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غمض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

المُغَمِّضَاتُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ ذ , (O, K, * TA,) or مُغَمِّضَاتُ الأُمُورِ, accord. to different relations of a trad. in which it occurs, (TA,) Sins, or offences, which a man commits knowing them [ to be such ]: (O, K, TA:) or enormities which a man commits knowing them [ to be such ]; as though he closed his eyes upon them, feigning himself blind while he saw them: (TA:) IAth says that accord. to one relation it is with fet-h to the second م, [↓ مُغَمَّضَات,] and means small sins, or offences; so called because minute and unapparent, so that a man commits them with a kind of doubt, not knowing that he will be punished for committing them. (TA.)

Derived headwords

المُغَمِّضَاتُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ
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مُغَمِّضَاتُ الأُمُورِ