غ • س • م

It (the night) was, or became, dark; (As, S, K;) as also ↓ اغسم, (JK, K,) like أَغْسَى. (JK.)

and ↓ غُسَمٌ In the sky are portions of clouds. (K.)

The darkness (S, ISd, TA) of night; (ISd, TA;) like غَسَقٌ: (S, TA:) or blackness: (Kr, K:) and (K) accord. to En-Nadr, (S,) the confusedness, or blending, of the darkness: (JK, S, K:) and the first rising of the dawn. (JK.) And Dust, or dust rising, or spreading, like smoke; syn. هَبْوَةٌ and غَبَرَةٌ (K) or غُبْرَةٌ [which sometimes signifies the same as غَبَرَهٌ]. (CK.)

; see أَغْسَامٌ.

Dark night. (TA.)