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غشم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَشَمْشَمٌ ذ : see مِغْشَمٌ. Accord. to some, it signifies One who acts with much wrongfulness, injustice, injuriousness, or tyranny. (Ham p. 104.) ― -b2- نَاقَةٌ غَشَمْشَمَةٌ A she-camel strong, resisting, or indomitable, in spirit. (IJ, TA.) And غَشَمْشَمٌ is applied to a he-camel as meaning هَائِجٌ [i. e. Excited by lust ]. (Meyd in explanation of the prov. here following.) ― -b3- غَشَمْشَمٌ يُغَشِّى الشَّجَرَ, i. e. This, or it or he, is a torrent [ wild in its course, ] that overwhelms the trees, so that it crushes them and uproots them, سَيْلٌ preceded by هٰذَا or هُوَ being meant to be supplied, is a prov. applied to a man who cares not what wrong he does. (Meyd.) ― -b4- See also غَشُومٌ.

Derived headwords

غَشَمْشَمٌ
  1. 1.
نَاقَةٌ غَشَمْشَمَةٌ
غَشَمْشَمٌ يُغَشِّى الشَّجَرَ