غَمَزَهُ
Root: غمز
Form: 1
Full Definition
غَمَزَهُI
, or غَمَزَهُ بِيَدِهِ, Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun غَمْزٌ, He felt him, to know if he were fat: and غَمَزَهَا
he put his hand upon her back, to see how fat she was.
2 Hence, غَمَزَهُ بِيَدِهِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun غَمْزٌ, He pressed, or squeezed, it, [with his hand,] namely, a limb, and a man's back. So in a trad. of 'Omar: دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَعِنْدَهُ غُلَيْمٌ يَغْمِزُ ظَهْرَهُ [He went in to him, and with him was a little boy pressing, or squeezing, or kneading, his back]. And in a trad. respecting the ablution termed الغُسْل, it is said, اِغْمِزِى قُرُونَكِ, meaning Press thou, or squeeze thou, the locks of thy hair, in washing. You also say, غَمَزَ الثِّقَافُ القَنَاةَ The straightening-instrument pinched and pressed the spear. A poet says,
def.2 غَمَزَ, and غَمَزَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun غَمْزٌ,
2 Hence, الغَمْزُ بِالنَّاسِ: you say, غَمَزَ بِالرَّجُلِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun غَمْزٌ,
3 You say also, غُمِزَتْ شَهَادَتَهُ
def.3 غَمَزَتِ الدَّابَّةُ, or غَمَزَ فِى مَشْيِهِ, or مِنْ رِجْلِهِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun غَمْزٌ,
def.4 غَمَزَ said of a disease, or of a vice, or fault, of a man, It appeared.
def.5 See also 4.
2 Hence, غَمَزَهُ بِيَدِهِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun غَمْزٌ, He pressed, or squeezed, it, [with his hand,] namely, a limb, and a man's back. So in a trad. of 'Omar: دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَعِنْدَهُ غُلَيْمٌ يَغْمِزُ ظَهْرَهُ [He went in to him, and with him was a little boy pressing, or squeezing, or kneading, his back]. And in a trad. respecting the ablution termed الغُسْل, it is said, اِغْمِزِى قُرُونَكِ, meaning Press thou, or squeeze thou, the locks of thy hair, in washing. You also say, غَمَزَ الثِّقَافُ القَنَاةَ The straightening-instrument pinched and pressed the spear. A poet says,
[And I used, when I pinched and pressed the spear of a people, to break its knots, or internodal portions, unless it became straight]. (S, TA. It is a prov., respecting which see remarks in art. او.)وَكُنْتُ إِذَا غَمَزْتُ قَنَاةَ قَوْمٍ كَسَرْتُ كُعُوبَهَا أَوْ تَسْتَقِيمَا
def.2 غَمَزَ, and غَمَزَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun غَمْزٌ,
2 Hence, الغَمْزُ بِالنَّاسِ: you say, غَمَزَ بِالرَّجُلِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun غَمْزٌ,
3 You say also, غُمِزَتْ شَهَادَتَهُ
def.3 غَمَزَتِ الدَّابَّةُ, or غَمَزَ فِى مَشْيِهِ, or مِنْ رِجْلِهِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun غَمْزٌ,
def.4 غَمَزَ said of a disease, or of a vice, or fault, of a man, It appeared.
def.5 See also 4.
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