maṣdarغَشَاوَةٌ غَشَيَانٌ غَشْىٌmuḍāriʿيَغْشَى يَغْشُوهُ
Core sense — it covered him; it came upon him so as to overwhelm him; he swoonedgenerated
1.1the night covered me, or concealed me—غَشَانِى اللَّيْلُ
it covered him, or concealed him; and so also تغشّاهُ.
That is, غَشِيَنِى. [Or the meaning may be the one that follows next.]
1.1.1it came upon him, as a thing that covered him—غَشِيَهُ
Said of an event, and of heat, and of cold, and of an affection of the mind or body, and of various things; sometimes in the same way of a man, and of a company of men. تغشّاهُ has the same sense: it came upon, or invaded, so as to surprise and so as to overwhelm — properly, as a thing that covered him or it.
when there was coming upon the lote-tree, so as to cover it, what was coming upon it—إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى
and there came upon them, of the sea, what came upon them, so as to overwhelm them—فَغَشِيَهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ
when it (drowsiness) was coming upon you, or overcoming you—إِذْ يَغْشَاكُمُ
Followed by ٱالنُّعَاسُ, according to one reading; other readings are يُغْشِيكُمُ and يُغَشِّيكُمُ, followed by ٱلنُّعَاسَ.
See also غَاشِيَةٌ, in three places.
1.1.2
[A somewhat similar meaning of غَشِيَهُ will be found below.]
1.1.3it covers with its darkness everything between the heaven and the earth—يَغْشَى بِظُلْمَتِهِ كُلَّ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالأَرْضِ
the night was, or became, dark—غَشِىَ اللَّيْلُ
Said of the night.
And so also اغشى.
Lane cites “Jel in xcii. 1” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.1.4it came upon him, and upon his eye, with an overpowering effect, so as to obscure or dazzle his sight—غَشِيَهُ
[غَشِىَ بَصَرَهُ and غشّاهُ mean the same. Said of light.]
1.1.5he came to him; and he did it—غَشِيَهُ
The synonyms given are جَآءَهُ or أَتَاهُ [which have two meanings, i.e. he came to him, and he did it; perhaps both are meant here, since both are well-known meanings of غَشِيَهُ].
In this use the muḍāriʿ is as above, and the maṣdar is غَشَيَانٌ or غِشْيَانٌ, or the noun is غِشْيَانٌ with kesr, synonymous with إِتْيَانٌ.
he came to such a one—غَشِىَ فُلَانًا
Synonymous with أَتَاهُ; also غَشَاهُ.
1.1.6figurative · مجازhe had sexual intercourse with her; said of a woman—غَشِيَهَا
Maṣdar غَشَيَانٌ or غِشْيَانٌ, or the latter and غَشْىٌ; or غِشْيَانٌ is the noun in this case also, synonymous with إِتْيَانٌ, used metonymically in the sense of جِمَاعٌ.
Also تغشّاها.
1.1.7he did a forbidden action to him—غَشِىَ إِلَيْهِ مَحْجَرًا
Said with أَتَى إِلَيْهِ. In art. حجر.
the doing of forbidden things—غِشْيَانُ المَحَارِمِ
In art. رهق.
he occupied himself with the thing, or personally managed it—غَشِىَ الشَّىْءَ
Synonymous with لَابَسَهُ and بَاشَرَهُ.
[تغشّى has a similar meaning; for it is said that التَّغَشِّى and الغَشْىُ primarily mean الإِتْيَانُ and المُلَابَسَةُ, and the former came to be used more widely, so that one said تَغَشَّاهُمْ بِالعَدْلِ or بِالْجَوْرِ, apparently meaning he ruled them with equity or with injustice.]
[And one says يَغْشَى الحُرُوبَ, meaning he plunges into wars, or battles: see مُغَامِسٌ and its verb.]
1.1.8he struck him with the whip; he flogged him—غَشِيَهُ بِالسَّوْطِ
Said of a man.
It is said to be like رَضِيَهُ; in some copies the phrase is غَشِيَتُ الرَّجُلَ بِالسَّوْطِ, or غَشَّاهُ بِهِ, the verb being written غَشَّيْتُ, and so too according to an explanation of قَنَّعَ رَأْسَهُ بِالسَّوْطِ in art. قنع.
1.2he swooned, i.e. he became senseless—غُشِىَ عَلَيْهِ
Maṣdar غَشْىٌ or غُشْىٌ, or both, and غَشَيَانٌ or غِشْيَانٌ and غَشْيَةٌ; or this last is an ism waḥda of the maṣdar, or it is the noun.
Or it is the same as أُغْمِىَ عَلَيْهِ [q. v.].
Or الغَشْىُ or الغُشْىُ is a state of inertness of the motive and sensitive faculties, or of the motive faculties and of the sensitive will, because of weakness of the heart, the soul being drawn together to it by a cause that suppresses it inside, so that it finds no place of passage. Among its causes are a strangling or stifling; a harmful cold repletion; violent hunger; violent pain; cold; excessive hunger; or an evil affection in some associated organ, such as the heart and the stomach.
Some say that it is the same as الإِغْمَآءُ; so say the scholastic theologians, while others — the physicians and the lawyers — make a difference between the two terms.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 11
14:50
سَرَابِيلُهُم مِّن قَطِرَانٍ وَتَغْشَىٰ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُTheir garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire;
44:11
يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌEnveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
53:16
إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰBehold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!)
91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَاBy the Night as it conceals it;
92:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰBy the Night as it conceals (the light);
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
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, aor. يَغْشَى , inf. n. غَشَاوَةٌ , It covered, or concealed, him, or it; (TA;) as also تغشّاهُ . (MA.) And one says, غَشَانِى اللَّيْلُ , i. e. غَشِيَنِى [The night covered me, or concealed me: or the meaning may be that which next follows]. (JK.) غَشِيَهُ , (K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) is said of an event ( أَمْرٌ ), [and of heat, (S and K in art. دغم ,) and of cold, (K in that art.,) and of an affection of the mind or body, and of various things, sometimes in like manner of a man, and of a company of men,] in a similar sense; and so تغشّاهُ ; (K, TA;) both signifying It came upon, [or invaded, so as to surprise, and so as to over-whelm, properly meaning] as a thing that covered, him, or it. (K, * TA.) Hence, in the Kur [liii. 16], إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى [When there was coming upon the lote-tree so as to cover it, or overspread it, what was so coming]. (TA.) And in the same [xx. 81], فَغَشِيَهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ [And there came upon them so as to overwhelm them, of the sea, what so came upon them]. (TA.) And in the same [viii. 11], إِذْ يَغْشَاكُمُ [followed by ٱالنُّعَاسُ , i. e. When it (drowsiness) was coming upon you, or overcoming you]; accord. to one reading; other readings being يُغْشِيكُمُ and يُغَشِّيكُمُ [followed by ٱلنُّعَاسَ ]. (TA.) See also غَاشِيَةٌ , in three places. [A somewhat similar signification of غَشِيَهُ will be found below.] One says of the night, يَغْشَى بِظُلْمَتِهِ كُلَّ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالأَرْضِ [It covers, or conceals, with its darkness, everything that is between the heaven and the earth]. (Jel in xcii. 1.) And [hence it is said that] غَشِىَ اللَّيْلُ means The night was, or became, dark; as also اغشى . (Msb, TA.) [And غَشِيَهُ , and غَشِىَ بَصَرَهُ and غشّاهُ , signify It, i. e. light ( ضَوْءٌ ), came upon him, and upon his eye, with an overpowering effect, so as to obscure, or dazzle, his sight.] غَشِيَهُ also signifies جَآءَهُ (S) or أَتَاهُ (Mgh, Msb, K) [which have two meanings, i. e. He came to him, and he did it; both, perhaps, here meant, for both are well-known meanings of غَشِيَهُ ]; and, thus used, the aor. is as above, (TA,) and the inf. n. is غَشَيَانٌ , (S, TA,) or غِشْيَانٌ , (so in one of my copies of the S,) or the subst. is غِشْيَانٌ , (Msb,) with kesr, (Mgh, Msb,) syn. with إِتْيَانٌ . (Mgh.) You say, غَشِىَ فُلَانًا He came to such a one; syn. أَتَاهُ ; as also غَشَاهُ , aor. يَغْشُوهُ . (K.) [Hence,] غَشِيَهَا , (S, MA, Msb, K,) inf. n. غَشَيَانٌ or غِشْيَانٌ , (accord. to different copies of the S,) or the latter and غَشْىٌ , (MA,) or غِشْيَانٌ is the subst. in this case also, (Msb,) and syn. with إِتْيَانٌ , metonymically used in the sense of جِمَاعٌ , (Mgh, Msb,) He compressed her; (S, MA, Msb, K;) namely, a woman; (MA, K;) as also تغشّاها . (MA, Msb, TA.) And غَشِىَ إِلَيْهِ مَحْجَرًا He did to him ( أَتَى إِلَيْهِ ) a forbidden action. (TA in art. حجر .) [Hence,] غِشْيَانُ المَحَارِمِ [The doing of forbidden things]. (Mgh and Msb and K in art. رهق .) And غَشِىَ الشَّىْءَ He occupied himself with the thing, engaged in it, or personally managed or conducted it; syn. لَابَسَهُ and بَاشَرَهُ . (JM.) [And تغشّى has a similar meaning; for it is said that] التَّغَشِّى and الغَشْىُ primarily signify الإِتْيَانُ and المُلَابَسَةُ : and they took an extended range in using the former, so that one said, تَغَشَّاهُمْ بِالعَدْلِ or بِالْجَوْرِ [app. meaning He ruled them with equity or with injustice]. (Ham p. 27.) [And one says, يَغْشَى الحُرُوبَ (see Ham p. 27), meaning He plunges into wars, or battles: see مُغَامِسٌ , and its verb.] One says also, غَشِيَهُ بِالسَّوْطِ , (K, in which it is said to be like رَضِيَهُ , and so accord. to some copies of the S, the phrase in these being غَشِيَتُ الرَّجُلَ بِالسَّوْطِ ,) or غَشَّاهُ بِهِ , (accord. to other copies of the S, the verb in these being written غَشَّيْتُ , and thus accord. to an explanation of قَنَّعَ رَأْسَهُ بِالسَّوْطِ in art. قنع in the K,) He struck him (i. e. a man, S) with the whip; he flogged him. (S, K.) غُشِىَ عَلَيْهِ , (S, MA, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. غَشْىٌ , (S, Mgh, * K,) or غُشْىٌ , (MA,) or both, (Msb,) and غَشَيَانٌ , (K, TA, and so in some copies of the S,) or غِشْيَانٌ , (so in other copies of the S,) and غَشْيَةٌ , (S, Mgh,) or this last is an inf. n. of un., (Msb,) or it is the subst., (K,) He swooned, i. e. became senseless: (MA, PS:) or i. q. أُغْمِىَ عَلَيْهِ [q. v.]: (K, TA:) or الغَشْىُ , or الغُشْىُ , is a state of inertness ( تَعَطُّل , Mgh, Msb) of the motive and sensitive faculties, (Mgh,) or of the motive faculties and of the sensitive will, (Msb,) on account of the weakness of the heart, (Mgh, Msb,) and the soul's becoming drawn together thereto by a cause that suppresses it ( يُخْفِيهِ ) within so that it finds not a place of passage, and of the causes thereof is a strangling [or stifling], or hurtful, cold repletion, or vehement hunger, (Mgh,) or vehement pain, (Mgh, Msb,) or cold, or excessive hunger, (Msb,) or an evil affection in some associate, or participating, organ, such as the heart and the stomach: (Mgh:) some say that it is the same as الإِغْمَآءُ [for which see its proper art.]; (Mgh, Msb;) thus say the scholastic theologians: (Mgh:) others (the physicians and the lawyers, Mgh) make a difference between these two terms. (Mgh, Msb.)