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غَاْمَسَ

Root: غمس

Form: 3

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غَاْمَسَIII [غامسهُ, Verbal.Noun مُغَامَسَةٌ, He vied, or contended, with him in plunging, or diving, in water:] مُغَامَسَةٌ is syn. with مُمَاقَلَةٌ.
2 مُغَامَسَةٌ also signifies The throwing one's self into the midst of war or fight. or of an affair or a great affair or an affliction: and the mixing, or engaging, in fight or conflict. You say, غَامَسَ فِى القِتَالِ He plunged, or threw himself, into the midst of fight or conflict; or he rushed headlong into it. And غَامَسَهُمْ He mixed, or engaged, with them in fight or conflict. . [See also مُغَامِسٌ].
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