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Q. 1 غَطْمَطَةٌ ذ [an inf. n. of which the verb is غَطْمَطَ] The dashing together of the waves of the sea; as also ↓ تَغَطْمُطٌ : (K:) you say, ↓ تَغَطْمَطَ عَلَيْهِ المَوْجُ The waves dashed together upon him so as to cover him. (TA.) ― -b2- And The sea's being great in the waves, and abundant in the water; as also غِطْمَاطٌ; each an inf. n. (IDrd, K, TA: but omitted in the CK.) ― -b3- And The boiling of a cooking-pot: (K:) [or its boiling vehemently; for] you say, غَطْمَطَتِ القِدْرُ meaning The cooking-pot boiled vehemently; as also ↓ تَغَطْمَطَت : (TA:) and ↓ تَغَطْمُطٌ signifies also the sounding of the boiling of a cooking-pot. (K, TA.) ― -b4- And The sounding of a torrent in a valley. (K.)

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