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غمج

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of drinking deeply or gulping, often in a continuous manner. It extends to related concepts like a large gulp or a young animal eagerly suckling.

Derived headwords

غَمَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to gulpboth

    To drink water in rapid, successive gulps.

يَغْمِجُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to gulp itboth

    He gulps it (water) in rapid, successive gulps.

غَمْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    gulpingboth

    The act of drinking in rapid, successive gulps.

غَمْجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    gulpboth

    A single instance of drinking in rapid, successive gulps.

الغَمْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the gulpboth

    A large gulp or a single draught.

الغُمْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the gulpboth

    A large gulp or a single draught.

فصيل غَمِجadjective
  1. 1.
    eagerly sucklingclassical

    A young camel that eagerly suckles its mother, panting.

تَغَامَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to suckle eagerlyclassical

    To suckle eagerly, like a young animal panting at its mother's udder.

غَمَالِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    young camelsclassical

    Plural of a young camel, likely referring to those that are eager sucklers.

غُمَلْجَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    young camelsclassical

    Plural of a young camel, likely referring to those that are eager sucklers.

Parallel reading

غمج الماء يغمجه، غمجا وغمجه، بالكسر، غمجا
Water is gulped, he gulps it, a gulping and a gulp, with kasra, a gulp.
جرعه جرعا متتابعا
He drank it in successive gulps.
والغمجة والغمجة: الجرعة
And the gulp and the gulp: the draught.
وفصيل غمج: يلهز أمه
And a young camel is 'ghamij': it suckles its mother eagerly.
وتغامج بين أرفاغ أمه
And he suckles eagerly between the folds of his mother's udder.
قال الشاعر: غمج غماليج غملجات
The poet said: Eagerly suckling young camels, young camels.