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غطه

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of submerging or plunging something into water. It also extends to sounds made by animals and humans, particularly guttural or choking sounds, and to the state of being overwhelmed or submerged, such as by sleep or waves.

Derived headwords

غَطَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to submergeboth

    To plunge or submerge something into water.

يَغِطُّverb
  1. 1.
    to submergeboth

    The present tense of the verb غَطَّهُ, meaning to submerge.

يَغُطُّverb
  1. 1.
    to submergeboth

    An alternative present tense form of the verb غَطَّهُ, meaning to submerge.

غَطِيطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    guttural soundclassical

    A guttural or rumbling sound, often made by a camel.

غَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound, like a sleeping person, a slaughtered animal, or someone being strangled.

الغَطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    sandgrouseclassical

    A type of sandgrouse, specifically one with dusty backs and dark bellies, and dark wing undersides. The singular is بهاء.

بِهَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    sandgrouse (singular)classical

    The singular form for a specific type of sandgrouse.

الغَطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    early morningclassical

    The beginning of dawn, or the remaining darkness of the night.

الغَطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    dawnclassical

    The time of dawn, or the period just before sunrise.

الغَطَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    pre-dawn twilightclassical

    The time of twilight before dawn.

الغَطَاغِطnoun
  1. 1.
    female kidsclassical

    Female young goats. The singular is كهدهد.

الأَغَطّadjective
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    richclassical

    Possessing wealth or abundance.

غَطْغَطَverb
  1. 1.
    waves roseclassical

    The sea's waves became high or turbulent.

تَغَطْغَطَverb
  1. 1.
    waves roseclassical

    An alternative form for the sea's waves becoming high or turbulent.

غَطْغَطَتْverb
  1. 1.
    pot soundedclassical

    A pot made a sound, or its contents boiled intensely.

غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ النَّوْمُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    sleep overcameboth

    Sleep powerfully overcame someone.

اغْتَطَّverb
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    camel kneltclassical

    A male camel knelt down to allow a female camel to be mounted.

اغْتَطَّverb
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    was presentclassical

    Someone was present at an event and was surpassed or outdone.

تَبَدَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    dispersedboth

    Something scattered or dispersed.

الغَطْغَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sound imitationclassical

    An onomatopoeic imitation of a sound similar to that of sandgrouse.

Parallel reading

غطه في الماء يغطه ويغطه
He submerged him in water, he submerges him and he submerges him.
والبعير يغط غطيطا
And the camel makes a guttural sound (hadr).
والنائم: صات
And the sleeper: makes a sound.
وكذا المذبوح، والمخنوق
And likewise the slaughtered one, and the strangled one.
والغطاط، كسحاب: القطا
And Al-Ghaṭāṭ, like saḥāb: the sandgrouse.
أو ضرب منه غبر الظهور والبطون، سود بطون الأجنحة
Or a type of it with dusty backs and bellies, and dark bellies of the wings.
والغطاط، بالضم: أول الصبح
And Al-Ghaṭāṭ, with damma: the beginning of the morning.
أو بقية من سواد الليل، والسحر، ويفتح
Or a remnant of the darkness of the night, and the pre-dawn twilight, and it is read with fatha.
والغطاغط: السخال الإناث، الواحد: كهدهد
And Al-Ghaṭāghiṭ: the female kids, the singular is kahdhad.
والأغط: الغني
And Al-Aghaṭṭ: the rich.
وغطغط البحر: علت أمواجه، كتغطغط
And the sea ghathghath-ed: its waves rose high, like taghathghath-ed.
والقدر: صوتت، أو اشتد غليانها
And the pot: made a sound, or its boiling intensified.
والنوم عليه: غلب
And sleep overcame him: it prevailed.
واغتط الفحل الناقة: تنوخها
And the male camel igtaṭṭ-ed the female camel: he knelt her down.
وفلان فلانا: حاضره فسبقه
And so-and-so igtaṭṭ-ed so-and-so: he was present with him and he surpassed him.
وتغطغط الشيء: تبدد
And the thing taghathghath-ed: it dispersed.
والغطغطة: حكاية صوت يقارب صوت القطا
And Al-Ghaṭghaṭah: is the imitation of a sound approximating the sound of the sandgrouse.