Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

غَمَدَهُ

Root: غمد

Form: 1

Full Definition

غَمَدَهُI , Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun غُمْدٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِغْمَادٌ; mentioned by AO, or by A'Obeyd, as two chaste forms; He put it into its غِمْد [i. e. scabbard, or sheath; he sheathed it]: or he made for it, or furnished it with, a غِمْد.
2 Hence, غَمَدَهُ بِكَذَا He covered him, or it, with such a thing; as though he made the latter a غِمْد to the former.
3 See also 5, in two places.

def.2 غَمَدَ, Verbal.Noun غُمُودٌ, said of a tree of the species called عُرْفُط, It had its branches abounding with leaves so that one could not see its thorns; as though they were sheathed.
2 غَمَدَتِ الرَّكِيَّةُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun غُمُودٌ, The well lost its water.
3 And غَمِدَت, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun غَمَدٌ, It had much water: or it had little water.


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