غَمَلَ
Root: غمل
Form: 1
Full Definition
غَمَلَI
, or الأَدِيمَ, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun غَمْلٌ, He folded the skin, or hide, and buried it, in order that it might become soft, or flaccid, and pliant, when its wool was pulled: if neglected for a while, it becomes spoiled, or marred: the epithet applied to it is
غَمِيلٌ ; and غَمِينٌ also: or he spoiled, or marred, the skin, or hide: or he put it in the bottom of some receptacle (فِى غُمَّةٍ), [and left it a while,] in order that its wool might become detached: or he buried it, having folded it, in the sand, after moistening [it], in order that it might become stinking, and its hair [or wool] might be plucked off: or, accord. to AHn, he folded it while it was moist, and left it folded longer than it required, so that it became spoiled, or marred: or, as some say, he folded it after it was tanned, then covered it a day and a night, so that its hair, or its wool, became loose, when it was plucked off: if left more than a day and a night, it becomes spoiled, or marred: and
signifies [the same: (see غَصَبَ
الجِلْدَ:) or] he left his skin, or hide, [buried, or put in the bottom of some receptacle, &c., while moist,] until it became spoiled, or marred.
2 And غَمَلَ التَّمْرَ, or البُسْرَ, He did in like manner to the dates, or the unripe dates, in order that they might become ripe: and the epithet applied to them is مَغْمُولٌ ; and مَغْمُونٌ.
3 And غَمَلَ العِنَبَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He put the grapes together, in quantities one above another, in the basket of palm-leaves.
4 غَمَلَ فُلَانَا He covered such a one, with clothes, in order that he should sweat.
5 غَمَلَ الجُرْحَ He put pieces of rag, one above another, upon the wound.
6 غَمَلَ الأَمْرَ He hid, concealed, or covered, the affair, or case.
7 And غَمَلَ الشَّيْءَ, Verbal.Noun غَمْلٌ, He put the thing into a good, sound, right, or proper, state.
def.2 غَمَلَ النَّبَاتُ, Verbal.Noun غَمْلٌ, The plants, or herbage, became accumulated, one, or one part, overlying another, so as to become withered, and decayed. [See also 5.]
def.3 غَمِلَ النَّبْتُ, the verb being like فَرِحَ, The plant, or plants, or herbage, became in a bad, or corrupt, state.
2 And one says غَمِلَ هٰذَا المَكَانُ
3 And غَمِلَ الجُرْحُ, Verbal.Noun غَمَلٌ, The wound became in a bad, or corrupt, state, by reason of the bandage.
2 And غَمَلَ التَّمْرَ, or البُسْرَ, He did in like manner to the dates, or the unripe dates, in order that they might become ripe: and the epithet applied to them is مَغْمُولٌ ; and مَغْمُونٌ.
3 And غَمَلَ العِنَبَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He put the grapes together, in quantities one above another, in the basket of palm-leaves.
4 غَمَلَ فُلَانَا He covered such a one, with clothes, in order that he should sweat.
5 غَمَلَ الجُرْحَ He put pieces of rag, one above another, upon the wound.
6 غَمَلَ الأَمْرَ He hid, concealed, or covered, the affair, or case.
7 And غَمَلَ الشَّيْءَ, Verbal.Noun غَمْلٌ, He put the thing into a good, sound, right, or proper, state.
def.2 غَمَلَ النَّبَاتُ, Verbal.Noun غَمْلٌ, The plants, or herbage, became accumulated, one, or one part, overlying another, so as to become withered, and decayed. [See also 5.]
def.3 غَمِلَ النَّبْتُ, the verb being like فَرِحَ, The plant, or plants, or herbage, became in a bad, or corrupt, state.
2 And one says غَمِلَ هٰذَا المَكَانُ
3 And غَمِلَ الجُرْحُ, Verbal.Noun غَمَلٌ, The wound became in a bad, or corrupt, state, by reason of the bandage.
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