غَشَّيْتُ
Root: غشو
Form: 2
Full Definition
غَشَّيْتُII
, Verbal.Noun تَغْشِيَةٌ, I covered the thing; put a cover, or covering, upon it, or over it. One says, غَشَّى
ٱللّٰهُ عَلَى بَصَرِهِ, Verbal.Noun as above; and
; i. e. God put a covering upon, or over, his eyes. And hence, it is said in the Kur [xxxvi. 8], فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
And we have put a covering over them [so that they shall not see].
2 [See a usage of the Verbal.Noun voce شِينٌ.]
3 غشّاهُ said of light; see 1, former half.
4 See also 4.
5 غشّاهُ بِالسَّوْطِ: see 1, latter half.
6 One says also, غَشَّيْتُهُ سَيْفًا, or سَوْطًا, [in my original غشيته, without any syll. sign, but app. as I have written, for I do not find any instance of غَشِىَ as doubly trans., meaning I equipped him with a sword, or a whip,] like the saying كَسَوْتُهُ سَيْفًا, or عَمَّمْتُهُ.
2 [See a usage of the Verbal.Noun voce شِينٌ.]
3 غشّاهُ said of light; see 1, former half.
4 See also 4.
5 غشّاهُ بِالسَّوْطِ: see 1, latter half.
6 One says also, غَشَّيْتُهُ سَيْفًا, or سَوْطًا, [in my original غشيته, without any syll. sign, but app. as I have written, for I do not find any instance of غَشِىَ as doubly trans., meaning I equipped him with a sword, or a whip,] like the saying كَسَوْتُهُ سَيْفًا, or عَمَّمْتُهُ.
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