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تَغَمْغَمَ

Root: غم

Form: R. Q. 2

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تَغَمْغَمَ
R. Q. 2
: see R. Q. 1, in three places: and see its Verbal.Noun voce غَمْغَمَةٌ, below, in two places.
2 Said of one drowning (غَرِيق) beneath the water, it signifies He uttered a cry, or cries: or, as is said in the T, he was pressed upon by the waves above him: a poet uses it of Pharaoh when he was overwhelmed [in the sea].
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