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غَمْرٌ ذ Much, abundant, copious, [or deep,] water; (S, K;) as also ↓ غَمِيرٌ : (K:) or much, abundant, copious, [or deep,] water, that drowns, or submerges: (ISd, TA:) or that covers over him who enters into it: (IAth, TA:) [also used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates, meaning much, abundant, copious, or deep, water;] and ↓ غَمْرَةٌ signifies the same as غَمْرٌ [when thus used; or a submerging deep, a deep place, or an abyss, of water]: (TA:) pl. غِمَارٌ and غُمُورٌ. (S, K.) You say بَحْرٌ غَمْرٌ An abundant sea: and [in the pl.] بِحَارٌ غِمَارٌ, and غُمُورٌ. (S.) And of a thing that has become much, you say, هٰذَا كَثِيرٌ ↓ غَمِيرٌ This is much. (AZ.) [See also الغَمَرِ.] ― -b2- The main of the sea: (K:) pl. as above. (TA.) -A2- (tropical:) Liberal in disposition: (K, * TA:) pl. as above: (TA:) and in like manner, غَمْرُ الخُلُقِ: (TA:) or this last, and غَمْرُ البَدِيهَةِ, signify (tropical:) abounding in beneficence: pl. as above: (S, K: [see also رِدَآءٌ:]) and غَمْرُ البَدِيهَةِ (tropical:) a man who takes by surprise with large bounty. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A horse fleet, or swift, or excellent, in running. (S, * K, * TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A garment ample, or full. (K, * TA.) -A3- (assumed tropical:) A mixed crowd of men, (K,) and their thronging, pressing, or pushing, and multitude; (TA;) as also ↓ غَمَرٌ and ↓ غَمْرَةٌ and ↓ غُمَارٌ and ↓ غَمَارٌ : (K: [in the TA, instead of the last two words, I find غُمَارَةٌ and غَمَارَةٌ, as from the K, and غُمَارٌ and غَمَارٌ are afterwards there added: but most probably these only (without ة) are correct:]) and ↓ غَمْرَةٌ and ↓ غُمَارٌ and ↓ غَمَارٌ signify a crowding, or pressing, of men, (S, Msb,) and of water: (S:) the pl. of ↓ غَمْرَةٌ is غِمَارٌ. (S.) You say النَّاسِ ↓ دَخَلْتُ فِى غُمَارِ , and ↓ غَمَارِهِمْ , (S, Msb, TA,) and ↓ غَمَرِهِمْ , (TA,) (assumed tropical:) I entered among the crowding, or pressing, of the people, (S, Msb, TA,) and their multitude: (S, TA;) as also فى خَمَرِهِمْ [and خُمَارِهِمْ &c.] (TA.) And ↓ أَكُونُ فِى غُمَارِ النَّاسِ, meaning I shall be among the dense congregation of the people, occurs in a trad. (TA.) -A4- See also غُمْرٌ. -A5- لَيْلٌ غَمْرٌ means Intensely dark night. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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