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Arabic root

غ-س-ل

Ghayn-Sin-Lam

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About this root

Ghayn-Sin-Lam (غ-س-ل) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: ghasala (to wash).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 4 times in 4 verses, across 4 of the 114 suras. The first is in 4:43.

Themes: Verbs, Daily

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
غَسَلَ
ghasala
to washverb, A1Action Verbs - Work & Study

In the Quran

ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَـٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ

(And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.

Quran 38:42

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1verb
غَسَلَ
ghasala

to wash

Example
غسلتُ يديَّ قبلَ الأكلِ
ghasaltu yadayya qabla al-akli
I washed my hands before eating
Grammar

Form I verb. Past: ghasala, Present: yaghsilu.

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