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غمج
Root entry · 10 derived lemmasThis 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.to gulpboth
To drink water in rapid, successive gulps.
يَغْمِجُهُverb
- 1.to gulp itboth
He gulps it (water) in rapid, successive gulps.
غَمْجًاnoun
- 1.gulpingboth
The act of drinking in rapid, successive gulps.
غَمْجًاnoun
- 1.gulpboth
A single instance of drinking in rapid, successive gulps.
الغَمْجَةnoun
- 1.the gulpboth
A large gulp or a single draught.
الغُمْجَةnoun
- 1.the gulpboth
A large gulp or a single draught.
فصيل غَمِجadjective
- 1.eagerly sucklingclassical
A young camel that eagerly suckles its mother, panting.
تَغَامَجَverb
- 1.to suckle eagerlyclassical
To suckle eagerly, like a young animal panting at its mother's udder.
غَمَالِيجnoun
- 1.young camelsclassical
Plural of a young camel, likely referring to those that are eager sucklers.
غُمَلْجَاتnoun
- 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.