غَائِص diver in Arabic
غَائِص is how you say “diver” in Arabic.
Root غ و ص ġ-w-ṣ. noun (active participle, ism fāʿil, of form I غَاصَ). ġāʾiṣ.
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Meaning of diver in Arabic
- one who dives in, or descends beneath, water; a diver
- a diver for pearls in the sea a specialized use shared with the intensive form غَوَّاص, particularly for one who dives and fetches out pearls
- one who pounces, or comes upon a thing suddenly and unawares figurative extension of the diving sense
Example sentence
وما علم أن هبوط الغائص في اللجّة خلف الدرّ صعود
And did not know that the diver's descent into the depth in pursuit of the pearl is an ascent.
الغَائِصِ the diver
al- = 'the'; ghais means 'the diver' — the 'of…' word: 'of the diver' (the diver's descent).
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Used generally of one who dives into water, and particularly of a pearl-diver (a sense it shares with the more intensive غَوَّاص); it is also used figuratively of someone who pounces on a thing unexpectedly.
Words from the same root
- غَاصَ to dive, descend beneath water; (fig.) to dive for hidden meanings so as to bring them out
- غوّصهُ to make (someone) dive; to immerse or plunge them in water
- غَوْصٌ diving; the act of diving, especially for pearls
- غَوْصَةٌ a single dive
- غَوَّاصٌ diver, especially a professional pearl-diver
- مَغَاصٌ a diving place; a ground where pearls are fetched from the water
Common questions
- How do you say "diver" in Arabic?
- غَائِص (ghāʾiṣ).
- What is the root of غَائِص and what does it mean?
- It comes from the root غ و ص (ghāṣa), which means to dive or descend beneath water.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).