غمر
Root: غمد
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
غمر gamara u (غمارة gamāra, غمورة gumūra) to be plentiful, copious, abundant, abound (water); to overflow (intr.); -- gamara u (gamr) to flood, inundate (هـ s.th., ب هـ s.th. with), overflow (هـ s.th.); to douse, cover (هـ s.th., ب with a liquid), pour a liquid (ب) over s.th. (هـ); to lay, soak (في هـ s.th. in a liquid); to immerse, steep, submerge, place, embed (في هـ, ه s.o. s.th. in(to); esp. fig.: in(to) an environment, an atmosphere); to cover, 683 bury (هـ, ه s.o., s.th.); to bestow liberally, lavish, heap, load (ب ه upon s.o. s.th.), shower (ب ه s.o. with); to fill, pervade (ه s.o., هـ the heart; of feeling.) III to plunge (blindly), throw o.s. (headlong) (في or هـ into); to venture; to risk (ب s.th.) │ غامر بنفسه to engage in daring adventures, risk one’s life VIII to cover, bury, engulf, swallow (هـ s.th.)
Entry 2
غمر gamr flooding, overflowing, submersion, inundation; (pl. غمار gimār, غمور gumūr) deluge, flood (also fig.); all-engulfing, flooding, overflowing (water); of overflowing liberality, lavishly openhanded, generous; -- gamr and gumr (pl. اغمار agmār) inexperienced, green, gullible, simple, ingenuous
Entry 3
غمر gumr pl. اغمار agmār armfull
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