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غَاطَ , aor. يَغُوطُ, (S, Msb, TA,) inf. n. غَوْطٌ,
(S, Msb, K,) It entered, or sank, (S, Msb, K,
TA,) into (فِى) a thing; (S, K, TA;) as, for instance, the foot into sand; (S, TA;) and a man
into mud, (TA,) or into water; (Msb;) and into
a valley; (TA, in this art. and in art. غيط; in
the former expl. by اِنْغَمَسَ;) and غَاطَ, aor. يَغِيطُ,
(S, TA,) inf. n. غَيْطٌ, (K,) signifies the same: (S,
K:) both also signify he, or it, became hidden,
(As, and K in art. غيط,) in the ground. (As.)
You say also, غَاطَتْ أَنْسَاعُ النَّاقَةِ, aor. and inf. n.
as above, The plaited thongs of the she-camel clave
to her belly, and so entered, or sank, therein.
(TA.) And غَاطَتِ الأَنْسَاعُ فِى دَفِّ النَّاقَةِ The
plaited thongs caused their impressions to be visible
in the side of the she-camel. (TA.) ―
2-b2- It (a place)
sank, or became depressed, in the ground. (ISh.)
And It (anything) descended, or sloped downwards, in the ground. (TA.) ―
2-b3- Also, aor. and
inf. n. as above, He dug, excavated, or hollowed
out. (TA: and in some copies of the K, الغَوْطُ is
expl. by الحَفْرُ; but the reading given in the TA,
in that instance, is الحُفْرَةُ.) ＝
1-A2- غُطْ غُطْ means Be
thou with the جَمَاعَة [i. e. the mass, or main body],
(IAar, O, K,) who are termed the غَاط, (O,) [be
thou with them, not with the factious,] when فِتَن
[i. e. factions, &c.,] come. (IAar, O, K.)