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غمس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَمِيسٌ ذ Such as is termed غَمِير [q. v.] of herbage; (S, O, K, TA;) i. e. such as has become green in consequence of rain, in the lower parts of that which is dry. (O.) See also غَمِيمٌ. ― -b2- And A thing that has not appeared to men, and that is not known, as yet: whence the phrase قَصِيدَةٌ غَمِيسٌ [ an ode that has not become known: the epithet being masc. and fem.]. (O, K.) ― -b3- And i. q. أَجَمَةٌ [ A collection of tangled, or dense, trees or shrubs, or of reeds or canes; (see also غَمِيسَةٌ;)] and anything tangled, confused, or dense, in which one hides, or conceals, himself: (T, O, K, * TA:) in the copies of the K, أَوْ يُسْتَخْفَى is erroneously written for أَىْ يستخفى as in the T and O. (TA.) ― -b4- And A water-course, or channel in which water flows, (S, O, K, TA,) or (TA) such as is small, amid [ plants such as are termed ] بَقْل and نَبَات, (S, O, K, TA,) or, as in the L, combining (يَجْمَعُ) [app. within it ] trees, or shrubs, and بَقْل. (TA.) ― -b5- Also Night: (O:) or dark night. (K.) And Darkness. (O, K.) ― -b6- And AO is related by El-Athram to have said, المَجْرُ is what is in the belly of the she-camel; and the second [i. e. the offspring of the مَجْر] is [called] حَبَلُ الحَبَلَةِ; and the third is الغَمِيسُ [i. e. this last signifies The offspring of the offspring of the مَجْر: see مَجْرٌ and حَبَلٌ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

غَمِيسٌ
  1. 1.
أَوْ يُسْتَخْفَى
أَىْ يستخفى
حَبَلُ الحَبَلَةِ