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غشم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَشُومٌ ذ A man who strikes, or beats, people vehemently, [ and wrongfully, (see 1,)] and takes [ from them ] everything that he can get; as also ↓ غَشَّامٌ and ↓ غَاشِمٌ [except that the first and second are app. intensive epithets and the last is a simple part. n.]: and it is likewise applied to a fem., as, for ex., to a hand (يَدٌ): and to a striking, or beating, (ضَرْبٌ,) [app. as meaning wrongful, ] as is also ↓ غَشَمْشَمٌ. (TA.) [One says,] الحَرْبُ غَشُومٌ [ War is wrongful ], because it reaches other than the committer of a crime, or an offence deserving punishment. (S.) ― -b2- Also A she-camel that will not be turned back from her course, or way. (R, TA.)

Derived headwords

غَشُومٌ
  1. 1.
الحَرْبُ غَشُومٌ