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1 غَسَقَ ذ , said of the night, aor. غَسِقَ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. غُسُوقٌ (O, K, * TA) and غَسْقٌ and غَسَقٌ and غَسَقَانٌ, (K,) It became dark; (S, O;) as also ↓ اغسق , (Th, O,) said by Z to be of the dial. of the Benoo-Temeem: (TA:) or both signify it became intensely dark. (K.) Hence, in a trad., غَسَقَ اللَّيْلُ عَلَى الظِّرَابِ i. e. The night poured down upon the small mountains and covered them with its darkness. (TA.) ― -b2- And, said of the moon, It lost its light, and became black and dark. (TA.) ― -b3- And غَسَقَتْ عَيْنُهُ, (S, O, K,) aor. غَسِقَ ; (O, K;) and غَسِقَتْ, aor. غَسَقَ ; (K;) inf. n. غَسْقٌ, (S, O,) or غُسُوقٌ, (K,) or both, (TA,) and غَسَقَانٌ; (K, TA;) (assumed tropical:) His eye became dark: (S, O, K, TA:) or (assumed tropical:) shed tears: (K, TA:) or (tropical:) poured forth [tears]: (TA:) or غسقت العَيْنُ means (assumed tropical:) the eye overflowed with water. (AZ, TA.) ― -b4- And غَسَقَ الجُرْحُ, inf. n. غَسَقَانٌ (S, O, K) and غَسْقٌ also, (TA,) The wound had yellow water flowing from it; (S, O, K;) and so غَسِقَ. (K, by implication.) And غَسَقَتِ السَّمَآءُ, (O, K, TA,) aor. غَسِقَ , inf. n. غَسْقٌ and غَسَقَانٌ, (K, TA,) The sky rained; or let fall a little rain, such as is termed رَشٌّ: (O, K, TA:) and [the rain] poured forth; syn. اِنْصَبَّت: (TA:) [and in this latter sense غَسَقَ is app. said of any fluid; for,] accord. to Th, (O, TA,) غَسَقَانٌ is syn. with اِنْصِبَابٌ. (O, K, TA.) [Hence,] غَسَقَ اللَّبَنُ, (K,) inf. n. غَسْقٌ (TA) [and app. غَسَقَانٌ], The milk poured forth from the udder. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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