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غَيْثٌ ذ inf. n. of غَاثَ [q. v.]. (S, O, Msb.) ― -b2- And [a subst.] signifying Rain: (S, A, O, Msb, K:) or rain that occupies the space of a بَرِيد [i. e. six miles, or twelve miles,] in width: (AA, O, K:) or rain that is productive of much good; [supposed to belong to art. غوث, for it is added,] because mankind are aided thereby; thus expl. in the “ Sharh esh-Shifè: ” pl. أَغْيَاثٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and غُيُوثٌ. (TA.) [Hence a tropical usage in a saying mentioned voce ثَجَّاجٌ.] ― -b3- And [hence] ذُبَابُ غَيْثٍ [or ذُبَابُ الغَيْثِ (see ذُبَابٌ) lit. The fly of rain or the fly of the rain] signifies (assumed tropical:) the bee, or bees collectively: so called because the bee seeks after herbage and flowers, which are consequent upon the rain: (IAth, TA:) [for] ― -b4- غَيْثٌ signifies also (tropical:) Herbage (Lth, S, A, O, Msb, K) which grows by means of the water of the sky: (Lth, A, O, K:) called thus by the name of its cause. (Msb.) ― -b5- And (tropical:) Clouds. (S, O, TA.) [See an ex. voce فَرُوقَةٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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