غيث
Appearance
Arabic
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غ ي ث (ḡ y ṯ) |
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]غَيْث • (ḡayṯ) m
- rain
- Synonym: مَطَر (maṭar)
- a. 1374, Ibn al-Khatib, Jadaka al-Ghaithu:
- جَادَكَ ٱلْغَيْثُ إِذَا ٱلْغَيْثُ هَمَا
يَا زَمَانَ ٱلْوَصْلِ بِٱلْأَنْدَلُسِ
لَمْ يَكُنْ وَصْلُكَ إِلَّا حُلُمًا
فِي ٱلْكَرَى أَوْ خِلْسَةَ ٱلْمُخْتَلِسِ- jādaka l-ḡayṯu ʔiḏā l-ḡayṯu hamā
yā zamāna l-waṣli bi-l-ʔandalusi
lam yakun waṣluka ʔillā ḥuluman
fī l-karā ʔaw ḵilsata l-muḵtalisi - the rain would befit you if the rain fell
oh the time of reunion in Andalusia
your reunion wasn't but a dream
in the sleep or a surreptitious passing (= something that passes quickly)
- jādaka l-ḡayṯu ʔiḏā l-ḡayṯu hamā
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun غَيْث (ḡayṯ)