غشاء

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Arabic[edit]

Root
غ ش ي (ḡ-š-y)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

غِشَاء (ḡišāʔm (plural أَغْشِية (ʔaḡšiya) or غِشَاءَات (ḡišāʔāt))

  1. whatever covers animal or plant body (such as skin, hair, feather, scale, husk)
  2. (biology) membrane
    غِشَاء خَلَوِيّ
    ḡišāʔ ḵalawiyy
    cell membrane

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Azerbaijani: qişa
  • Persian: غشاء, غشا
  • Ottoman Turkish: غشا