← Back to Al-Sihah

غطس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of submerging or plunging into a liquid, especially water. It encompasses the action of dipping, sinking, and the state of being submerged. It also includes a derived term for a lodestone.

Derived headwords

غَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    immersion in itboth

    immersion in it

  2. 2.
    he immersed it in the waterboth

    he immersed it in the water

غَطْسnoun
  1. 1.
    immersion in itboth

    immersion in it

  2. 2.
    he immersed it in the waterboth

    he immersed it in the water

غَطَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to submerge itboth

    To cause something to be submerged in water.

يَغْطِسُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he submerges itboth

    The present tense of submerging something in water.

تَغَطَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to submerge oneselfboth

    To plunge or submerge oneself in water.

حتى قلت في الجم تغطس — until I said 'he submerges himself in the pool'
مِغْنَطِيسname
  1. 1.
    a stone that attracts ironboth

    a stone that attracts iron

والمغنطيس (1) : حجر يجذب الحديد، وهو معرب — And the lodestone: a stone that attracts iron, and it is a loanword.

Parallel reading

الغطس في الماء: الغمس فيه.
Submerging in water: plunging into it.
وقد غطسه في الماء يغطسه.
And he submerged him in the water, he submerges him.
وألقت ذراعيها وأدنت لبانها
And she cast down her arms and brought her chest near
من الماء حتى قلت في الجم تغطس
from the water until I said 'he submerges himself in the pool'
والمغنطيس (1) : حجر يجذب الحديد، وهو معرب.
And the lodestone: a stone that attracts iron, and it is a loanword.