غصص

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sensation of choking or having something stuck in the throat, often associated with food or water. It extends to meanings of constriction, blockage, and being crowded or full.

Derived headwords

الغَصَّةnoun

1.
choking sensationboth
The feeling of something being stuck in the throat, causing difficulty in swallowing or breathing.
2.
obstructionboth
Something that causes choking or a blockage in the throat.
3.
throat blockageclassical
Specifically refers to a blockage in the throat, often from food or water.

غَصَّصْتُverb

1.
to choke (on)both
To experience a choking sensation, typically when swallowing food or water.
2.
to be chokedboth
To have something stuck in one's throat.

غَصَصnoun

1.
chokingboth
The act or state of choking, the sensation of something being stuck in the throat.

غاصٌّadjective

1.
chokingboth
Experiencing a choking sensation, having something stuck in the throat.

غَصْنانٌadjective

1.
chokingclassical
One who is choking or has something stuck in their throat.

أَغَصَّverb

1.
to cause to chokeboth
To make someone choke or have something stuck in their throat.

غَصَّverb

1.
to choke (on water)both
To choke specifically on water, or to have it stop in the throat.
2.
to choke (general)both
To choke on food or drink, or to have it lodged in the throat.

غَصَّصَverb

1.
to choke (on)both
To experience choking, often used for food or water.

غَصَّصَ المَوْتُnoun

1.
agony of deathclassical
The severe difficulty and suffering experienced at the moment of death, likened to choking.

غَصَّ المَكانُverb

1.
to be crowdedboth
A place becoming narrow or constricted due to being filled with people.

غاصَverb

1.
to be fullboth
A place being filled to capacity with people.

أَغَصَّ فُلانٌ الأَرْضَ عَلَيْناverb

1.
to make the land narrowclassical
To cause the land to become constricted or difficult to inhabit for others.

ذو الغَصَّةname

1.
Dhu al-Ghassaclassical
A nickname for a renowned Arab knight.

الغَصْغَصnoun

1.
type of plantclassical
A specific kind of plant.

Parallel reading

الغصة: الشجا.

Al-ghuṣṣah: the choking sensation.

وقال الليث: الغصة شجا يغص به في الحرقدة

And Al-Layth said: Al-ghuṣṣah is a choking sensation one chokes on during sleep.

وغصصت باللقمة والماء، والجمع الغصص.

And I choked on the morsel and the water, and the plural is al-ghuṣaṣ.

وغصصت بالماء أغص غصصا إذا شرقت به أو وقف في حلقك فلم تكد تسيغه.

And I choked on water, I choke, with a choking sensation, if you inhale it or it stops in your throat and you can barely swallow it.

وفي الحديث في قوله تعالى: خالصا سائغا للشاربين، قيل: إنه من بين المشروبات لا يغص به شاربه.

And in the Hadith, regarding the Almighty's saying: 'Pure, delicious to those who drink,' it was said: It is among the drinks that its drinker does not choke on.

ورجل غصان: غاص؛ قال عدي بن زيد:

And a man ghassān: choking; 'Adiyy ibn Zayd said:

لو بغير الماء حلقي شرق، ... كنت كالغصان بالماء اعتصاري

If my throat were to choke on something other than water... I would be like one choking on water, struggling.

وأغصصته أنا.

And I caused him to choke.

قال أبو عبيد: غصصت لغة الرباب.

Abu 'Ubayd said: Ghassast is a dialect of Rabab.

والغصة: ما غصصت به، وغصص الموت منه.

And al-ghuṣṣah: that which you choke on, and the agony of death is from it.

وغص المكان بأهله: ضاق.

And the place became crowded with its people: it became narrow.

والمنزل غاص بالقوم أي ممتلئ بهم.

And the house was full of people, meaning filled with them.

وأغص فلان الأرض علينا أي ضيقها فغصت بنا أي ضاقت؛ قال الطرماح:

And so-and-so made the land narrow for us, meaning he constricted it, so it became narrow for us, meaning it constricted; Al-Tirimmāḥ said:

أغصت عليك الأرض قحطان بالقنا، ... وبالهندوانيات والقرح الجرد

The land of Qahtan constricted upon you with spears... and with Indian swords and the bare, strong horses.

وذو الغصة: لقب رجل من فرسان العرب.

And Dhu al-Ghussah: a title of a man from the knights of the Arabs.

والغصغص: ضرب من النبات.

And al-ghusghus: a type of plant.