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غَرْبِىٌّ ذ [Of, or relating to, the west, or place of sunset; western]: see غَارِبٌ. ― -b2- [Also,] applied to trees (شَجَرٌ), Smitten, or affected, by the sun at the time of its setting. (K.) [Respecting the meaning of its fem. in the Kur xxiv. 35, see شَرْقِىٌّ.] -A2- And A sort of dates: (K:) but accord. to AHn, the word is غُرَابِىٌّ [q. v.]. (TA.) ― -b2- And The [sort of] نَبِيذ that is termed فَضِيخ [i. e. a beverage made from crushed unripe dates without being put upon the fire]: (K, TA:) or [a beverage] prepared only from fresh ripe dates; the drinker of which ceases not to possess selfrestraint as long as the wind does not blow upon him; but if he goes forth into the air, and the wind blows upon him, his reason departs: wherefore one of its drinkers says, “ إِِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ غَرْبِيُّكُمْ جَيِّدًا
فَنَحْنُ بِا@للّٰهِ وَبِا@لرِّيحِ
” [If your gharbee be not excellent, we (put our trust) in God and in the wind]. (AHn, TA.) ― -b3- And A certain red صِبْغ [i. e. dye, or perhaps sauce, or fluid seasoning]. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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