Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

غَشْيَةٌ

Root: غشو

Full Definition

غَشْيَةٌ an Verbal.Noun of the verb in the phrase غُشِىَ عَلَيْهِ, or the subst, thereof, or the Verbal.Noun un. thereof [signifying A swoon]. See 1, last sentence.
2 غَشْيَةُ المَوْتِ is The clouding of the understanding that befalls a man on the occasion of death.
3 And غَشْيَةُ حُمَّى signifies A touch, or slight attack, of fever.


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