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غَاشِيَةٌ ذ : see غِشَآءٌ and غَوَاشٍ .غِشَاوَةٌ is its pl. (TA:) occurring in the Kur vii. 39, meaning أَغْمَآءٌ, (K, TA,) i. e. أَغْشَآءٌ [or Coverings, a pl. of غِشَآءٌ]. (TA.) ― -b2- It is also [The covering, like غِشَآءٌ, q. v.], of the horse's saddle. (S.) ― -b3- And (S,) of the [camel's saddle called] رَحْل, (K,) it is The iron that is above the مُؤَخَّرَة or [hinder part], (S, K, TA,) also called the دَامِغَة [q. v.]. (Az TA.) ― -b4- Also The skin with which the جَفْن [or scabbard] of a sword is covered, from the lower part of its شَارِب [q. v.] to its نَعْل [or shoe of iron, or silver, at the lower end of the scabbard]: or the covering that is put upon the hilt, consisting of [the skins called] أَسْفَان [pl. of سَفَنٌ, q. v.]: (K. [for أَسْفَان, which is the reading in the M, some copies of the K have أَسْفَار:]) or the first part, of the sword, of what is next to thee [when holding the hilt]: and sometimes it signifies its غِمْد [or scabbard], also. (Ham p. 22.) ― -b5- الغَاشِيَةُ (in the Kur lxxxviii. I, TA) means The resurrection; (S, K, TA;) because it will overwhelm (↓ تَغْشَى ) with its terrors; (S, TA;) or because it will come upon mankind as a thing covering them, (↓ تَغْشَى الخَلْقَ,) so as to include them universally: (TA:) and, (K, TA,) some say, (TA,) the fire of Hell); (K, TA;) because it will cover, or overspread, (↓ تَغْشَى ,) the faces of the unbelievers. (TA.) (In like manner also,] غَاشِيَةٌ مِنَ العَذَابِ means Punishment that is general, or universal, in its extent. (TA.) ― -b6- And غَاشِيَةٌ signifies also A calamity, or misfortune. (TA.) ― -b7- And A cer tain disease that attacks in the جَوْف [i. e. belly, or chest]. (As, S, K.) One says, رَمَاهُ ا@للّٰهُ بِغَاشِيَةٍ [May God smite him, or afflict him, with a غَاشِيَة]. (As, S.) ― -b8- Also Petitioners that come to one (K, TA) seeking, or demanding, or asking, gifts: (TA:) and visiters, and friends, that come to one time after time; (K, TA;) and that resort to one (TA:) a man's resorters; such as guests; and hangers-on, or seekers of favours; servants [or dependants]; and others. (Har pp. 95 and 467.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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