غطم

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes vastness, abundance, and intensity, particularly related to water and the sea. It extends to concepts of large physical stature and loud, tumultuous sounds, especially those of waves.

Derived headwords

الغطمnoun

1.
Great seaclassical
A great sea, abundant with water.
2.
Broad-bodied manclassical
A man of broad build or physique.

غَطْمadjective

1.
Abundant waterclassical
Describing water that is abundant, or a sea that is vast and full of water.

غُطْمadjective

1.
Vast, abundantclassical
Used to describe something vast and abundant, often in relation to water or numbers.

غَطْمَطَverb

1.
To surge and crashclassical
Used to describe the tumultuous crashing and surging of waves.

غُطْمُطnoun

1.
Surging wavesclassical
The sound and action of waves crashing and surging.

غَطْمَطَةnoun

1.
Crashing of wavesclassical
The sound and action of waves crashing against each other.

غَطَامِطnoun

1.
Crashing wavesclassical
Plural of غَطْمَطَة, referring to the sounds and actions of surging waves.
2.
Abundant waterclassical
Used to describe a large quantity of water, especially in the sea.

غُطَامِطnoun

1.
Abundant waterclassical
Referring to abundant water, particularly in the context of the sea.

غُطَيْطnoun

1.
Sound of wavesclassical
The sound made by waves when they crash and surge.

غُطْمَاطnoun

1.
Abundant waterclassical
Describing abundant water, often used poetically.

غُطْمَاطِيّadjective

1.
Abundantclassical
Describing something as abundant, particularly water.

غُطْمَاطِيًّاadverb

1.
Abundantlyclassical
In an abundant manner, referring to water or quantity.

غُطْمَاطِيْطnoun

1.
Soundclassical
A sound, often referring to a murmuring or indistinct noise.

غُطْمَطِيْطnoun

1.
Soundclassical
A sound, particularly a murmuring or indistinct noise.

غُطَيْمadjective

1.
Numerousclassical
Describing a large number or quantity.

غُطَامِطnoun

1.
Abundant waterclassical
Referring to abundant water, especially in the sea.

غُطَيْمًاadverb

1.
Numerouslyclassical
In a numerous or abundant manner.

تَغَطْمَطَverb

1.
To make a soundclassical
To produce a sound, often a murmuring or indistinct noise.

Parallel reading

الغطم: البحر العظيم الكثير الماء.

Al-ghaṭm: the great sea, abundant with water.

ورجل غطم: واسع الخلق.

And a man ghutm: broad in build.

وبحر غطم مثال هجف.

And a ghutm sea, like hajaf (a large, wide thing).

وغَطْمَطَ غَطَامِط: كثير الماء كثير الالتطام إذا تلاطمت أمواجه.

And ghaṭmaṭa ghaṭāmiṭ: abundant with water, much crashing when its waves surge.

والغطمطة: التطام الأمواج، وجمعه غطامط.

And al-ghaṭmaṭah: the crashing of waves, and its plural is ghaṭāmiṭ.

والغطمطة: التطام الأمواج.

And al-ghaṭmaṭah: the crashing of waves.

فلو ضاعفت واحدة من النغمتين قلت غطغط أو قلت مطمط لم يكن في ذلك دليل على حكاية الصوتين، فلما ألفت بينهما فقلت غطمط استوعب المعنى فصار بمعنى المضاعف فتم وحسن؛

So if you doubled one of the two sounds, you would say ghaṭghaṭ or maṭmaṭ, and there would be no indication of the mimicry of the two sounds. But when you combined them and said ghaṭmaṭ, it encompassed the meaning, becoming like the doubled form, complete and good.

سالَتْ نَوَاحِيهِ إِلَى الْأَوْسَاطِ ... سَيْلًا، كَسَيْلِ الزَّبَدِ الْغَطْمَاطِ

Its sides flowed down to the middles... like a flood, like the flood of abundant foam.

عَنْطَنَطَ تَعْدُو بِهِ عَنْطَنَطَهْ، ... لِلْمَاءِ فَوْقَ مُتْنَتَيْهِ غَطْمَطَهْ

A swift camel runs with it swiftly... for the water above its humps, a surging sound.

غطامط البحر لجه حين يزخر، وهو معظمه:

The ghaṭāmiṭ of the sea are its roaring when it swells, and its vastness:

وعدد غطيم: كثير؛

And a ghuṭaym number: numerous;

والعدد الغطامط الغطيما

And the ghaṭāmiṭ number, the ghuṭaymā.

والغطمطيط: الصوت؛

And al-ghaṭmaṭīṭ: the sound;

سمعت لأعفاجه غطمطيطا

You hear a ghaṭmaṭīṭ from its bellows.

الهزج والتغطمط الصوت.

Al-hazaj and al-taghaṭmuṭ: the sound.