غيث

Arabic

Root
غ ي ث (ḡ y ṯ)
1 term

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣajθ/

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of noun **غَيْث** (ḡayṯ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غَيْث ḡayṯ	الْغَيْث al-ḡayṯ	غَيْث ḡayṯ
nominative	غَيْثٌ ḡayṯun	الْغَيْثُ al-ḡayṯu	غَيْثُ ḡayṯu
accusative	غَيْثًا ḡayṯan	الْغَيْثَ al-ḡayṯa	غَيْثَ ḡayṯa
genitive	غَيْثٍ ḡayṯin	الْغَيْثِ al-ḡayṯi	غَيْثِ ḡayṯi