# Gayn-Vav-Sad — غوص (gwS)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** dive in, descend beneath; immersed, immerged, dipped, plunged, sink into water.
- **Derived forms:** غَوَّاص (1) · يَغُوصُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** يَغُوصُونَ — yaghūṣūna · "would dive"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمِنَ الشَّيَاط۪ينِ مَنْ يَغُوصُونَ لَهُ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلاً دُونَ ذٰلِكَۚ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَافِظ۪ينَۙ

Wamina ashshayateeni manyaghoosoona lahu wayaAAmaloona AAamalan doona thalikawakunna lahum hafitheen

And among the satans were those diving for him, and doing work besides that; and We were over them a guardian.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-82.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** وَغَوَّاصٍۢ — waghawwāṣin · "and diver"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَالشَّيَاط۪ينَ كُلَّ بَنَّٓاءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍۙ

Washshayateena kulla banna-inwaghawwas

And the satans, every builder and diver,

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-37.md_

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