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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the turbulent motion and sound of water, particularly waves and boiling liquids. It also extends to the sounds of torrents and the general concept of great commotion.

Derived headwords

الغطمطةnoun

1.
Turbulence of sea wavesclassical
The turbulent motion and sound of the waves of the sea.
2.
Boiling of a potclassical
The sound and motion of a pot boiling.
3.
Sound of a torrentclassical
The sound made by a torrent flowing in a valley.

غطامطadjective

1.
Great-waved, abundant waterclassical
Describing a sea that has great waves and abundant water.

غطومطadjective

1.
Great-waved, abundant waterclassical
Describing a sea that has great waves and abundant water.

غطمطيطnoun

1.
Sound of waterclassical
The sound of water, particularly its turbulent or boiling sound.

سمعت غطمطيط الماء — I heard the sound of the water.

لأعفاجه غطمطيطا — its internal parts made a gurgling sound.

غطماطnoun

1.
Turbulent wavesclassical
The turbulent, crashing waves of the sea.

في الغطماط — in the turbulent waves.

الغطامطnoun

1.
Sound of boiling wavesclassical
The sound of the boiling of sea waves.
2.
Sound of boiling potclassical
The sound of a pot boiling.

غطمطverb

1.
To boil intenselyclassical
To boil intensely, referring to a pot.

تغطمطverb

1.
To make a gurgling soundclassical
To make a gurgling or bubbling sound, often associated with boiling or turbulent water.
2.
To be turbulentclassical
To be turbulent or agitated, referring to waves.
3.
To have hoarsenessclassical
To have hoarseness in one's voice, in addition to the sound of turbulence.

تغطمط عليه الموج — the waves became turbulent over him.

متغطمطةadjective

1.
Intensely boilingclassical
Describing something that is intensely boiling, like a pot.

Parallel reading

هو اضطراب موج البحر وغليان القدر، وصوت السيل في الوادي.

It is the turbulence of sea waves, the boiling of a pot, and the sound of a torrent in the valley.

بحر غطامط، بالضم، وغطومط، كسفرجل، وغطمطيط، كسلسبيل: عظيم الأمواج، كثير الماء

A sea that is ghaṭamṭiṭ (with damma), ghaṭūmṭ (like safarjal), and ghaṭamṭīṭ (like salsabil): great-waved, abundant in water.

والمصدر: الغطمطة والغطماط بالكسر

And the مصدر (verbal noun) is al-ghaṭmaṭah and al-ghaṭmāṭ (with kasra).

إذا تلاقى الوهط بالأوهاط أروي بثرثارين في الغطماط

When the lowlands met the highlands, I watered them with torrents in the turbulent waves.

سالت نواحيها إلى الأوساط سيلا كسيل الزبد الغطماط

Its surroundings flowed to the centers like a torrent of frothy, turbulent water.

والغطامط، كعلابط، وسلسبيل، الأولى عن الجوهري، والثانية عن ابن دريد: الصوت، أي صوت غليان موج البحر

And al-ghaṭāmiṭ, like ʿalābiṭ, and salsabil, the first from Al-Jauhari, the second from Ibn Duraid: the sound, meaning the sound of the boiling of sea waves.

كأن الغطاطم من غليها ... أراجيز أسلم تهجو غفارا

As if the ghaṭāṭim (sounds of boiling) from their boiling... are the rajaz poems of Aslam taunting Ghaffar.

يقال: سمعت غطمطيط الماء، أرادوا صوته

It is said: I heard the ghaṭamṭīṭ of water, meaning its sound.

والغطماط، بالكسر: الموج المتلاطم، وهو في الأصل مصدر

And al-ghaṭmāṭ (with kasra): the crashing waves, and it is originally a مصدر (verbal noun).

والتغطمط: صوت فيه، وفي الصحاح: معه بحح.

And al-taghaṭmuṭ: a sound within it, and in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: with hoarseness.

وأيضا: غرغرة القدر، وهي صوت غليانها، وقد تغطمطت وهي متغطمطة: شديدة الغليان

Also: the gargling of a pot, which is the sound of its boiling, and it has intensely boiled and is intensely boiling: intensely boiling.

وغطمطت مثله.

And ghaṭamaṭat is similar.

وأيضا: اضطراب الموج، يقال: تغطمط عليه الموج، إذا اضطرب عليه حتى غطاه.

Also: the turbulence of waves, it is said: the waves became turbulent over him, if they agitated over him until they covered him.

تغطمط الماء: اضطرب

The water taghaṭmaṭa: it became turbulent.