# Gayn-Se-Vav — غثو (gvw)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To form foam on surface, to rise up, to accumulate foam on water surface, debris carried by flood water, foam
- **Derived forms:** غُثَاء (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** غُثَآءًۭ ۚ — ghuthāan · "(as) rubbish of dead leaves"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ غُـثَٓاءًۚ فَبُعْداً لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Faakhathat-humu assayhatubilhaqqi fajaAAalnahum ghuthaanfabuAAdan lilqawmi aththalimeen

Then the Blast seized them with justice, and We made them as decaying herbage: — “Then away with the wrongdoing people!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-41.md_

### 87. Surah Al-A'la, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** غُثَآءً — ghuthāan · "stubble"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَٓاءً اَحْوٰىۜ

FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

Then made it blackening decaying herbage

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ala/verse-5.md_

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