قَمَسَ
Root: قمس
Form: 1
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قَمَسَI
, Present.T
ـِ and
ـُ Verbal.Noun قَمْسٌ and قُمُوسٌ, He, or it, dived, or plunged, in water: he, or it, dived, or plunged, or became immersed, therein, and then rose: he disappeared in water: and
انقمس [signifies the same as قَمَسَ: or] he, or it, became immersed, in water: and this latter, he leaped into a well.
2 [Hence,] It was, or became, in a state of commotion in the belly of its mother: or in the membrane which enclosed it in the belly.
def.2 قَمَسَهُ, [Present.T, app., as above,] Verbal.Noun قَمْسٌ, He immersed, dipped, plunged, or sunk, him or it, (S, A, K, [in the CK القَمْسُ is put by mistake for الغَمْسُ,]) in water; as also , Verbal.Noun إِقْمَاسٌ. See also غَمَسَهُ. You say also, قَمَسْتُ بِهِ فِى البِئْرِ I cast him into the well.
2 قَامَسْتُهُ فَقَمَسْتُهُ: see 3.
2 [Hence,] It was, or became, in a state of commotion in the belly of its mother: or in the membrane which enclosed it in the belly.
def.2 قَمَسَهُ, [Present.T, app., as above,] Verbal.Noun قَمْسٌ, He immersed, dipped, plunged, or sunk, him or it, (S, A, K, [in the CK القَمْسُ is put by mistake for الغَمْسُ,]) in water; as also , Verbal.Noun إِقْمَاسٌ. See also غَمَسَهُ. You say also, قَمَسْتُ بِهِ فِى البِئْرِ I cast him into the well.
2 قَامَسْتُهُ فَقَمَسْتُهُ: see 3.
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