Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

غَمَامٌ ذ Clouds: (S, Msb, K:) or white clouds: (K:) or thin clouds: (Jel in ii. 54:) and ↓ غَمَامَةٌ signifies one thereof: (S, Msb, K:) the former being pl. of the latter, as also is غَمَائِمُ: (K:) [or rather غَمَامٌ is a coll. gen. n., of which غَمَامَةٌ is the n. un.:] they are so called because they veil the sky, or because they veil the light of the sun. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] حَبُّ الغَمَامِ signifies Hailstones, or hail. (TA.) [See an ex. in a verse cited in art. ان, p. 109.]

غُمَامٌ ذ i. q. زُكَامٌ [ A rheum, such as is termed coryza ]. (K.)

غُمُومٌ ذ [a pl. of which no sing. is mentioned,] Small stars, such as are faint, or indistinct. (K.)

غَمِيمٌ ذ i. q. غَمِيسٌ, (S, K,) i. e. Fresh herbage (كَلَأٌ) beneath such as is dried up; (S, TA;) or green herbage beneath such as is dry. (TA.) ― -b2- And Milk heated until it thickens: (S, K:) because it becomes covered over. (TA.)

غَمَامَةٌ ذ : see غَمَامٌ. ― -b2- Also (tropical:) Herbage: so in the saying, أَحْمَى فُلَانٌ غَمَامَةَ وَادِى كَذَا i. e. (tropical:) [ Such a one made to be prohibited to the public ] the herbage that was the growth of such a valley: thus called [because produced by the water of the clouds,] in like manner as it is called سَمَاآءٌ. (TA.)

غُمَامَةٌ ذ : see the next paragraph.

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.)

غَمَّى ذ : see غَمٌّ, in six places. ― -b2- Also Dust; syn. غَبَرَةٌ. (K.) ― -b3- And Darkness. (K.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) Hardship, or difficulty, or distress, [ as though ] covering [or overwhelming ] a party in war, or battle. (K.) See also the next paragraph.

غُمَّى ذ : see غَمٌّ, latter half, in four places. ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) A calamity, or misfortune; and so ↓ غَمَّاآءُ; (K, TA;) and ↓ غُمَّاآءُ, likewise, is said to be allowable. (TA. [But this last I think doubtful.]) And (assumed tropical:) A hard, or difficult, affair or case, in relation to which one knows not the right course to pursue; as also ↓ غَمَّى, (K, TA,) and ↓ غَمَّاآءُ. (TA.)

غَمَّاآءُ ذ [fem. of أَغَمٌّ, q. v.: ― -b2- and also used as a subst.]: see غَمٌّ, first sentence: ― -b3- and also in the latter half: ― -b4- and see also غُمَّى, in two places. ― -b5- اـِنَّهُمْ لَفِى غَمَّاآءَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ means [ Verily they are in a state of dubiousness, or confusedness, in respect of the case, or affair; or] in a dubious, or confused, case or affair. (TA.) [See also غُمَّةٌ and غِمَّةٌ.]

غُمَّاآءُ ذ : see غُمَّى.

غُمِّيَّةٌ ذ : see غَمٌّ, latter half.

غَامٌّ ذ , and its fem. غَامَّةٌ: see غَمٌّ, former half.

غَمْغَمَةٌ ذ [mentioned above as an inf. n. (see R. Q. 1), used as a simple subst.,] signifies The cries [or cry ] of bulls [or wild bulls] in fright: (S, K, TA:) and of courageous men in conflict: (S, Mgh, K, TA:) and so ↓ تَغَمْغُمٌ: pl. of the former, in both senses, غَمَاغِمُ. (TA.) See also an ex. of the pl. voce غَمْغَمَ. ― -b2- And Indistinct speech; (K;) as also ↓ تَغَمْغُمٌ: (S, K:) غَمْغَمَةٌ is when one hears the voice but does not distinguish the articulation of the words; and when speech resembles that of the عَجَم. (T, in TA, voce رُتَّةٌ.) ― -b3- Also The sound of bows. (TA.)

رَجُلٌ أَغَمٌّ ذ , (S,) and أَغَمُّ الوَجْهِ وَالقَفَا, (S, Msb, K,) A man whose hair flows down so that the face and the back of the neck are narrowed: (S, Msb, K:) and in like manner [the fem.] غَمَّاآءُ is applied to a woman. (Msb.) ― -b2- غَمَّاآءُ applied to the forelock (نَاصِيَة) of a horse means Excessively abundant in the hair: and such is disliked. (S.) ― -b3- And سَحَابٌ أَغَمٌّ means (tropical:) Clouds in which is no gap, or interstice. (K, TA.)

مُغِمٌّ ذ and مِغَمٌّ: see غَمٌّ, former half. ― -b2- أَرْضٌ مُغِمَّةٌ (K, TA) and مِغَمَّةٌ (TA) A land having abundant (K, TA) and dense or luxuriant (TA) herbage. (K, TA.)

مُغَمِّمٌ ذ , applied to clouds (غَيْم), and to a sea, Abounding with water: (K:) and in like manner, without ة, to a well (رَكِيَّة), that fills everything, and submerges it: (IAar, TA:) and to what is termed حِسْىٌ [q. v.], (IAar, S, TA,) meaning covering. (IAar, TA.)

مَغْمُومٌ ذ [pass. part. n. of غَمَّهُ, i. e. Covered, &c.]. ― -b2- [Applied to unripe dates (accord. to the TA to رُطَب, a mistranscription for بُسْر), like مَغْمُولٌ,] Put into a jar, and covered over until they have become ripe. (TA.) ― -b3- Applied to a new moon, Veiled, or concealed, by clouds, or otherwise, (Msb,) or intercepted by thin clouds, (K,) so as not to be seen. (Msb.) ― -b4- Applied to a man, Grieved, or caused to mourn or lament, or to be sorrowful or sad or unhappy. (TA.) ― -b5- And Affected with the malady termed غُمَام. (K.)

1 غَمَتَهُ ذ , aor. غَمِتَ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. غَمْتٌ, (S, O,) It (i. e. food) was, or became, heavy upon his heart [or stomach ], (Ks, S, O, K,) he having eaten much thereof so that it caused him to suffer indigestion, (Ks, O,) and it rendered him like one intoxicated: (K:) or, accord. to Sh, it (i. e. grease) rendered him like one intoxicated, (O, TA,) in consequence of indigestion. (TA.) ― -b2- And He covered it; (O, K;) namely, a thing. (K.) ― -b3- And غَمَتَهُ فِى المَاآءِ i. q. غَطَّهُ [i. e. He immersed, or plunged, him, or it, into the water; like غَتَّهُ]. (IDrd, O, K.) ― -b4- And غَمَتَ نَفَسًا He made a sign, or motion, with' his head, (O,) or he raised his head, (K,) [ for the purpose of taking breath, ] in drinking. (O, K.) -A2- غَمِتَ He became like one intoxicated, by grease [ in his stomach ]: (Sh, O:) or he suffered from the heaviness of food upon his heart [or stomach ] so that he became like one intoxicated. (K.)

1 غَمَدَهُ ذ , aor. غَمِدَ and غَمُدَ , inf. n. غُمْدٌ; and ↓ اغمدهُ, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. اـِغْمَادٌ; (Msb;) mentioned by AO, (S,) or by A'Obeyd, (L, TA,) as two chaste forms; (S, L, TA;) He put it (i. e. a sword, S, Msb, K, or the like, Msb) into its غِمْد [i. e. scabbard, or sheath; he sheathed it ]: (S, Msb, K:) or he made for it, or furnished it with, a غِمْد. (Msb.) ― -b2- Hence, غَمَدَهُ بِكَذَا (tropical:) He covered him, or it, with such a thing; as though he made the latter a غِمْد to the former. (A.) ― -b3- See also 5, in two places. -A2- غَمَدَ, inf. n. غُمُودٌ, said of a tree of the species called عُرْفُط, (assumed tropical:) It had its branches abounding with leaves so that one could not see its thorns; (L, K;) as though they were sheathed. (L.) ― -b2- غَمَدَتِ الرَّكِيَّةُ, (L, K,) aor. غَمُدَ , inf. n. غُمُودٌ, (L,) (tropical:) The well lost its water. (L, K.) ― -b3- And غَمِدَت, (L, K,) aor. غَمَدَ , (K,) inf. n. غَمَدٌ, (L,) (tropical:) It (a well) had much water: (As, L, K:) or it had little water. (AO, L, K.)

2 غَمَّدَ see 5, in two places.

4 أَغْمَدَ see 1. ― -b2- [Hence,] اغمد الأَشْيَاآءَ (tropical:) He put the things one within another. (K.) ― -b3- And اغمد الحِلْسَ (tropical:) He put the [ cloth called ] حِلْس beneath the camel's saddle, to preserve the animal's back from being galled by the saddle. (Akh, A, * L.)

5 تغمّد الثَّوْبَ ذ (tropical:) He put the garment, or piece of cloth, beneath him, to conceal it from the eyes of others. (A.) ― -b2- And تغمّدالرَّجُلَ, (JK, L,) and ↓ غمّدهُ, (L,) (assumed tropical:) He took the man beneath him (تَحْتَهُ, thus in the JK, in the L بِخَتْلٍ [ by deceit, or guile ]), to cover him over, or conceal him. (JK, L.) ― -b3- And تغمّد فُلَانًا, (S, L, K,) and ↓ غمّدهُ, (K,) (tropical:) He concealed, as with a veil, what had proceeded from such a one, or what such a one had done. (S, L, K.) ― -b4- And تغمّدهُ ا@للّٰهُ بِرَحْمَتِهِ, (S, A, L, Msb, K,) and بِهَا ↓ غَمَدَهُ and فِيهَا ↓ غَمَدَهُ, (L,) (tropical:) God covered him with his mercy, (A'Obeyd, S, A, L, Msb, K,) as with a veil; veiled him therewith; (A'Obeyd, A, L, Msb;) clad him, or invested him, therewith. (A'Obeyd, L.) ― -b5- تغمّد الأَعْدَاآءَ (assumed tropical:) He threw himself upon the enemies; or came upon them, or over them; and overwhelmed them. (L.) ― -b6- And تغمّدهُ (tropical:) He filled it, (A, K,) namely, a measure of capacity, (A,) or a vessel. (K.)

8 اغتمد اللَّيْلَ ذ (tropical:) He (a man, S, L) entered into [ the darkness of ] the night; (S, A, L, K;) as though it became as a غِمْد to him; like as one says اِدَّرَعَ اللَّيْلَ: (S, L:) and simply اغتمد he ventured upon, encountered, or braved, the night, (رَكِبَهُ,) to seek food for his family. (S, L.)

10 اِسْتَغْمَدَتِ السَّمَاآءُ فِى السَّحَابِ الكَثِيرِ ذ (assumed tropical:) [ The sky became obscured amid the many clouds ]. (TA in art. طنفس.)

غِمْدٌ ذ (S, L, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ غُمُدَّانٌ, (L, K,) but the latter is not of established authority, (IDrd,) of a sword, (S, L, Msb, K,) and the like, (Msb,) The scabbard, or sheath; [this is well known to be the correct meaning; it is shown to be so in the S, voce قِرَابٌ; and is the meaning obtaining in the present day;] syn. غِلَافٌ, (S, O,) or جَفْنٌ: (L, K:) [both of these words have the signification mentioned above; but not that only; for غلاف has a wider application; and it is said in the S, voce قِرَابٌ, that the جفن of a sword is a case, or receptacle, in which is ( put ) the sword together with its غِمْد and suspensory belt or cord: ] the pl. is أَغْمَادٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (O, Msb, K) and غُمْدَانٌ, (O,) or غُمُودٌ. (K.)

غُمُدَّانٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

رَكِىٌّ غَامِدٌ ذ , a phrase like عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ, [غَامِدٌ meaning مَغْمُودٌ,] (tropical:) Wells having their water covered by earth, or dust; contr. of رَكِىٌّ مُبْدٍ. (A.) And غَامِدَةٌ (tropical:) A well (بِئْرٌ) filled up, or choked up, with earth, or dust. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And غَامِدَةٌ and غَامِدٌ (assumed tropical:) A ship (سَفِينَةٌ) filled, or laden; (K, TA;) as also اآمِدَةٌ (TA) and اآمِدٌ. (K, TA.)

مُغْمَدٌ ذ : see what here follows.

مَغْمُودٌ ذ and ↓ مُغْمَدٌ A sword [or the like] put into its غِمْد [meaning scabbard, or sheath; i. e. sheathed ]. (S, A.)

1 غَمُرَ ذ , as in some lexicons, or غَمَرَ, aor. غَمُرَ , accord. to all the copies of the K [consulted by SM], (TA,) or غَمِرَ, [aor. غَمَرَ ,] (as in the CK and my MS. copy of the K,) inf. n. غَمَارَةٌ and غُمُورَةٌ, [agreeably with analogy if غَمُرَ be the form of the verb, which is therefore most probably correct,] (K,) It (water) was, or became, much in quantity, abundant, copious, [or deep, ] (K, B, TA,) so that it concealed its bottom. (B, TA.) You say مَا أَشَدَّ غُمُورَةَ هٰذَا النَّهْرِ How great is the abundance of the water of this river ! (S.) ― -b2- [And (tropical:) He abounded in beneficence. ] You say رَجُلٌ بَيِّنُ الغُمُورَةِ (tropical:) A man bearing evidence of abounding in beneficence. (S, K.) -A2- غَمَرَهُ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. غَمُرَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. غَمْرٌ, (Msb, K,) It (water, S, K, or the sea, Msb) [ overflowed, ] came over, or rose above, (S, Msb,) or covered, (K,) and concealed, (TA,) him, or it; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ اغتمرهُ: (K:) and he (a man) veiled, concealed, hid, or covered, him, or it. (Msb.) ― -b2- Hence, غَمَرَهُ القَوْمُ (assumed tropical:) The people rose above him, or surpassed him, in eminence, (S, TA,) and in excel-lence. (TA.) ― -b3- And رَأَيْتُهُ قَدْ غَمَرَ الجَمَاجِمَ بِطُولِ قَوَامِهِ (assumed tropical:) [ I saw him to have overtopped the heads of others by the tallness of his stature ]. (TA.) -A3- غَمِرَ صَدْرُهُ عَلَىَّ, aor. غَمَرَ , (S, Msb, K, *) inf. n. غَمَرٌ (Yaakoob, S, Msb) and غِمْرٌ, (Yaakoob, S,) [or the latter is a simple subst.,] His bosom bore con- cealed enmity and violent hatred, or rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, against me. (S, Msb, K.) -A4- غَمِرَتْ يَدُهُ, (S, K,) aor. غَمَرَ , (K,) inf. n. غَمَرٌ, (TA,) His hand was, or became, foul with the smell of flesh-meat, (S, K,) and with the grease thereof adhering to it. (K.) -A5- غَمُرَ, aor. غَمُرَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. غَمَارَةٌ, (S, [in my copy of the Msb written غَمَار, probably by a mistake of the copyist,]) He was inexperienced in affairs: (S, Msb:) Benoo-'Okeyl say غَمِرَ, aor. غَمَرَ . (Msb.) You say فِيهِ غَمَارَةٌ and غَرَارَةٌ [ In him is a want of experience in affairs ]. (TA.)

2 غمّرت وَجْهَهَا ذ , inf. n. تَغْمِيرٌ, She (a woman) smeared her face with غُمْرَة [q. v.]; (S;) as also بِالغُمْرَةِ ↓ اغتمرت, (K,) and ↓ تغمّرت. (S, K.) -A2- غُمِّرَ, inf. n. تَغْمِيرٌ, He (a man) was deemed ignorant. (TA.) -A3- غمّر فَرَسَهُ, inf. n. as above, He gave his horse water to drink in a cup, (K,) in the small cup called غُمَر, (TA,) because of the scarcity of water. (K.) IAar mentions the phrase غمّرهُ أَصْحُنًا He gave him to drink some bowls of water: making the verb doubly transitive. (TA.)

3 غامر فِى القِتَالِ ذ and غامس فِيهِ signify the same [i. e. (assumed tropical:) He plunged, or threw himself, into the midst of fight, or conflict ]. (TA in art. غمس.) [See also مُغَامِرٌ.] ― -b2- And غامرهُ (assumed tropical:) He engaged with him in fight, or conflict, not caring for death. (S, O.) ― -b3- And غامر signifies also (assumed tropical:) He contended in an altercation, or a dispute. (O.)

5 تغمّرت ذ : see 2. -A2- تغمّر He drank from a small cup such as is called غُمَر: (K:) he drank a small quantity of water: (TA:) he drank less than would satisfy his thirst: (S:) he drank the smallest draught, less than would satisfy his thirst: (TA:) he did not satisfy his thirst with water; (K, * TA;) said of a camel, (K,) and of an ass. (TA.) -A3- And تغمّرت المَاشِيَةُ The cattle ate what is termed غَمِير [q. v.]. (K.)

7 انغمر ذ He immerged, dipped, or plunged, himself, or he became immerged, dipped, or plunged, (S, K,) in water, (S, TA,) and in a thing; (TA;) as also ↓ اغتمر. (K.)

8 اـِغْتَمَرَ see 1: -A2- and 7: -A3- and 2.

غَمْرٌ ذ Much, abundant, copious, [or deep, ] water; (S, K;) as also ↓ غَمِيرٌ: (K:) or much, abundant, copious, [or deep, ] water, that drowns, or submerges: (ISd, TA:) or that covers over him who enters into it: (IAth, TA:) [also used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates, meaning much, abundant, copious, or deep, water; ] and ↓ غَمْرَةٌ signifies the same as غَمْرٌ [when thus used; or a submerging deep, a deep place, or an abyss, of water]: (TA:) pl. غِمَارٌ and غُمُورٌ. (S, K.) You say بَحْرٌ غَمْرٌ An abundant sea: and [in the pl.] بِحَارٌ غِمَارٌ, and غُمُورٌ. (S.) And of a thing that has become much, you say, هٰذَا كَثِيرٌ ↓ غَمِيرٌ This is much. (AZ.) [See also الغَمَرِ.] ― -b2- The main of the sea: (K:) pl. as above. (TA.) -A2- (tropical:) Liberal in disposition: (K, * TA:) pl. as above: (TA:) and in like manner, غَمْرُ الخُلُقِ: (TA:) or this last, and غَمْرُ البَدِيهَةِ, signify (tropical:) abounding in beneficence: pl. as above: (S, K: [see also رِدَاآءٌ:]) and غَمْرُ البَدِيهَةِ (tropical:) a man who takes by surprise with large bounty. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A horse fleet, or swift, or excellent, in running. (S, * K, * TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A garment ample, or full. (K, * TA.) -A3- (assumed tropical:) A mixed crowd of men, (K,) and their thronging, pressing, or pushing, and multitude; (TA;) as also ↓ غَمَرٌ and ↓ غَمْرَةٌ and ↓ غُمَارٌ and ↓ غَمَارٌ: (K: [in the TA, instead of the last two words, I find غُمَارَةٌ and غَمَارَةٌ, as from the K, and غُمَارٌ and غَمَارٌ are afterwards there added: but most probably these only (without ة) are correct:]) and ↓ غَمْرَةٌ and ↓ غُمَارٌ and ↓ غَمَارٌ signify a crowding, or pressing, of men, (S, Msb,) and of water: (S:) the pl. of ↓ غَمْرَةٌ is غِمَارٌ. (S.) You say النَّاسِ ↓ دَخَلْتُ فِى غُمَارِ, and ↓ غَمَارِهِمْ, (S, Msb, TA,) and ↓ غَمَرِهِمْ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) I entered among the crowding, or pressing, of the people, (S, Msb, TA,) and their multitude: (S, TA;) as also فى خَمَرِهِمْ [and خُمَارِهِمْ &c.] (TA.) And ↓ أَكُونُ فِى غُمَارِ النَّاسِ, meaning I shall be among the dense congregation of the people, occurs in a trad. (TA.) -A4- See also غُمْرٌ. -A5- لَيْلٌ غَمْرٌ means Intensely dark night. (TA.)

غُمْرٌ ذ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ غُمُرٌ (S, ISd) and ↓ غَمْرٌ and ↓ غِمْرٌ, accord. to the K, but this last is unknown, (TA,) and ↓ غَمَرٌ (K) and ↓ غَمِرٌ, (TA,) originally, A boy devoid of intelligence: and hence, (Msb,) a man (S, Msb) inexperienced in affairs: (S, Msb, K:) ignorant: (TA:) inexperienced in war and in counsel; not rendered firm, or sound, in judgment, by experience: (L:) one in whom is no profit nor judgment: (ISd, TA:) one in whom is no good nor profit with respect to intelligence or judgment or work: (AZ, Msb:) and ↓ مُغَمَّرٌ signifies the same as غُمْرٌ; (S, TA;) or deemed ignorant: (TA:) the fem. of غُمْرٌ is with ة; (S, Msb;) and so is that of ↓ غَمِرٌ: (TA:) and the pl. of غُمْرٌ is أَغْمَارٌ; (S, Msb, TA;) and this may also be pl. of ↓ غَمَرٌ, like as أَسْبَابٌ is pl. of سَبَبٌ. (TA.) -A2- See also غُمْرَةٌ.

غِمْرٌ ذ Concealed enmity and violent hatred, or rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite. (S, Msb, K.) [See also غَمِرَ.] ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) Thirst: (S, Msb:) pl. أَغْمَارٌ. (S.) El-'Ajjáj says, حَتَّى اـِذَا مَابَلَّتِ الأَغْمَارَا (tropical:) [ Until, when they damped their thirst ]. (S.) بَلَّتِ الاـِبِلُ أَغْمَارَهَا means (tropical:) The camels drank a little. (TA.) -A2- See also غُمْرٌ.

غَمَرٌ ذ A drowning; being drowned: so in the phrase مَوْتُ الغَمَرِ Death by drowning. (TA.) -A2- See also غَمْرٌ. -A3- The foul smell of flesh-meat, (S, Mgh, K,) and its grease adhering to the hand: (K:) and the smell of fish. (S.) Hence, مِنْدِيلُ الغَمَرِ (S, Mgh) The napkin, or rough napkin, with which the hand is cleansed therefrom. (L, TA.) -A4- See also غُمْرٌ, in two places.

غَمِرٌ ذ [part. n. of غَمِرَ]. You say يَدٌ غَمِرَةٌ A hand foul with the smell of flesh-meat, (S, K,) and with the grease thereof adhering to it. (K.) [See also سَهِكٌ.] -A2- See also غُمْرٌ, in two places. -A3- غَمِرَةٌ as an epithet applied to a she-camel, see voce غَبِرٌ.

غُمَرٌ ذ A small drinking-cup or bowl, (S, K,) with which people divided the water among themselves in a journey when they had little of it; and this they [sometimes] did by putting a pebble into a vessel, and then pouring into it as much water as would cover the pebble, and giving it to each man among them: (TA:) or the smallest of drinking-cups or bowls: (K:) [see قَعْبٌ; and تِبْنٌ:] accord. to ISh, it contains twice or thrice the quantity of the measure called كِيلَجَة: [but this seems to be a large غمر, used for watering a horse; and the words which here immediately follow are app. not added by ISh, but relate to the غمر used by a man for himself or for another man:] the قَعْب is larger than it, and satisfies the thirst of a man: the pl. is أَغْمَارٌ. (TA.) El-Aashà of Báhileh says, in an elegy on his brother ElMunteshir Ibn-Wahb, تَكْفِيهِ حُزَّةُ فِلْذٍ اـِنْ أَلْمَّ بِهَا مِنَ الشِّوَاآءِ وَيُرْوِى شُرْبَهُ الغُمَرُ [ A slice of camel's liver, roasted, if he lighted upon it, used to suffice him; and the غُمَر used to satisfy his thirst ]. (S, TA.) And Mohammad is related, in a trad., to have said, لَا تَجْعَلُونِى كَغُمَرِ الرَّاكِبِ صَلُّوا عَلَى أَوَّلَ الدُّعَاآءِ وَأَوْسَطَهُ وَاآخِرَهُ Make ye me not like the غُمَر of the rider: salute me in the beginning of prayer and in the middle thereof and in the end thereof: meaning that they should not make the salutation of him to be a thing of no great importance, and to be postponed: for the rider puts on his camel his saddle and his travel-ling-provisions, and last of all hangs upon his saddle his drinking-cup. (IAth, TA.)

غُمُرٌ ذ : see غُمْرٌ.

غَمْرَةٌ ذ Water that rises above the stature of a man. (Bd in xxiii. 56.) See also غَمْرٌ, first sentence. ― -b2- Hence, (Bd,) فَذَرْهُمْ فِى غَمْرَتِهِمْ, in the Kur xxiii. 56, (tropical:) Therefore leave thou them in [ the submerging gulf, or flood, of ] their ignorance; (Fr, Bd;) or in their error: (Jel:) or in their error and obstinacy and perplexity: (Zj, in explanation of another reading, فى غَمَرَاتِهِمْ:) and in like manner, فِى غَمْرَةٌ, in the same chap., verse 65, signifies in overwhelming heedlessness: (Bd:) or in ignorance: (Jel:) and in the Kur li. 11, in overwhelming ignorance: (Bd, Jel:) or غَمْرَةٌ signifies [here] a state of obstinate perseverance in vain or false affairs: (Lth, Msb, TA:) and غَمَرَاتٌ is the pl. (Msb.) You say هُوَ فِى غَمْرَةٍ مِنْ لَهْوٍ, and شَبِيبَةٍ, and سُكْرٍ, (tropical:) [ He is in a submerging gulf, or flood, of frivolous diversion, and of youthful folly, and of intoxication ]. (TA.) And غَمَرَاتُ جَهَنَّمَ signifies [ The fiery depths of Hell; or] the places, of Hell, that abound with fire. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence] غَمْرَةُ الخُصُومَةِ (assumed tropical:) The main part of the contention. (TA.) [And غَمْرَةُ الحَرْبِ (assumed tropical:) The main part, i. e. the thick, or thickest, of the fight or battle. (See also غَمَرَاتُ الحَرْبِ in what follows.)] ― -b4- Hence likewise, غَمْرَةٌ signifies also (tropical:) Difficulty, trouble, distress, or rigour, (S, Msb, K,) and pressure, of a thing: (K:) pl. غَمَرَاتٌ (S, Msb, K) and غِمَارٌ (K) and غُمَرٌ. (S.) Hence, (Msb,) غَمَرَاتُ المَوْتِ (tropical:) The rigours, or pangs, (شَدَائِدُ,) of death: (S, Msb:) or غَمْرَةُ المَوْتِ signifies the agony, i. e. the vehemence of the troubles or disquietudes, of death: (TA:) and غَمَرَاتُ الحَرْبِ, and غِمَارُهَا, (assumed tropical:) the rigours of war. (TA.) ― -b5- See also غَمْرٌ again, latter half, in three places.

غُمْرَةٌ ذ A kind of liniment, made from [ the plant called ] وَرْس, (S, TA,) used by a bride, for her person: (TA:) or [the plant ] ورس [ itself ]: (TA:) or saffron; as also ↓ غُمْرٌ: (K:) or كُرْكُمٌ [which also means saffron and bastard saffron ]: or gypsum; syn. جِصٌّ: or, accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed, a mixture of dates and milk, with which the face of a woman is smeared, to render her skin fine: and the pl. is غُمَرٌ. (TA.) [See also خُمْرَةٌ.]

غمرة ذ , [thus in the TA, app. غُمَرَةٌ, of the class of صُرَعَةٌ &c.,] as an epithet applied to a man, Valid in judgment or opinion, in cases of difficulty. (TA.)

غَمَارٌ ذ : see غَمْرٌ, latter half, in three places.

غُمَارٌ ذ : see غَمْرٌ, latter half, in four places.

غَمِيرٌ ذ : see غَمْرٌ, in two places. -A2- Also A certain plant: (K:) or green herbage that is overtopped, or covered, and concealed, by what is dried up: (S, K: *) or herbage growing in the lower part, or at the root, of [ other ] herbage, (K, * TA,) so that the first [ in growth ] overtops, or covers, and conceals, it: (TA:) or any verdure that is little in quantity, (L, K, TA,) either ريحة [i. e. رَيِّحَة, meaning what becomes green after the upper parts have dried, ] or نبات [app. meaning herbage in general ]: (L, TA:) or the grain of the [ species of barley-grass called ] بُهْمَى, (K, TA,) that falls from the ears thereof when it dries; so says AHn: or somewhat that comes forth in the بُهْمَى in the first of the rain, succulent, or sappy, amid such as is dry; and غَمِير is not known in anything but the بُهْمَى: (TA:) the pl. is أَغْمِرَاآءُ. (K.) ↓ غَمِيرَةٌ [is app. its n. un., but] is said by AO to mean Dry [ trefoil, or clover, of the species called ] رَطْبَة and قَتّ, with which horses are foddered when they are prepared, by being reduced to scanty food, for racing or for a military expedition. (TA.)

غَمِيرَةٌ ذ : see what next precedes.