maṣdarغَيْضٌmuḍāriʿيَغِيضُ يَفِيضُ
Core sense — it (water) became scanty and sank into the earth; he made it diminishgenerated
1.1it (water) became scanty and sank into the earth—انغاض
maṣdars غَيْضٌ, مَغَاضٌ, and مَغِيضٌ.
Said of water: it became scanty and sank into the earth, or disappeared in the earth; or it became scanty and decreased or fell short; or it sank into the earth and went away; or it went away into the earth. The opposite of فَاضَ.
It is of the dialect of El-Hijāz.
1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred
Said of a thing, of a flow of milk, and of the price of a commodity: it decreased, or fell short.
1.1.2and the wombs' falling short [of completion or of what is usual], and their exceeding—وَمَا تَغِيضُ ٱلْأَرْحَامُ وَمَا تَزْدَادُ
In the Qur'ān 13:9. It is meant in respect of the body of the fetus, the period of gestation, and the number borne; or, as some say, in respect of the menstrual blood.
Or: the wombs' falling short of the nine months of gestation, and their exceeding the nine months. So Zj, O and L, and so in copies of the K, though others have seven months.
Or: the wombs' falling short of completion, so that the fetus dies, and their exceeding so that the gestation becomes complete; on this explanation the reading of seven months in the K may be correct. See also Katádeh's explanation of غَيْضٌ below, which supports that reading.
1.1.3figurative · مجازthe generous became few and perished, and the mean became many—غَاضَ الكِرَامُ وَفَاضَ اللِّئَامُ
1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredHe (God) made it, namely water, become scanty and sink into the earth—غَاضَهُ
Muḍāriʿ as above. Or: he made it decrease or fall short; or he made it go away into the earth.
he made it (water) sink into the earth, or diminish—اغاضهُ
he made it (water) sink into the earth, or diminish—غيّضهُ
Maṣdar تَغْيِيضٌ. So the first of these verbs is transitive as well as intransitive.
and the water was made to become scanty—وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ
and he did away with what appeared of apostasy—وَغَاضَ نَبْعَ الرِّدَّةِ
he made his tears diminish, and restrained them—غيّض دَمْعَهُ
In the Qur'ān 11:46; or the meaning is, was made to decrease.
A saying of 'Áïsheh, describing her father.
Maṣdar as above. Or: he took the tears from his eye and dashed them away.
A verse of Jereer, given in the article غبض: [They made their tears to flow until they exhausted them, and they said to me, What is it that you have experienced, of love, and we have experienced?]
shāhidغَيَّضْنَ مِنْ عَبَرَاتِهِنَّ وَقُلْنَ لِىمَا ذَا لَقِيتَ مِنَ الهَوَى وَلَقِينَا
ISd says that من here denotes some; or it may be redundant, according to the opinion of Abu-l-Ḥasan, who holds that it may be so in affirmative as well as negative phrases, giving as an instance قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ مَطَرٍ, meaning قَدْ كَانَ مَطَرٌ.
One relation of this verse gives غَبَّضْنَ, but the former is the right one; see the article غبض.
Qur’ān 11:44 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xi. 46”
Qur’ān 11:44 Lane quotes this verse
وَقِيلَ يَـٰٓأَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ وَيَـٰسَمَآءُ أَقْلِعِى وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَٱسْتَوَتْ عَلَى ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَThen the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O sky! Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was ended. The Ark rested on Mount Judi, and the word went forth: "Away with those who do wrong!"Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.2.1
He opened a way, passage, or channel, for it, namely water, to flow out to a مَغِيض.
1.2.2figurative · مجاز — inferred
He lowered it, namely the price of a commodity; اغاضهُ means the same.
1.2.3
And he caused him to suffer loss, or detriment; and he wronged, or injured, him.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
11:44
وَقِيلَ يَـٰٓأَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ وَيَـٰسَمَآءُ أَقْلِعِى وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَٱسْتَوَتْ عَلَى ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَThen the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O sky! Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was ended. The Ark rested on Mount Judi, and the word went forth: "Away with those who do wrong!"
13:8
ٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَحْمِلُ كُلُّ أُنثَىٰ وَمَا تَغِيضُ ٱلْأَرْحَامُ وَمَا تَزْدَادُ ۖ وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍ عِندَهُۥ بِمِقْدَارٍAllah doth know what every female (womb) doth bear, by how much the wombs fall short (of their time or number) or do exceed. Every single thing is before His sight, in (due) proportion.
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. يَغِيضُ , inf. n. غَيْضٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and مَغَاضٌ (Msb, K) and مَغِيضٌ , (TA,) It (water) became scanty, or little in quantity, and sank into the earth, or disappeared in the earth: (S, and so in some copies of the K:) or became scanty, or little in quantity, and decreased, or diminished, or became deficient: (A, and so in some copies of the K:) or sank into the earth, and went away: (TA:) or went away into the earth; (Msb;) [contr. of فَاضَ , aor. يَفِيضُ ;] as also انغاض , (S, K,) which is of the dial. of El- Hijáz. (TA.) It (a thing, Msb, a flow of milk, TA, and the price of a commodity, S, Msb, K) decreased, or diminished, or became deficient. (S, Msb, K.) وَمَا تَغِيضُ ٱلْأَرْحَامُ وَمَا تَزْدَادُ , (S, * K, * TA,) in the Kur [xiii. 9], (S,) means And the wombs' falling short [of completion or of what is usual], (Akh, S, Bd,) and their exceeding [therein], in respect of the body [of the fœtus], and the period of gestation, and the number borne: (Bd:) or, as some say, in respect of the menstrual blood: (Bd:) or the wombs' falling short of the nine months (Zj, O, L, and so in copies of the K, but in others seven months,) of gestation, and their exceeding the nine [or seven] months: (Zj, O, L:) or the wombs' falling short of completion, so that the fœtus dies, and their exceeding so that the gestation becomes complete: and accord. to this explanation, the reading of seven months in the K may be correct: see also Katádeh's explanation of غَيْضٌ , below, which favours this reading. (TA.) You say also, غَاضَ الكِرَامُ وَفَاضَ اللِّئَامُ (S, A) The generous became few, (S, TA,) and failed, or perished, (TA,) and the mean became many. (S.) غَاضَهُ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. as above, inf. n. غَيْضٌ , (TA,) He (God, S, Msb) made it (i. e. water) to become scanty, or little in quantity, and to sink into the earth, or disappear in the earth: (S:) or made it to decrease, or diminish, or become deficient: (K:) or made it to go away into the earth: (Msb:) and اغاضهُ signifies the same; (S, A, K;) and so does غيّضهُ , inf. n. تَغْيِيضٌ : (TA:) thus the first of these verbs is trans. as well as intrans. (S.) [It is said in the Kur xi. 46,] وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ (S, A) And the water was made to become scanty, &c.: (S:) or was made to decrease, or diminish. (A, * Bd.) And hence the saying of 'Áïsheh, describing her father, وَغَاضَ نَبْعَ الرِّدَّةِ And he did away with what appeared of apostacy. (TA.) You say also, غيّض دَمْعَهُ , (S, * K,) inf. n. as above, (K,) He made his tears to diminish, (S, K,) and restrained them: (S:) or he took the tears from his eye and dashed them away. (Th.) A poet says, (TA,) namely, Jereer, (O and TA in art. غبض ,) 1 meaning They made their tears to flow until they exhausted them [and they said to me, What is it that thou hast experienced, of love, and we have experienced?]: ISd says that من here denotes some; or it may be redundant, accord. to the opinion of Abu-l-Hasan; for he holds that it may be so in affirmative [as well as negative] phrases, mentioning, as an instance, قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ مَطَرٍ , meaning قَدْ كَانَ مَطَرٌ . (TA.) One relation of this verse gives غَبَّضْنَ ; but the former is the right. (O and TA in art. غبض .) غَيَّضْنَ مِنْ عَبَرَاتِهِنَّ وَقُلْنَ لِى | مَا ذَا لَقِيتَ مِنَ الهَوَى وَلَقِينَا Also He opened a way, passage, or channel, for it (namely water) to flow forth to a مَغِيض [q. v.]. (Msb.) He diminished it, namely the price of a commodity; (Ks, S, Msb, K;) as also اغاضهُ . (K.) And He caused him to suffer loss, or detriment; and wronged, or injured, him. (ISd, TA.)