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غمذر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of fullness, abundance, and sometimes a negative connotation of being mixed or confused. It is primarily used to describe physical attributes like plumpness and also verbal actions related to over-measuring or speaking incoherently.

Derived headwords

الغُمَيْذَرnoun
  1. 1.
    youthful and handsomeclassical

    A description of a young man who is handsome and in the prime of his youth.

  2. 2.
    plump and well-fedclassical

    Someone who is full of flesh, plump, and well-fed, often due to abundance of food.

  3. 3.
    confused in speechclassical

    One whose speech is mixed or incoherent, lacking clarity.

غمذرverb
  1. 1.
    to over-measureclassical

    To measure goods with an excess beyond what is due or fair, similar to 'ghadrama'.

  2. 2.
    to be plumpclassical

    To become full of flesh and plump.

غمذرةnoun
  1. 1.
    over-measuringclassical

    The act of measuring with an excess, giving more than is strictly required.

  2. 2.
    plumpnessclassical

    The state of being full of flesh and plump.

Parallel reading

الغميذر: حسن الشباب.
Al-Ghumaydhar: handsome youth.
والغميذر: المتنعم،
And al-Ghumaydhar: the one who lives in luxury,
وقيل: الممتلئ سمنا كالغميدر؛
and it was said: the one full of fatness, like al-Ghumaydhar;
لله در أبيك رب غميذر بالذال المعجمة والدال المهملة معا وفسرهما تفسيرا واحدا،
May God bless your father, a lord of a plump one, with the dotted dhal and the unpointed dal together, and he interpreted them with a single interpretation,
وقال: هو الممتلئ سمنا؛
and he said: he is the one full of fatness;
والخبط في غيسانه الغميذر
And the luxuriant growth in its prime is al-Ghumaydhar
قال: كان ابن الأعرابي قال مرة الغميذر، بالذال، ثم رجع عنه.
He said: Ibn al-A'rabi once said al-Ghumaydhar, with the dhal, then he retracted it.
قال أبو العباس: الغميذر، بالذال، المخلط في كلامه.
Abu al-Abbas said: Al-Ghumaydhar, with the dhal, is one who mixes up his speech.
الغذرمة كيل فيه زيادة على الوفاء.
Al-Ghadhramah is a measure with an excess beyond the full amount.
وأجاز بعض العرب غمذر غمذرة بمعنى غذرم إذا كال فأكثر.
And some Arabs permitted 'ghamdhara' to mean 'ghadhrama' when one measures and gives more.