غمر

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root غمر primarily relates to being covered, submerged, or overwhelmed, often by water, but also by darkness, sand, or even by a large quantity of something. It extends to concepts of being conquered, inundated, or obscured, and also denotes specific locations.

Derived headwords

غَمَرَverb

1.
to submergeboth
To cover or immerse something completely, especially with water.
2.
to overwhelmboth
To overcome or overpower someone or something, often by a large quantity or force.

غَمْرnoun

1.
submersionboth
The act or state of being submerged or covered, especially by water.
2.
abundanceclassical
A large quantity or multitude of something.
3.
place nameclassical
A place name, often referring to a location associated with water or abundance.

غَامِرadjective

1.
submergedboth
Covered or immersed, especially by water or sand.
2.
overwhelmedboth
Overcome or dominated by something.
3.
darkclassical
Intensely dark, especially referring to the night.

غَمَرname

1.
place nameclassical
A specific place name, including a location on the road to Mecca and a well.

غَمْرname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, often referring to a location associated with water or abundance.

ذَات الغَمْرname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, indicating a location associated with water or abundance.

ذُو الغَمْرname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, indicating a location associated with water or abundance.

الغَمِيرname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, often referring to a location associated with water or abundance.

غَمْرَةname

1.
place nameclassical
A specific place name on the road to Mecca, marking a boundary between Najd and Tihamah.

المَغْمُورadjective

1.
conqueredboth
Defeated, overcome, or subjugated.
2.
rained uponclassical
Having been rained upon heavily.

غَمْرadjective

1.
darkclassical
Intensely dark, especially referring to the night.

ثَوْب غَمْرadjective

1.
covering garmentclassical
A garment that is wide or large enough to cover well.

Parallel reading

قيل للخراب غامر لأن الماء قد غمره فلا تمكن زراعته أو كبسه الرمل والتراب

A ruin is called 'ghāmir' because water has submerged it, making cultivation or compaction of sand and soil impossible.

أو غلب عليه النز فنبت فيه الأباء والبردي فلا ينبت شيئا

Or it is overcome by reeds, so that reeds and papyrus grow in it, and it yields nothing.

وقيل له غامر لأنه ذو غمر من الماء وغيره للذي غمره

And it is called 'ghāmir' because it possesses an abundance of water or other things that have submerged it.

كما يقال: هم ناصب أي ذو نصب

Just as it is said: 'They are naṣib,' meaning they are weary.

ترى قورها يغرقن في الآل مرة، ... وآونة يخرجن من غامر ضحل

You see its plains drowning in mirages at one time, ... and at other times emerging from a shallow mirage.

أي من سراب قد غمرها وعلاها

Meaning from a mirage that has submerged and covered them.

والغمر وذات الغمر وذو الغمر: مواضع، وكذلك الغمير

Al-Ghamr, Dhāt al-Ghamr, and Dhū al-Ghamr are places, as is Al-Ghamīr.

هجرتك أياما بذي الغمر، إنني ... على هجر أيام بذي الغمر نادم

I have abandoned you for days at Dhū al-Ghamr; indeed, I regret abandoning days at Dhū al-Ghamr.

كأثل من الأعراض من دون بئشة ... ودون الغمير عامدات لغضورا

Like tamarisk trees from the high grounds, beyond Bi'shah... and beyond Al-Ghamīr, heading towards Ghadhūrā.

وغمرة: موضع بطريق مكة؛ قال الأزهري: هو منزل من مناهل طريق مكة، شرفها الله تعالى، وهو فصل ما بين نجد وتهامة.

And Ghamrah: a place on the road to Mecca; Al-Azhari said: it is a station among the watering places on the road to Mecca, may God ennoble it, and it is the division between Najd and Tihamah.

وفي الحديث ذكر غمر، بفتح الغين وسكون الميم، بئر قديمة بمكة حفرها بنو سهم.

And in the Hadith, Ghamr is mentioned, with a fatha on the ghayn and a sukun on the mim, an old well in Mecca dug by the Banu Sahm.

والمغمور: المقهور.

And Al-Maghmūr: the conquered.

والمغمور: الممطور.

And Al-Maghmūr: the rained upon.

وليل غمر: شديد الظلمة؛ قال الراجز يصف إبلا: يجتبن أثناء بهيم غمر، ... داجي الرواقين غداف الستر

And a gharm night: intensely dark; the rajaz poet said, describing camels: They navigate through the depths of a dark, overwhelming night, ... the dark of the two awnings, the blackness of the veil.

وثوب غمر إذا كان ساترا.

And a gharm garment, if it is covering.