غَيْث

2 gy~v * , said of a blind man, He sought, or searched, [or groped, with the hand, ] for a thing: (Kr, TA:) also written [ Ey~v ] with [the unpointed] E , and thus correctly, though ISd thought this latter to be a mistranscription. (TA.)

gayovN * inf. n. of gaAva [q. v.]. (S, O, Msb.) ― -b2- And [a subst.] signifying Rain: (S, A, O, Msb, K:) or rain that occupies the space of a bariyd [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. gwv , for it is added,] because mankind are aided thereby; thus expl. in the “ Sharh esh-Shifè: ” pl. A^agoyaAvN [a pl. of pauc.] and guyuwvN . (TA.) [Hence a tropical usage in a saying mentioned voce vaj~aAjN .] ― -b3- And [hence] *ubaAbu gayovK [or *ubaAbu Algayovi (see *ubaAbN ) 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- gayovN 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 faruwqapN .]

gay~ivN * i. q. Eayolamu maA='K [i. e. Water that is beneath a stratum of rock ]. (TA.) [Hence] biy^orN *aAtu gay~ivK A well having a constant accession of water. (O, K.) ― -b2- And [hence] farasN *uw gay~ivK (tropical:) A horse that performs, (O,) or that increases [ his running ], (K, TA,) run after run. (O, K, TA.)