غشاء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ش ي (ḡ-š-y)

Noun

غِشَاء (ḡišāʾ) m (plural أَغْشِية (ʾaḡšiya) or غِشَاءَات (ḡišāʾāt))

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

Declension

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