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غم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غِمَامَةٌ ذ : see 1, near the middle, in three places. ― -b2- Also A thing with which the eyes of a she-camel are bound, or with which her muzzle is bound: (K:) or a piece of cloth with which the nose of a she-camel is stopped (يُسَدُّ) [or bound (يُشَدُّ)] when she is made to incline to the young one of another: pl. غَمَائِمُ. (A'Obeyd, TA.) [See also دَرْجَةٌ: and صِقَاعٌ.] ― -b3- And (by way of comparison [thereto], TA) (tropical:) The prepare of a boy; as also ↓ غُمَامَةٌ. (K, TA.)

Derived headwords

غِمَامَةٌ
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