غمو

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of covering, concealing, or obscuring something. It extends to the materials used for covering and the state of being covered or hidden.

Derived headwords

غَمَاverb

1.
to coverboth
To cover something, particularly a house, with mud and wood.

يَغْمُوهُverb

1.
covering itboth
The present tense form of the verb 'to cover', referring to the action of covering.

غُمُّواverb

1.
they coveredboth
The past tense, third-person plural form of the verb 'to cover'.

غَطَاهُ بالطين والخشبphrase

1.
covered it with mud and woodboth
A descriptive phrase explaining the method of covering, specifically with mud and wood.

الغُمَاءnoun

1.
coveringboth
The act or material used for covering, especially mud and wood used to cover a house.

غَمْوَانnoun

1.
two coveringsboth
The dual form of 'الغُمَاء', referring to two instances or types of covering.

Parallel reading

غَمَا البيتُ يَغْمُوهُ غُمَاءً

The house was covered, it is covered with a covering.

غَطَاهُ بالطين والخشب

He covered it with mud and wood.

وما يغطى به الغماء

And what it is covered with, the covering.

وتثنيته غَمْوَان

And its dual is ghawān.

نقله ابن دريد وغيره

Ibn Duraid and others transmitted it.

وهو واوي يائي

And it is wāwī yā'ī (meaning it has both wāw and yā' as weak letters in its derivation).