[1]
غَمَّهُ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor.
غَمُ3َ , (Msb,) inf. n.
غَمٌّ, (Msb, TA,) He covered it, (S, Msb, K, TA,)
veiled it, or concealed it; (TA;) namely, a thing:
(Msb, K, TA:) this is the primary meaning.
(TA.) [Hence,] one says, غُمَّ الهِلَالُ (S, Msb,
K, TA) عَلَى النَّاسِ, (S, TA,) inf. n. غَمٌّ, (TA,)
The new moon was veiled, or concealed, (S, Msb,)
to the people, (S,) by clouds, or otherwise, (S,
Msb,) or was intercepted by thin clouds, (K, TA,)
or otherwise, (TA,) so that it was not seen. (S,
Msb, TA.) It is said in a trad., فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ
فَأَكْمِلُوا العِدَّةَ, (Mgh, * Msb, TA,) i. e. And if it
[the new moon] be veiled, &c., to you, then complete ye the reckoning of Shaabán, thirty [days], in
order that the entering upon the fast of Ramadán
may be with [inferential] knowledge. (Msb.) Az
says that غُمَّ and أُغْمِىَ and غُمِىَ all signify the
same: (TA:) and all three occur in the trad.
above mentioned accord. to different relations
thereof. (Mgh.) [See also 1 in art. غمى.] ―
2-b2-
And [hence] غَمَّ القَمَرُ النُّجُومَ The moon concealed
the stars: or almost concealed the light of the stars.
(TA.) ―
2-b3- And غُمَّ عَلَيْهِ الخَبَرُ The information, or
narration, was dubious, confused, or vague, to
him; such as to be difficult to be understood; or
such as not to be understood; (S, K;) like أُغْمِىَ:
(S:) or was obscure, or unapparent, to him.
(Msb.) ―
2-b4- And غَمَّهُ, (S, K, TA,) aor.
غَمُ3َ , inf. n.
غَمٌّ, (TA,) It (i. e. هَمّ [here meaning “ grief, ”
see غَمٌّ below,]) covered [or was as though it
covered] his heart: (Har p. 637:) or [accord. to
common acceptation] it, or he, grieved him; or
caused him to mourn or lament, or to be sorrowful or sad or unhappy; syn. أَحْزَنَهُ. (K, and Har
p. 422. [See also 4.]) ―
2-b5- غَمَّهُ, in which the pronoun relates to an ass, &c., (S, K, TA,) aor.
غَمُ3َ ,
inf. n. غَمٌّ, (TA,) means He put [as a covering]
to his mouth and his nostrils the ↓ غِمَامَة, (S, K,
TA,) which is a thing like the كِعَام [or muzzle],
(so in the S and CK,) or a thing like the فِدَام
[which seems to be here similar in meaning to
كعام]: (so in other copies of the K:) or he put
[as a covering] to his mouth a nose-bag, or the
like, to prevent his feeding; and this is termed a
↓ غِمَامَة: (TA:) [the verb that I have rendered
“ put to ” in these explanations is أَلْقَمَ, of which
I do not find in its proper place any signification
that would be exactly apposite in this case:] or
↓ غِمَامَةٌ signifies a sort of bag for the mouth of
a camel and the like, (K, TA,) his mouth being
put into it: (TA:) pl. غَمَائِمُ: (S, TA:) and one
says, غَمَّهُ بِالغِمَامَةِ [he covered his mouth with the
غمامة], aor. and inf. n. as above. (TA.) ―
2-b6- غَمَّ
الشَّىْءَ, aor.
غَمُ3َ , also signifies عَلَاهُ [app. as meaning
It rose upon, or above, the thing, as though forming a covering over it]: mentioned on the authority of IAar, who cites [as an ex.] the saying of
En-Nemir Ibn-Towlab, [app. describing a رَوْضَة,
or meadow,]
أُنُفٌ يَغُمُّ الضَّالُ نَبْتَ بِحَارِهَا
[Not depastured, the trees called ضال rising upon,
or above, the herbage of its fertile tracts, or its
tracts near to water]. (TA.) See also 8. ＝
1-A2- [غَمَّ
is also intrans.: one says,] غَمَّ يَوْمُنَا, (S, K, TA,)
inf. n. غَمٌّ and غُمُومٌ; (TA;) and ↓ أَغَمَّ; Our day
was, or became, [sultry, or] intensely hot, (S, K,
TA,) so that it took away, (S,) or almost took
away, (TA,) the breath: (S, TA:) or both verbs,
said of a day, and of the sky, mean it brought
غَمّ [or distress that affected the breath or respiration], arising from closeness of heat, or clouds.
(Msb.) ＝
1-A3- غَمَّ الشَّخْصُ, of the class of تَعِبَ, [the
first pers. being غَمِمْتُ,] inf. n. غَمَمٌ, The person's
hair of his head flowed down so that his forehead
and the back of his neck were narrowed. (Msb.)
[See also غَمَمٌ below.]