גָּרַשׁ (b. h.) 1) to stir up, to set in commotion. Sifré Deut. 39; Yalk. ib. 859 יכול יהו מים גּוֹרְשִׁין את העפר ממקום בקעה וכ׳ you might suppose the (rain) water will stir up the (fat) ground of the valley, and thus the valley will lack (drinking) water. —2) (cmp. טָרַד) to banish; to send off, divorce (a wife).—Part. pass. גָּרוּשׁ, f. גְּרוּשָׁה q. v.
Pi. - גֵּירַשׁ, גֵּרַשׁ to send off, banish. Gen. R. s. 21.—Esp. to give a letter of divorce. Gitt. IX, 1 הַמְּגָרֵשׁ וכ׳ if one divorces his wife and says, on handing her the letter, &c.; a. v. fr.—Ib. VI, 5 if one says (to his delegates) … גָּרְשׁוּהָ ga’rshuha, they are authorized to write and deliver to her a letter of divorce (geresh being the colloquial term for divorcing).
Pa. - גּוּרָשׁ to be banished, &c. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XIX; XX ג׳ ויצא וכ׳ he was banished and he left paradise.—Part. מְגוּרָשׁ, f. מְגוּרֶשֶׁת. Gitt. VII, 4 מג׳ ואינה מג׳ she is and is not divorced, i.e. her divorce is doubtful, and she has to suffer the disqualifications of a married and of a divorced woman. Ib. 5; a. v. fr.
Hithpa. - הִתְגָּרֵשׁ,
Nithpa - נִתְגָּרֵשׁ, 1) to be banished; to be divorced. Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII. Gitt. 65ᵃ מִתְגָּרֶשֶׁת בקידושי וכ׳ she is entitled to receive a letter of divorce for herself even though her father had contracted the marriage in her behalf; a. v. fr. [ 2) to be stirred up, become muddy, thick. Midr. d’R. Akiba, Alef (Jellinek Beth Hammidrash III, 13).]