غم
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaR. Q. 1 غَمْغَمَ ذ , [inf. n. غَمْغَمَةٌ, He (a bull) uttered a cry, or cries, in fright; as also ↓ تَغَمْغَمَ: see غَمَغْمَةٌ below. ― -b2- And] He (a courageous man) raised his voice conflict with his antagonist; (Har p. 531;) [as also ↓ تَغَمْغَمَ: see, again, غَمْغَمَةٌ below.] ― -b3- And He [a man] spoke while taking a thing into his fauces, so that the hearer, or listener, did not understand what he was saying; (Har ubi suprà;) [or spoke indistinctly; agreeably with an explanation of غَمْغَمَةٌ below; as also ↓ تَغَمْغَمَ. ― -b4- And, said of a bow, It produced a sound; agreeably with another explanation of غَمْغَمَةٌ below.] ― -b5- Also, said of an infant, inf. n. غَمْغَمَةٌ, He wept over the breast, desiring the milk: [and the inf. n. is used as a simple subst., and therefore pluralized:] IAar cites as an ex., اـِذَا المُرْضِعَاتُ بَعْدَ أَوَّلِ هَجْعَةٍ ↓ سَمِعْتَ عَلَى ثُدِيِّهِنَّ غَمَاغِمَا [ When the suckling women, after the first light sleep in the beginning of the night, are in such a condition that thou hearest cryings over their breasts ]; meaning, as he says, that the milk of these women is little in quantity, so that the sucking child weeps over the breast when sucking it. (TA.)
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