غيث

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Arabic

Root
غ ي ث (ḡ y ṯ)
1 term

Pronunciation

Noun

غَيْث (ḡayṯm

  1. 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)

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