Rizwan Zubair

Root غ و ط gh-w-ṭ

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غ و طgh-w-ṭ

(ن) غَاطَ يَغُوْطُ غَوْطًاghāṭa yaghūṭu ghawṭan (original form: غَوَطَ يَغْوُطُghawaṭa yaghwuṭu): to dig a pit; to plunge something into something. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

غَآئِطٌghāʾiṭ (active participle (ism fāʿil)): low-lying ground; then كنايةً رفعِknātan rfʿi is used for the place of relieving oneself (the privy), because in those days low ground was chosen for that purpose. ﴿اَوْ جَآءَ اَحَدٌ مِّنْكُمْ مِّنَ الْغَآئِطِ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:43)

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