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غمش

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns dimness or impairment of vision, often due to hunger or thirst. It also extends to a general sense of poor eyesight or a temporary visual disturbance.

Derived headwords

الغَمْشُnoun
  1. 1.
    Dimness of sightboth

    A dimming or obscuring of vision, often caused by hunger or thirst.

  2. 2.
    Poor eyesightboth

    A general condition of having weak or impaired vision.

  3. 3.
    Temporary visual disturbanceclassical

    A transient condition that affects sight and then passes.

غَمِشَverb
  1. 1.
    To become dimclassical

    Said of vision when it becomes dim, particularly due to hunger or thirst.

غَمْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Dimming of sightclassical

    The act or instance of vision becoming dim, used as a verbal noun.

غَمِشٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Dim-sightedclassical

    Having dim or impaired vision.

تَغَمَّشَverb
  1. 1.
    To falsely accuseclassical

    To make a false claim or accusation against someone.

Parallel reading

إظلام البصر من جوع أو عطش
Dimness of sight from hunger or thirst.
وقد غمش بصره غمشا
And his sight became dim with dimness.
فهو غمش
And he is dim-sighted.
والعين لغة وزعم يعقوب أنها بدل
And 'al-'ayn' is a linguistic variant, and Ya'qub claimed it is a substitution.
والغمش: سوء البصر
And 'al-ghamsh': poor eyesight.
والغمش: عارض ثم يذهب
And 'al-ghamsh': a temporary condition that then passes.
وتغمشني بدعوى باطل
And he falsely accused me with a baseless claim.
ادعاها علي
He claimed it against me.