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غ م ش

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns poor or impaired vision, often due to hunger or thirst. It distinguishes between congenital vision problems and temporary ones, and also relates to making false claims.

Derived headwords

غَمَشَverb
  1. 1.
    vision dimmedclassical

    The sight became dim, often due to hunger or thirst.

غَمْشnoun
  1. 1.
    dimness of sightclassical

    A condition of dimness of sight, often caused by hunger or thirst.

  2. 2.
    poor eyesightclassical

    A temporary impairment of vision.

أَعْمَشَadjective
  1. 1.
    poor-sightedclassical

    Having poor eyesight, especially a congenital condition.

عَمَشnoun
  1. 1.
    poor eyesightclassical

    A congenital condition of poor eyesight.

تَغَمَّشَverb
  1. 1.
    made a false claimclassical

    To make a claim or assertion that is false or unfounded.

Parallel reading

أى (أظلم بصره من جوع أو عطش)
Meaning: his sight became dim from hunger or thirst.
فهو غمش
He is 'ghamsh' (one whose sight is dimmed).
والعين لغة فيه
And 'al-'ayn' is a linguistic variant for it.
وزعم يعقوب أنها بدل
And Ya'qub claimed it (al-'ayn) is a substitution.
أو العمش بالمهملة: سوء بصر أصلى
Or, 'al-'amash' (with unpointed letters) is congenital poor eyesight.
والغمش بالمعجمة: عارض ثم يذهب
And 'al-ghamash' (with pointed letters) is a temporary condition that then disappears.
وتغمش بدعوى باطل: ادعاها
And 'taghamasha' with a false claim: he claimed it.
لغة في العين
A linguistic variant for 'al-'ayn'.