غَتَّهُ

, (S, K,) aorist غَتُ3َ , verbal noun غَثٌّ, (TK,) He fatigued, or wearied, him, (كَدَّهُ,) بِالأَمْرِ [by, or with, the affair]. (S, K.)

And He forced him to do a thing against his will, so that he afflicted, distressed, or oppressed, him. (TA.) And you say, غَتَّ الدَّابَّةَ شَوْطًا أَوْ شَوْطِيْنِ or wearied, the beast by urging it to run a heat, or two heats. (K, TA.)

Also He grieved him; (K, TA;) and afflicted, distressed, or oppressed, him. (TA.) And غُتَّ He was grieved [&c.]. (Sh, TA.)

And He overcame him, or silenced him, بِالكَلَامِ [by speech, i. e. by what he said]. (K, TA.) [Hence] it is said in a tradition respecting prayer, يَا مَنْ لَا يَغُثُّهُ دُعَاءُ الدَّاعِينَ O Thou whom the praying of those who pray does not overcome. (TA.) And [hence, perhaps,] one says, غَثَّ الضَّحِكَ (aorist and verbal noun as above, TA,) He concealed laughter, (S, K, TA,) by putting his hand, or his garment, over his mouth. (TA.)

Also He squeezed his throat, or throttled him: (K:) and he squeezed his throat for the period of an breath, or of two breaths, or, as some say, more than that. (TA.) It is said in a tradition respecting the mission [of Mohammad], فَأَخَذَنِى جِبْرِيلُ فَغَتَّنِى And Gabriel took me, and squeezed me vehemently, so that I experienced distress as when one is forcibly plunged into water: verbal noun غَتٌّ: and غَطٌّ signifies the same. (TA.)

غَتَّهُ فِى المَاءِ, (S, K, TA,) aorist and verbal noun as above, (TA,) is synonym with غَطَّهُ; (S, K, TA:) meaning He immersed, or plunged, him, or it, into the water. (TA.)

And one says, غَتَّهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِالعَذَابِ, verbal noun as above, God plunged them. or may God plunge them, with consecutive plungings, into punishment. (TA.)

And غَتَّ, aorist and verbal noun as above, He took successive draughts, keeping the vessel to his mouth. (AZ, TA.) And غَتَّ المَاءَ, (K, TA,) and غَتَّ فِى الإِنَاءِ, (TA.) He drank, taking draught after draught, or gulp after gulp, without removing the vessel from his mouth. (K, TA.)

And غَتَّ الشَّيءَْ الشَّيءَْ He made the part of the thing to follow another part thereof, (K, TA,) whether in drinking or in speaking [&c.] (TA.)

It is said in a tradition respecting Mohammad's pool, يَغُتُّ فِيهِ مِيزَابَانِ i. e. Two spouts were pouring forth into it with an uninter rupted pouring: or it is said to mean, two spouts were running into it with a murmuring sound; according to which latter explanation we must read يَغِتُّ: and some say that it is يغطّ. (Az., L, TA.) [See also another reading voce عَبَّ.]

And one says, غَتَّهُ بِجُشَمِهِ He threw his breast upon him. (TA in article جشم.)

-A2- غَتَّ, aorist غَتِ3َ , It was, or became, bad, or corrupt; said of food; and likewise of speech. (Aboo-Bekr, TA.) [See also غَثَّ.]