غمج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of swallowing or drinking deeply, often repeatedly. It also extends to descriptions of water, particularly its brackish or bitter qualities, and a specific term for a young camel.

Derived headwords

غَمَجَverb

1.
to swallow deeplyboth
To swallow something, particularly water, in successive, deep gulps.

غَمْجًاnoun

1.
deep swallowingboth
The act of swallowing deeply and repeatedly, as a masdar for the verb غَمَجَ.

غَمِجَverb

1.
to swallow deeplyclassical
An alternative verb form indicating the act of swallowing deeply and repeatedly.

الغَمْجَةnoun

1.
gulpclassical
A single, deep gulp or swallow, considered a variant pronunciation or form of الجرعة (al-jur'ah).

الغُمَجnoun

1.
young camelclassical
A young camel, specifically a suckling camel that is restless and nudges its mother.

يتَغَامَجُverb

1.
to nudge and suckleclassical
The action of a young camel nudging its mother's legs and suckling.

الغَمْجnoun

1.
brackish waterclassical
Water that is not fresh, implying a brackish or unpleasant taste.

المُغَمَّجadjective

1.
brackishclassical
Describing water that is brackish or unpleasant to taste.

غَمْلَجadjective

1.
bitter and thickclassical
Describing water that is bitter and thick or viscous.

Parallel reading

غمج الماء، كضرب وفرح، يغمجه غمجا: إذا جرعه جرعا متتابعا.

Water is swallowed (ghameja, as in daraba and fariha) – it is swallowed (yagmuju-hu ghamsan) if it is gulped down successively.

والغمجة، ويضم: الجرعة، لغة في الباء.

And al-ghamjah (with dammah) is a gulp, a variant pronunciation for al-jur'ah.

والغمج ككتف: الفصيل يتغامج بين أرفاغ أمه ويلهزها، لهزها.

And al-ghamj (like kutuf) refers to a young camel that nudges its mother's legs and suckles her.

قال الشاعر: غمج غماليج غملجات

A poet said: 'Ghamej, ghamaalij, ghamlajaat' (referring to young camels).

والغمج من المياه: ما لم يكن عذبا، كالمغمج، كمعظم.

And al-ghamj among waters refers to what is not fresh, like al-maghmj (like mu'dham).

والصواب المسموع من الثقات، والثابت في الأمهات: ماء غملج: مر غليظ.

And the correct pronunciation heard from reliable sources, and established in the primary lexicons, is: water is ghamej: bitter and thick.