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غم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَمَمٌ ذ is the inf. n. of 1 in the last of the senses expl. above: (Msb:) or it signifies The flowing down of the hair so that the forehead, (S, K, TA,) or as in the M, the face, (TA,) and the back of the neck, are narrowed: (S, K, TA:) or the hair that veils, or conceals, the جَبِين [generally meaning the part above the temple, but sometimes it means the forehead, ] and the back of the neck. (Har p. 21.) Z says that they dislike what is thus termed, and like what is termed نَزَعٌ [i. e. baldness of the two sides of the forehead]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

غَمَمٌ
  1. 1.