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الغميذر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes someone or something that is mixed, confused, or unclear in speech and actions. It also encompasses terms for someone who is ignorant, as well as someone who is soft, plump, and youthful.

Derived headwords

الغميذرnoun
  1. 1.
    Confused personboth

    A person who is mixed up or confused in their speech and actions.

  2. 2.
    Ignorant personclassical

    Someone who does not understand anything.

  3. 3.
    Soft, plump personboth

    A person who is soft and plump.

  4. 4.
    Youthful, well-nourished personboth

    Someone who is well-nourished and youthful.

كسفرجلnoun
  1. 1.
    Quinceboth

    A fruit, the quince, which is used here as a comparison for the meaning of الغميذر.

غمذَرverb
  1. 1.
    To mix upboth

    To be mixed up or confused in speech and actions.

غمذرةnoun
  1. 1.
    Confusionboth

    The state of being mixed up or confused in speech and actions.

Parallel reading

الغميذر، كسفرجل: المخلط في كلامه وفعاله
Al-Ghumaydhar, like a quince: one who is mixed up in his speech and actions.
ومن لا يفهم شيئا
And one who does not understand anything.
والناعم السمين
And the soft, plump one.
والمنعم الريان شبابا
And the well-nourished one, full of youth.
وغمذر غمذرة: كال فأكثر
And he was ghamaḏara, a ghamaḏarah: like it and more.