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غمل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the process of softening, preserving, or maturing something by wrapping, burying, or allowing it to accumulate. It extends to concepts of being dense, overgrown, or obscured, and also to a place or a specific type of valley.

Derived headwords

غَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to soften and preserveclassical

    To wrap a hide and bury it so it softens and becomes pliable, allowing its wool to be pulled out easily. If neglected, it spoils.

  2. 2.
    to matureclassical

    To treat dates in a similar manner (wrapping and burying) to hasten their ripening.

غَمْلًاnoun
  1. 1.
    softening and preservingclassical

    The act of wrapping a hide and burying it to soften and prepare it for wool removal.

  2. 2.
    maturingclassical

    The act of treating dates to hasten their ripening.

غَمِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    softened and preservedclassical

    A hide that has been wrapped and buried to soften and become pliable.

  2. 2.
    maturedclassical

    Dates that have been treated to hasten their ripening.

غَمِينadjective
  1. 1.
    spoiledclassical

    A hide that has spoiled due to neglect during the softening and preserving process.

مَغْمُولadjective
  1. 1.
    covered to sweatclassical

    A person who has had clothes thrown over them to induce sweating.

  2. 2.
    overgrownclassical

    Plants that have grown densely, with one part covering another.

غَمْلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    dense growthclassical

    Refers to dense vegetation or growth, possibly used poetically.

وغملى نصى بالمتان كأنها ثعالب موتى جلدها قد تزلعا — And my dense growth of strong plants, as if they were dead foxes whose skins have peeled off.
الغَمْلnoun
  1. 1.
    placeclassical

    A location or place.

  2. 2.
    dense vegetationclassical

    Thickly growing plants or trees.

بالغمل ليلا والرجال تنغض — At Al-Ghaml by night, and the men are stirring.
الغَمْلُولnoun
  1. 1.
    valley with dense growthclassical

    A valley characterized by thick, intertwined trees and plants.

  2. 2.
    dense accumulationclassical

    Anything that gathers densely, such as trees, clouds, or darkness. It can even refer to a corner.

تَنْغَضُverb
  1. 1.
    to stirclassical

    To move or be agitated, often used in the context of people or things in a place.

Parallel reading

غملت الجلد أغمله غملا، فهو غميل، وهو أن تلف الإهاب وتدفنه ليسترخي ويسمح إذا جذب صوفه، فإن غفلت عنه ساعة فسد، وهو غميل وغمين.
I softened the hide, I soften it, a softening: it is a softened hide, which is when you wrap the skin and bury it so it relaxes and becomes pliable when its wool is pulled. If you neglect it for an hour, it spoils; it is spoiled and ruined.
وكذلك التمر إذا فعلت به ذلك ليدرك.
And likewise dates, if you do that to them so they ripen.
ورجل مغمول: ألقي عليه الثياب ليعرق،
And a man is maghmool: clothes are thrown upon him to make him sweat,
وكذلك النبات إذا ركب بعضه بعضا.
And likewise plants when one part grows over another.
وغملى نصى بالمتان كأنها ثعالب موتى جلدها قد تزلعا
And my dense growth of strong plants, as if they were dead foxes whose skins have peeled off.
والغمل: موضع.
And Al-Ghaml: a place.
بالغمل ليلا والرجال تنغض
At Al-Ghaml by night, and the men are stirring.
أي تتحرك.
Meaning they are moving.
والغملول: الوادي ذو الشجر والنبت الملتف،
And Al-Ghamlool: the valley with intertwined trees and plants,
وكذلك كل ما اجتمع من شجر أو غمام أو ظلمة، حتى تسمى الزاوية غملولا.
And likewise everything that gathers, whether trees, clouds, or darkness, to the extent that a corner is called a ghamlool.