غشا
Root: غشا
Hans Wehr Definition
غشا (غشو and غشي) gašā u (gašw) to come (ه to s.o.; هـ to a place); -- غشي gašiya a (غشاوة gašāwa) to cover, wrap up, envelop, conceal, veil (هـ, ه s.o., s.th.); to come, descend (ه upon s.o.), overcome, overwhelm (ه s.o.); to be dark (night); -- gašiya a (غشيان gašayān, gišyān) to come (to s.o.; هـ to place); to go to see, visit (ه s.o., هـ s.th.), call (ه on s.o.); to sleep (ها with a woman); to cover (ها the female animal); to commit, perpetrate (هـ e.g., an outrage); to yield, give in (هـ to a craving); -- pass. غشي عليه (gušiya) (غشي gašy, gušy) to lose consciousness, faint, swoon II to cover, wrap up, envelop, veil (هـ, ه s.o., s.th.); to spread a cover or wrap (هـ, ه over s.o., over s.th.); to overlay, coat, plate (هـ s.th.) IV to be dark (night); to spread a cover or wrap (هـ, ه over) V to cover o.s. (ب with), wrap o.s. (ب in) X استغشي ثيابه (tiyābahū) to hide one’s head in one’s clothes so as not to see or hear
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