غَطَّهُ
Root: غط
Form: 1
Full Definition
غَطَّهُI
, Present.T
غَطُطَ
and
غَطِطَ
[the latter contr. to analogy,] Verbal.Noun غَطٌّ, He immersed, immerged, dipped, plunged, or sunk, him, or it, in the water: he made him to plunge, or dive, in, or into, the water: [Golius adds, as from Ibn-Maaroof, head-downwards; but it is not so in my copy of the KL:] and غَتَّهُ signifies the same. (TA in art. غت.)
2 And غَطَّهُ, Verbal.Noun غَطٌّ, He pressed, or squeezed, him, or it, (عَصَرَهُ,) vehemently; and i. q. كَبَسَهُ [q. v.]. [And غَتَّهُ, q. v., has a similar meaning.]
def.2 غَطَّ, Present.Tغَطِطَ
Verbal.Noun غَطِيطٌ, said of a he-camel, He brayed; syn. هَدَرَ: or he brayed, (هَدَرَ, AZ, S,) or made a sound, (صَوَّتَ, Msb,) in the
شِقْشِقَة [or bursa faucium]: when not in the شقشقة, it is termed هَدِيرٌ: you say of the she-camel, تَهْدِرُ; not تَغِطُّ; because she has no شقشقة: or, as some say, he brayed, but not in the
شقشقة.
2 غَطَّ, Present.T as above, and Verbal.Noun as above and غَطٌّ, said of a person sleeping, and of one strangled, or throttled, and of an animal slaughtered, He emitted a sound; in which sense it is also said of a lynx, and of a leopard, and of a bustard: or snored, or snorted: or sent back his breath up to his fauces so that it was heard by persons around him: or emitted a sound with his breath, reiterating his breath where he found not an easy passage [for it].
3 غَطَّتِ البُرْمَةُ The stone cooking-pot boiled audibly.
4 See also غَتَّ, near the end of the paragraph.
2 And غَطَّهُ, Verbal.Noun غَطٌّ, He pressed, or squeezed, him, or it, (عَصَرَهُ,) vehemently; and i. q. كَبَسَهُ [q. v.]. [And غَتَّهُ, q. v., has a similar meaning.]
def.2 غَطَّ, Present.T
2 غَطَّ, Present.T as above, and Verbal.Noun as above and غَطٌّ, said of a person sleeping, and of one strangled, or throttled, and of an animal slaughtered, He emitted a sound; in which sense it is also said of a lynx, and of a leopard, and of a bustard: or snored, or snorted: or sent back his breath up to his fauces so that it was heard by persons around him: or emitted a sound with his breath, reiterating his breath where he found not an easy passage [for it].
3 غَطَّتِ البُرْمَةُ The stone cooking-pot boiled audibly.
4 See also غَتَّ, near the end of the paragraph.
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