غمض
Root: غمض
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
غمض gamuḍa u and gamaḍa u (غموض gumūḍ) to be hidden, be concealed, hide; to close (eye); to be obscure, dark, abstruse, recondite, difficult to comprehend II to make (هـ s.th.) obscure, abetruse, recondite, difficult to comprehend; to close, shut (عينيه عن (‘ainaihi one’s eyes to, over, toward, or in the face of); to sleep, be asleep │ غمض جفونه على القذى (jufūnahū, qaḍā) see قذى IV to blur, dim (عينيه عن ‘ainaihi s.o.’s eye for), make s.o. blind to; to close, shut (عينيه عن one’s eyes to, 684 over, على على toward. in the face of); to pretend not to see (عن s.th.), feign blindness (عن to), overlook (عن s.th.), wink, connive (عن at); to hear, stand, tolerate (عن, على s.th.) │ اغمض من عينيه (‘ainaihi) to close, one’s eyes, refuse to see VIII to close, be closed (eye) VIII do.; to sleep, be asleep
Entry 2
غمض gumḍ sleep
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