غَيَّةٌ

1.

See غَىٌّ.

غَوَّةٌ and غَيَّةٌ signify the same.
2.
[Hence,] وَلَدُ غَيَّةٍ, and غِيَّةٍ, (K, TA,) but the latter is said by Lh to be rare, (TA,) The offspring of fornication or adultery; (K, TA;) opposite of وَلَدُ رِشْدَةٍ. (TA.) And one says also اِبْنُ الغَىِّ [meaning The son of fornication or adultery]. (L in article بهث.) And هُوَ لِغَيَّةٍ, (S, Msb,) and لِغِيَّةٍ, said in reviling a person, He is, or was, unlawfully begotten; (Msb;) opposite of لِرِشْدَةٍ. (S.)

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