# Gayn-Ta-Vav — غطو (gTw)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/gTw

- **Meaning:** To cover, to overlay, to veil, to hide, to conceal, to mask, to close
- **Derived forms:** غِطَاء (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** غِطَآءٍ — ghiṭāin · "a cover"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ كَانَتْ اَعْيُنُهُمْ ف۪ي غِطَٓاءٍ عَنْ ذِكْر۪ي وَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ سَمْعاً۟

Allatheena kanat aAAyunuhumfee ghita-in AAan thikree wakanoo layastateeAAoona samAAa

Those whose eyes were under a veil from My remembrance and were not able to hear.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-101.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** غِطَآءَكَ — ghiṭāaka · "your cover"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

لَقَدْ كُنْتَ ف۪ي غَفْلَةٍ مِنْ هٰذَا فَـكَشَفْنَا عَنْكَ غِطَٓاءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَد۪يدٌ

Laqad kunta fee ghaflatin min hathafakashafna AAanka ghitaaka fabasarukaalyawma hadeed

“Thou wast in heedlessness of this; and We have removed from thee thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this day!”

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-22.md_

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