غَرْبِىٌّ
Root: غرب
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غَرْبِىٌّ
[Of, or relating to, the west, or place of sunset; western]: see غَارِبٌ.
2 [Also,] applied to trees (شَجَرٌ), Smitten, or affected, by the sun at the time of its setting. [Respecting the meaning of its fem. in the Kur xxiv. 35, see شَرْقِىٌّ.]
def.2 And A sort of dates: but accord. to AHn, the word is غُرَابِىٌّ [q. v.].
2 And The [sort of] نَبِيذ that is termed فَضِيخ [i. e. a beverage made from crushed unripe dates without being put upon the fire]: or [a beverage] prepared only from fresh ripe dates; the drinker of which ceases not to possess selfrestraint as long as the wind does not blow upon him; but if he goes forth into the air, and the wind blows upon him, his reason departs: wherefore one of its drinkers says,
3 And A certain red صِبْغ [i. e. dye, or perhaps sauce, or fluid seasoning].
2 [Also,] applied to trees (شَجَرٌ), Smitten, or affected, by the sun at the time of its setting. [Respecting the meaning of its fem. in the Kur xxiv. 35, see شَرْقِىٌّ.]
def.2 And A sort of dates: but accord. to AHn, the word is غُرَابِىٌّ [q. v.].
2 And The [sort of] نَبِيذ that is termed فَضِيخ [i. e. a beverage made from crushed unripe dates without being put upon the fire]: or [a beverage] prepared only from fresh ripe dates; the drinker of which ceases not to possess selfrestraint as long as the wind does not blow upon him; but if he goes forth into the air, and the wind blows upon him, his reason departs: wherefore one of its drinkers says,
[If your gharbee be not excellent, we in God and in the wind].إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ غَرْبِيُّكُمْ جَيِّدًا فَنَحْنُ بِٱللّٰهِ وَبِٱلرِّيحِ
3 And A certain red صِبْغ [i. e. dye, or perhaps sauce, or fluid seasoning].
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