Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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غطرف غطس غطش


1. ⇒ غطس

غَطَسَهُ, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَغْطِسُ}, (Ṣ, TA,) inf. n. غَطْسٌ; (Ṣ;) orغطّسهُ↓, (Mṣb,) inf. n. تَغْطِيسٌ; (TA;) or both: (A. TA;) He immersed, immerged, dipped, plunged, or sunk, him or it, in water. (Ṣ, A, Mṣb * Ḳ, TA.)

Root: غطس - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

[Hence,]غَطَّسَنِى↓ فِى بَحْرِ ٱنْعُمِهِ[He overwhelmed me in the sea of his benefits, or favours]. (A.)

Root: غطس - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

غَطَسَ, aor. ـِ {يَغْطِسُ}, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. غَطْسٌ, (Mṣb,) He, or it, became immersed, immerged, dipped, plunged, or sunk, in water or he immersed, or immerged himself, plunged, or dived, in water (Mṣb,* Ḳ)

Root: غطس - Entry: 1. Signification: B2

غَطَسَ فِى الإِنَآءِ He put his mouth into the vessel and so drank. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ.)

Root: غطس - Entry: 1. Dissociation: C

غَطَسَتْ بِهِ اللُّجَمُ Death took him away: (Ṣgh, Ḳ:) a dial. var. of عَطَسَتْ [q. v.]. (TA.)


2. ⇒ غطّس


6. ⇒ تغاطس

تغاطسا They two vied, or contended, each with the other, in plunging, or diving, (A, Ḳ,) in water; (Ḳ;) syn. تَمَاقَلَا (A, Ḳ) and تَغَاطَّا (A) and تَغَامَسَا. (TA.) And تغاطسوا They vied, or contended, one with another, in plunging, or diving, in water; syn. تَغَاطُّوا. (TA.)

Root: غطس - Entry: 6. Dissociation: B

تغاطس He feigned himself negligent, inattentive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, or heedless, not being really so; (Ṣgh, Ḳ;) and تغاطش is a dial. var. of the same: both are from Aboo-Saʼeed Ed-Dareer (TA.) You say, تغاطس عَنْهُ He feigned himself negligent of it,, &c.; (Aboo-Saʼeed, TA in art. غطش;) and [app. in like manner] تغاطسهُ. (IAạr, TA in art. عمش.)


غَطَّاسٌ

غَطَّاسٌ One who dives to the bottom of water to fetch the shells that contain pearls, &c. (TA.)


غَاطِسٌ

لَيْلٌ غَاطِسٌ Dark night: as also غَاطِشٌ. (IDrd.)


مَغْطِسٌ

مَغْطِسٌ A place in which one plunges, or dives. (TA.)


مَغْنَطِيسٌ

مَغْنَطِيسٌ and its variations, here mentioned in the Ṣ and L and Ḳ, see in art. مغنطس.


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