bad by reason of its leanness.
3 غَثَتِ النَّفْسُ, Present.T تَغْثِى, Verbal.Noun غَثْىٌ and غَثَيَانٌ; and, accord. to Lth, غَثِيَت, Present.T تَغْثَى, Verbal.Noun غَثًا, but Az says that this is post-classical; i. q. خَبُثَت; and جَاشَت; i. e. [The soul, or stomach, heaved; or became agitated by a tendency to vomit; or] became agitated so that the person nearly vomited, by reason of a mixture pouring forth to the mouth of the stomach: or, as some say, غَثَيَانٌ signifies a flowing of the mouth which sometimes, or often, occasions vomiting.
4 غَثَتِ السَّمَآءُ بِالسَّحَابِ, Present.T تَغْثِى, The sky was, or became, clouded, or covered with clouds: or began to be so.
def.2 غَثَا السَّيْلُ المَرْتَعَ, Present.T يَغْثُوهُ, Verbal.Noun غَثْوٌ; thus accord. to J, [in the S,] but accord. to the K and ISd, غَثَى, mentioned in art. غثى; and in [some of] the copies of the K, المَرْبَعَ is erroneously put for المَرْتَعَ; The torrent drew [or washed] together the pasture, and deprived it of its sweetness; as also .
2 And hence, by way of comparison, غَثَى الكَلَامَ, Present.T يَغْثِيهِ; and غَثِيَهُ, Present.T يَغْثَاهُ; the former verb of the class of رَمَى, and the latter of the class of رَضِىَ; Verbal.Noun غَثْىٌ;
3 And غَثَى المَالَ, and النَّاسَ, He beat the cattle, and the people, and dealt blows among them.
4 غَثِيَتِ الأَرْضُ بِالنَّبَاتِ The land became abundant in herbage: or began to be so.
5 And غَثِىَ شَعْرُهُ, Verbal.Noun غَثًى, His hair became matted, or compacted together: mentioned in art. غثى by IKtt: perhaps a dial. var. of عَثِىَ, with the unpointed ع; mentioned before.
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