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غمط

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

The root غمط primarily relates to concepts of looking down upon, belittling, or disregarding something or someone. It also extends to meanings of consuming something quickly, covering, or being hidden.

Derived headwords

غمطverb
  1. 1.
    to belittleboth

    To consider someone or something as insignificant or contemptible.

  2. 2.
    to be ungratefulclassical

    To fail to appreciate or be thankful for well-being or blessings.

  3. 3.
    to be insolentclassical

    To act with arrogance and disregard towards a blessing or favor.

  4. 4.
    to swallow intenselyclassical

    To drink a liquid, especially water, in large, rapid gulps.

  5. 5.
    to slaughterclassical

    To perform the act of slaughtering an animal.

غمطىadjective
  1. 1.
    abundantclassical

    Describing the sky as vast or abundant.

أغمطverb
  1. 1.
    to persistclassical

    To remain steadfast or continue in a state or action.

  2. 2.
    to be constantclassical

    To be continuously present or engaged.

اغتمطهverb
  1. 1.
    to overcome in speechclassical

    To surpass someone in a conversation, thereby overpowering them.

  2. 2.
    to disappear without a traceclassical

    For something to emerge and then vanish completely, leaving no sign.

غمطnoun
  1. 1.
    low groundclassical

    A depression or low-lying area in the earth's surface.

تغمطverb
  1. 1.
    to coverclassical

    To place soil or earth over something, thus concealing it.

Parallel reading

غمط الناس، كضرب وسمع: استحقرهم
To belittle people, like the verb forms in ضرب and سمع.
و العافية: لم يشكرها
And well-being: to not be thankful for it.
و النعمة: بطرها، وحقرها
And a blessing: to be insolent towards it, and to belittle it.
و الماء: جرعه بشدة
And water: to swallow it intensely.
و الذبيحة: ذبحها
And a sacrifice: to slaughter it.
وسماء غمطى، محركة: غبطى
And a sky غمطى, with vowel movement: abundant.
وأغمط: دام، ولازم
And أغمط: to persist, and to be constant.
واغتمطه: حاضره فسبقه بعدما سبق أولا
And اغتمطه: to be present and then overtake someone after having been overtaken first.
و فلانا بالكلام: علاه فقهره
And someone in speech: to overcome them and thus defeat them.
و الشيء: خرج فما رئي له عين ولا أثر
And a thing: to emerge and then be unseen, with no eye or trace visible.
والغمط: المطمئن من الأرض
And الغمط: the low-lying part of the earth.
وتغمط عليه التراب: غطاه
And soil: to cover it over.