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غيّث , said of a blind man, He sought, or searched, [or groped, with the hand,] for a thing: (Kr, TA:) also written [ عيّث ] with [the unpointed] ع , and thus correctly, though ISd thought this latter to be a mistranscription. (TA.)

تغيّث He became fat: (K:) said of a camel. (TK.)

غَيْثٌ inf. n. of غَاثَ [q. v.]. (S, O, Msb.) ― -b2- And [a subst.] signifying Rain: (S, A, O, Msb, K:) or rain that occupies the space of a بَرِيد [i. e. six miles, or twelve miles,] in width: (AA, O, K:) or rain that is productive of much good; [supposed to belong to art. غوث , for it is added,] because mankind are aided thereby; thus expl. in the “ Sharh esh-Shifè: ” pl. أَغْيَاثٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and غُيُوثٌ . (TA.) [Hence a tropical usage in a saying mentioned voce ثَجَّاجٌ .] ― -b3- And [hence] ذُبَابُ غَيْثٍ [or ذُبَابُ الغَيْثِ (see ذُبَابٌ ) lit. The fly of rain or the fly of the rain] signifies (assumed tropical:) the bee, or bees collectively: so called because the bee seeks after herbage and flowers, which are consequent upon the rain: (IAth, TA:) [for] ― -b4- غَيْثٌ signifies also (tropical:) Herbage (Lth, S, A, O, Msb, K) which grows by means of the water of the sky: (Lth, A, O, K:) called thus by the name of its cause. (Msb.) ― -b5- And (tropical:) Clouds. (S, O, TA.) [See an ex. voce فَرُوقَةٌ .]

غِيَاثٌ , originally غِوَاثٌ , see in art. غوث .

غَيِّثٌ i. q. عَيْلَمُ مَا=ءٍ [i. e. Water that is beneath a stratum of rock]. (TA.) [Hence] بِيءْرٌ ذَاتُ غَيِّثٍ A well having a constant accession of water. (O, K.) ― -b2- And [hence] فَرَسٌ ذُو غَيِّثٍ (tropical:) A horse that performs, (O,) or that increases [his running], (K, TA,) run after run. (O, K, TA.)

أَرْضٌ مَغِيثَةٌ , and ↓ مَغْيُوثَةٌ , (the latter being the original form, TA,) Land watered with rain. (S, O, Msb, K.)

غَيْثٌ مُغِيثٌ A general rain. (TA.) [But the epithet مُغِيثٌ evidently belongs to art. غوث ; and the phrase properly signifies A rain that gives aid, or succour.]

أَرْضٌ مَغْيُوثَةٌ : see مَغِيثَةٌ .