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غمّض الكَلَامَ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَغْمِيضٌ , (S,) He made the speech, or language, unapparent to the mind, not plain or perspicuous, obscure, recondite, or abstruse. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- غمّض حَدَّ السَّيْفِ , (A, TA,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He made the edge of the sword thin [so that it might become hidden in the flesh when one smote with it]; (A, TA;) as also ↓ أَغْمَضَهُ . (K.) -A2- See also 4, in twelve places.

اغمض حَدَّ السَّيْفِ : see 2. ― -b2- اغمض عَيْنَيْهِ , (Mgh,) or العَيْنَ , (Msb,) inf. n. اـِغْمَاضٌ ; (S, Msb;) and ↓ غَمَّضَهُمَا , (Mgh,) or غَمَّضَهَا , (Msb,) inf. n. تَغْمِيضٌ ; (S, Msb;) He shut, or closed, (Mgh, Msb,) [his eyes, or] his eyelids, (Mgh,) or [the eye, or] the eyelids. (Msb.) ― -b3- [Hence,] مَا أَغْمَضْتُ , (A, TA,) and ↓ مَا غَمَّضْتُ , (TA,) I have not slept; (TA;) and ↓ مَا ا@غْتَمَضْتُ [signifies the same]; (JK;) and so مَا ا@كْتَحَلْتُ اـِغْمَاضًا , (ISd, K,) and ↓ تَغْمَاضًا (S, Sgh, K) and تَغْمِيضًا , (S, K,) [two inf. ns. of 2,] and ↓ غَمَاضًا , and ↓ غِمَاضًا , and ↓ غُمْضًا with damm, (S, Sgh, K,) [and app. ↓ غُمَاضًا , and ↓ غُمُوضًا , and ↓ غَمْضًا , for] IB says that غَمْضٌ and غُمُوضٌ and غُمَاضٌ are inf. ns. of a verb not used: (TA:) and مَا ذُقْتُ ↓ غُمْضًا , [in a copy of the A ↓ غَمْضًا ,] and ↓ غَمَا ضًا , I have not tasted sleep. (JK.) [And hence,] البَرْقُ ↓ اغتمض (tropical:) The lightning ceased to gleam; as though sleeping. (TA.) ― -b4- You say also, اغمض طَرْفَهُ عَنِّى , and ↓ غمّضهُ , He shut, or closed, his eye, or eyes, at, or upon, or against, me: and اغمض عَلَيْهِ , and ↓ غمّض , he shut, or closed, his eyes at, or upon, or against, him, or it. (TA.) ― -b5- And [hence,] اغمض عَنْهُ , and عَلَيْهِ , (tropical:) [He shut his eyes at it, or upon it, or against it], namely a thing that he had heard: a metonymical phrase, denoting patience. (TA.) And اغمض عَنْهُ (tropical:) He connived at it; feigned himself neglectful of it; passed it by; (A, Mgh, Msb, TA;) as also عَنْهُ ↓ غمّض , inf. n. تَغْمِيضٌ ; and ↓ غَمَضَ ; and ↓ اغتمض ; namely a thing that he had heard; and an evil action: (A, TA:) and عَيْنَيْهِ ↓ غمّض عَنْهُ he feigned himself blind to it. (TA.) And اغمض عَنْهُ فِى البَيْعِ , (S, K,) or الشِّرَا=ءِ , (S, TA,) (tropical:) He acted, or affected to act, in an easy, or a facile, manner towards him, ( تَسَاهَلَ عَلَيْهِ ,) in selling, (S, K,) or buying; (S;) as also ↓ غَمَضَ عَنْهُ , (S, K,) aor. غَمِضَ . (K.) And أَغْمِضْ لِى فِيمَا بِعْتَنِى , (S, A, K, TA,) in [some of] the copies of the K like اِضْرِبْ , [i. e. ↓ اِغْمِضْ ,] but the former is the right reading, (TA,) [though the latter is perhaps allowable, as will presently be seen,] meaning, (A, TA,) or as though it meant, (S, K, TA,) (tropical:) Give thou to me more of what thou hast sold to me, on account of its badness; or [so in the A, but in the S and K “ and, ”] lower thou to me the price thereof; (S, A, K, TA;) as also لِى فِيهِ ↓ غَمِّضْ . (K, TA.) And اغمض فِى البَيْعِ (tropical:) He demanded that another should give him more of the thing sold; and that he should lower the price [thereof]; and he complied with his demand. (IAth.) And اغمض فِى السِّلْعَةِ (tropical:) He demanded a lowering of the price of the commodity, on account of its badness. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [ii. 270], وَلَسْتُمْ بِا=خِذِيهِ اـِلَّا أَنْ تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ , (S, A, * K,) or, accord. to one reading, ↓ تَغْمِضُوا , (TA,) i. e. (tropical:) When ye do not take it unless ye lower the price; (Lth, Zj, * K;) meaning, عَلَى اـِغْمَاضٍ , or بِاـِغْمَاضٍ . (Fr.) ― -b6- [Hence also,] فُلَانٌ عَلَى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ ↓ غَمَّضَ (assumed tropical:) Such a one executed, performed, or accomplished, this affair: or kept, or applied himself, constantly, or perseveringly, to it; ( مَضَى عَلَيْهِ ;) [as though he shut his eyes at it;] knowing what was in it. (O, K.) And النَّاقَةُ ↓ غَمَّضَتِ , (S, A, K,) inf. n. تَغْمِيضٌ , (K,) The she-camel, being driven away ( رُدَّتْ , as in the K, and in some copies of the S, or ذِيدَتْ , as in other copies of the S, and in the A, as is said in the TA,) from the watering-trough, (S, K,) rushed upon the driver, ( الذَّايءِد , [in the CK, erroneously, الزايءِد ,]) closing her eyes, and came to the water. (S, A, K.) ↓ تَغْمِيضٌ also signifies The embarking [in an affair], or undertaking [it], blindly. (TA.) ― -b7- [Hence also,] أَغْمَضَتِ المَفَازَةُ عَلَيْهِمْ (tropical:) [The desert concealed them;] they did not appear in the desert, (A, TA,) being concealed by the mirage, and in the depressed parts; (TA;) as though it closed its eyelids upon them. (A, TA.) ― -b8- اغمض النَّظَرَ (tropical:) He considered, or judged, well, and gave a good opinion: (M, TA:) and اغمض فِى النَّظَرِ (tropical:) he gave a right opinion: (A:) or (assumed tropical:) he considered, or judged, minutely. (IKtt.) ― -b9- أَغْمَضَتِ العَيْنُ فُلَانًا (assumed tropical:) The eye despised such a one: (K, TA:) or you say أَغْمَضَتْهُ عَيْنِى meaning I despised him: ― -b10- and likewise meaning I vied, or contended, in running with him, ( حَاضَرْتُهُ ,) and outstripped him, after he had outstripped me: (Ibn-'Abbád, O:) or اغمض فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا means Such a one vied, or contended, in running with such a one, ( حَاضَرَهُ ,) and outstripped him, after having been outstripped by him. (K.) ― -b11- اغمض المَيِّتَ , (A, Mgh, TA,) inf. n. اـِغْمَاضٌ ; (TA;) and ↓ غَمَّضَهُ , (A, TA,) inf. n. as above; (TA;) He closed the eyelids of the dead man. (Mgh.)

انغمض الطَّرْفُ i. q. اِنْغَضَّ : (S, Sgh, K:) [or the former more probably signifies The eye, or eyes, became closed: and the latter, the eye, or eyes, became contracted. See also 8.]

مَا ا@غْتَمَضَتْ عَيْنَاىَ My eyes slept not, or have not slept. (S, * Sgh, K.) See also 4, in the first half of the paragraph, in three places. ― -b2- أَتَانِى ذٰلِكَ عَلَى ا@غْتِمَاضٍ (tropical:) That came to me easily, without trouble, or pains-taking. (As, A, K.)

غَمْضٌ : see غَامِضٌ , in four places: ― -b2- See also 4, in the third sentence, in two places.

غُمْضٌ : see 4, in the third sentence; the first and second in two places.

غَمَاضٌ : see 4, in the third sentence; the first and second in two places.

غُمَاضٌ : see 4, in the third sentence; the first and second in two places.

غِمَاضٌ : see 4, in the third sentence; the first and second in two places.

غُمُوضٌ : see 4, in the third sentence; the first and second in two places.

غُمُوضَةٌ : see what next follows.

مَا فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ غَمِيضَةٌ , (S, O, L, K,) and ↓ غُمُوضَةٌ , (L,) There is not, in this affair, any fault, (S, O, L, K,) لِى [to be imputed to me]. (TA, where this is added next after ما .)

غَامِضٌ [Unperceived; unapparent; hidden, or concealed. (See 1, first signification.)] ― -b2- Unapparent to the mind, not plain or perspicuous, obscure, recondite, or abstruse, speech, or language. (S, A, K.) You say also, مَعْنًى غَامِضٌ A nice, subtile, or quaint, meaning. (TA.) And مَسْأَلَةٌ غَامِضَةٌ A question in which is matter for consideration, and subtility, or nicety. (TA.) And مَسْأَلَةٌ فِيهَا غَوَامِضُ [A question in which are obscurities, abstrusities, subtilities, or niceties: the last word being pl. of ↓ غَامِضَةٌ , an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates]. (A.) ― -b3- Obscure; not well known: (A:) or not known: (Msb, K:) applied to rank or quality ( حَسَب ), (A, K,) or to parentage or relationship ( نَسَب ): (Msb:) pl. أَغْمَاضٌ , like as أَصْحَابٌ is pl. of صَاحِبٌ : or, as some say, this is pl. of ↓ غَمْضٌ . (TA.) ― -b4- Obscure, or of no reputation; low, mean, or vile; (K, TA;) applied to a man: (TA:) such is termed ↓ ذُو غَمْضٍ , (S, O, TA,) also. (TA.) [And hence, perhaps,] A man remiss in the charge, or in rushing on the enemy: (Lth, K:) pl. غَوَامِضُ [which is anomalous, like فَوَارِسُ &c.]. (Lth.) ― -b5- Low, or depressed; applied to land, (S, A, K,) and a place; (A;) [because unseen from a distance;] as also ↓ غَمْضٌ ; (S, A, K;) applied to a place: (S, A:) or this latter signifies land very low, or very much depressed, so that what is in it is not seen: (AHn:) and in like manner ↓ مَغْمَضٌ , a place more depressed (S, TA) than what is termed غَمْضٌ : (TA:) pl. of the first, غَوَامِضُ : (K:) and of ↓ the second, أَغْمَاضٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (S, K) and غُمُوضٌ : (S, A, K:) and of the third, مَغَامِضُ . (S.) ― -b6- An anklet depressed, lit. choked, ( غَاصٌّ , [in the CK غاضّ ,]) in the leg: (JK, A, L, K:) and, applied to an ankle-bone, concealed by the flesh: (TA:) or fat: (K:) and in this latter sense applied to a leg, or shank. (K, TA.) ― -b7- A house not upon a common thoroughfare-road or street; (Lth, A, L, K;) retired therefrom. (A, TA.) -A2- A young camel; the young one of a camel: pl. غَوَامِضُ : (TA:) which also signifies camels not accustomed to drawing water. (JK.)

غَامِضَةٌ ; pl. غَوَامِضُ : see the next preceding paragraph.

مَغْمَضٌ ; pl. مَغَامِضُ : see غَامِضٌ as applied to land, and a place.

مُغَمَّضَاتُ اللَّيْلِ The darknesses of night. (TA.) ― -b2- See also the following paragraph.

المُغَمِّضَاتُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ , (O, K, * TA,) or مُغَمِّضَاتُ الأُمُورِ , accord. to different relations of a trad. in which it occurs, (TA,) Sins, or offences, which a man commits knowing them [to be such]: (O, K, TA:) or enormities which a man commits knowing them [to be such]; as though he closed his eyes upon them, feigning himself blind while he saw them: (TA:) IAth says that accord. to one relation it is with fet-h to the second م , [↓ مُغَمَّضَات ,] and means small sins, or offences; so called because minute and unapparent, so that a man commits them with a kind of doubt, not knowing that he will be punished for committing them. (TA.)