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Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes poor or dim eyesight, often associated with a lack of clarity or sharpness. It extends to concepts of injustice, harshness, and oppression, particularly in relation to people and animals like lions. The root also encompasses the act of forcefully taking something.

Derived headwords

الغطمشnoun

1.
dim-sightednessboth
Referring to a person with poor or dim eyesight, characterized by unclear vision.
2.
injusticeclassical
An attribute of being unjust, oppressive, or harsh.
3.
lionclassical
A name for a lion, attributed to its oppressive nature and its habit of crushing what it catches.

عملسadjective

1.
dim-sightedclassical
Describing someone with unclear or dim vision.

غطمشverb

1.
to be dim-sightedclassical
To have unclear or poor vision.
2.
to be unjustclassical
To act unjustly or oppressively.
3.
to crushclassical
To break or crush whatever one gets hold of.

تغطمشverb

1.
to be unjustclassical
To act unjustly or oppressively towards someone.

غطمشهverb

1.
to seize forcefullyclassical
To take something by force or coercion.

غطمشةnoun

1.
forceful seizureclassical
The act of taking something by force or coercion.

الغطمشname

1.
poet's nameclassical
A name given to a poet, specifically an Asadi poet.

أبو الغطمشname

1.
poet's kunyaclassical
The kunya (patronymic) of an Asadi poet.
2.
poet's kunyaclassical
The kunya of another poet, Al-Hanafi.

غطمشadjective

1.
unjustclassical
Describing someone who is unjust or oppressive.

غطشnoun

1.
darknessclassical
The state of being dark or obscure.
2.
injusticeclassical
The state of being unjust or oppressive.

يتغاطشverb

1.
to feign ignoranceclassical
To pretend to be blind or unaware of injustice.

Parallel reading

الغطمش، كعملس: الكليل البصر) من الرجال.

Al-Ghatmash, like 'Amals: the dim-sighted among men.

وعين غطمش: كليلة النظر

And a dim-sighted eye: unclear in its vision.

وهو من بنات الأربعة مثل عدبس

It is from the four-lettered roots like 'Adabis.

والغطمش: الظلوم الجافى

And Al-Ghatmash: the oppressive, the harsh.

تغطمش علينا تغطمشا

He was oppressive towards us with oppression.

وبه سمى الأسد غطمشا

And by this, the lion is named Ghatmash.

لأنه يظلم ويجور، ويكسر ما ناله

Because he oppresses and is unjust, and crushes what he obtains.

لأنه يتغطمش، أى يكسر كل ما أصابته يداه

Because he crushes, meaning he breaks everything his hands reach.

غطمشه غطمشة، أخذه قهرا

He seized it with a ghatmashah, meaning he took it by force.

والجائر يتغاطش عن الظلم

And the unjust person pretends to be blind to injustice.

الغطمش الشاعر الضبى

Al-Ghatmash the poet from Dabba.

وهو الغطمش بن عمرو بن عطية

And he is Al-Ghatmash bin Amr bin Atiyyah.

أبو الغطمش بن زنمردة الحنفى

Abu Al-Ghatmash bin Zanmuradah Al-Hanafi.