غيث

Arabic

Root
غ ي ث (ḡ-y-ṯ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣajθ/

Noun

غَيْث • (ḡayṯ) m

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)

Declension

Declension of noun غَيْث (ḡayṯ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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