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طمر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 طمّر ذ , (O,) inf. n. تَطْمِيرٌ, (O, K,) He made his building high. (O.) ― -b2- And i. q. طَوَى [meaning He folded a written paper &c.; or rolled up a طُومَار, or scroll: and (assumed tropical:) He (the Creator) made the limbs, or shanks, of an animal, compact, or round; as though rolled up like scrolls ]. (O, K, TA.) طُمِّرَتْ, in a verse of Kaab Ibn-Zuheyr, [referring to a wild she-ass, or to her legs,] means (assumed tropical:) She was, or they were, rendered compact in make; or rounded, as though rolled up like as are طَوَامِير [or scrolls ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And He let down a curtain. (K, TA.) One says, طَمَّرُوا بُيُوتَهُمْ They let down their curtains over their doors. (O, TA.)

Derived headwords

طمّرverb
  1. 1.
طَمَّرُوا بُيُوتَهُمْ