غمض

1 غَمَضَ ذ , and غَمُضَ, aor. of each غَمُضَ , and inf. n. of each غُمُوضٌ, It (a thing) was, or became, unperceived, unapparent, hidden, or concealed. (TA.) ― -b2- غَمَضَ الحَقُّ, aor. and inf. n. as above; and غَمُضَ; The way of attaining, or obtaining, the right, or due, was, or became, unapparent, or hidden. (Msb.) ― -b3- غَمُضَ الكَلَامُ, inf. n. غُمُوضَةٌ; (S, Sgh, K;) and غَمَضَ, aor. غَمُضَ , inf. n. غُمُوضٌ; (IB, K; [but IB seems to express a doubt of the correctness of the latter form of the verb in this case;]) The speech, or language, was unapparent to the mind, not plain or perspicuous, obscure, recondite, or abstruse. (S, IB, Sgh, K.) ― -b4- غَمُضَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ The affair was not easy to him; (L, TA; *) and you say also, غَمَضَ الأَمْرُ, inf. n. غُمُوضٌ: and فِيهِ غُمُوضٌ [ In it is a want of easiness ]: but, Lh says, they scarcely ever, or never, say فِيهِ غُمُوضَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- غَمَضَ المَكَانُ, aor. غَمُضَ , inf. n. غُمُوضٌ; and غَمُضَ, inf. n. غُمُوضَةٌ and غَمَاضَةٌ; The place was, or became, low, or depressed; (S, K;) [because a place that is so is unseen from a distance.] ― -b6- غَمَضَ الخَلْخَالُ فِى السَّاقِ, inf. n. غُمُوضٌ, The anklet was, or became, depressed in the leg; lit., choked therein. (A, TA.) ― -b7- غَمَضَتِ الدَّارُ, aor. غَمُضَ , inf. n. as above, The house was not upon a common thoroughfare-road or street. (Lth, L.) ― -b8- غَمَضَ السَّيْفُ فِى اللَّحْمِ, (Ibn-'Abbád, A, K,) aor. غَمُضَ , (Ibn-'Abbád,) The sword became hidden in the flesh. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) ― -b9- غَمَضَ فِى الأَرْضِ, (Lh, A, K,) in [some of] the copies of the K, فى الأَمْرِ, which is a mistake, (TA,) aor. غَمُضَ and غَمِضَ , (K,) inf. n. غُمُوضٌ, (A,) He went away in, or into, the land, or country: (Lh:) or he went away and disappeared therein: (A, L:) or he went away and journeyed therein. (K.) ― -b10- And غَمَضَ, aor. غَمُضَ , also signifies It (a thing) was, or became, small. (IKtt.) -A2- See also 4, under اغمص عنه, in four places.