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غمص

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 غَمَصَهُ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, K,) aor. غَمِصَ inf. n. غَمْصٌ; (S;) and غَمِصَهُ, aor. غَمَصَ , inf. n. غَمْصٌ; and غَمِصَهُ, aor. غَمَصَ , inf. n. غَمَصٌ; (K, * TA;) but the first is the most chaste; (TA;) He despised him; held him in contempt; (A, Mgh, K;) accounted him little, or vile; regarded him as nothing; (S;) as also ↓ اغتمصهُ. (S, A, K.) You say also, رَاآهُ فَغَمَصَتْهُ عَيْنُهُ He saw him and his eye despised him. (A.) ― -b2- He blamed him; found fault with him; imputed to him a vice, or fault; and despised his right. (A, K.) You say, وَجَدَتْ النَّاسَ يَغْمِصُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا [ I found the people blaming one another, &c.]; as also ↓ يَغْتَمِصُ. (A.) And غَمَصْتَهُ بِسُوْءٍ [ Thou imputedst evil to him ]. (TA, from a trad.) And غَمَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلًا قَالَهُ I blamed him, or found fault with him, for a saying that he said. (S.) ― -b3- And hence, (TA,) غَمَصَ النِّعْمَةَ, (S, K,) and غَمِصَهَا, (K,) the latter is the form authorized by the T and the Deewán el-Adab, this verb and [its syn.] غمط being there said to be both with kesr to the م, (TA,) He was ungrateful, or unthankful, for the favour or benefit; (S, K, TA;) he despised it, and disacknowledged it. (TA.) ― -b4- [Hence also, app.,] غَمَصَ ا@للّٰهُ الخَلْقَ God diminished the height, and breadth, and strength, and might in war, or valour, of mankind; and made them small and contemptible: occurring in a trad. of 'Alee respecting the slaughter of his brother by a son of Adam. (TA.) -A2- غَمَصَتْ عَيْنُهُ, (S, K,) aor. غَمَصَ , (K,) inf. n. غَمَصٌ, (S,) His eye had in it what is termed غَمَصٌ, q. v. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence, perhaps,] غَمِصَ هٰذَا الأَمْرُ عَلَىَّ This thing, or affair, turned against me, and became attended with trouble. (JK.) ― -b3- [And hence, perhaps,] لَا تَغْمَصْ عَلَىَّ [in the CK تَغْمِصْ] Be not thou angry with me: so accord. to the O [and the JK]: but accord. to the K, do not thou lie against me, or utter falsehood. (TA.)

Derived headwords

غَمَصَهُverb
  1. 1.
فَغَمَصَتْهُ عَيْنُهُ
النَّاسَ يَغْمِصُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا
غَمَصْتَهُ بِسُوْءٍ
غَمَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْلًا
غَمَصَ النِّعْمَةَ
غَمَصَ ا@للّٰهُ الخَلْقَ
غَمَصَتْ عَيْنُهُ
غَمِصَ هٰذَا الأَمْرُ عَلَىَّ
لَا تَغْمَصْ عَلَىَّ