غَوْثٌ
1.
and
غُوَاثٌ and
غَوَاثٌ, (S, K,) the last deviating from the common course of speech, (K, TA,) with respect to analogy, as will be seen from what follows, (TA,) A cry for aid, or succour. (S, K, KL, PS.) One says, أَجَابَ اللّٰهُ
دُعَاءَهُ وغُوَاثَهُ and
غَوَاثَهُ [God answered his prayer, and his cry for aid]. (Fr, S.)
غَوَاثٌ is said by Fr to be the only word significant of a sound, or cry, having fet-h [to the first letter]; other words of this kind being with damm, as بُكَاءٌ and دُعَاءٌ, or with kesr, as نِدَاءٌ and صِيَاحٌ. (S.) See also 2.
2.
And see غِيَاثٌ.