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1 غَمَيْتُ البَيْتَ ذ , (S, K, TA,) aor. أَغْمِيهِ, inf. n. غَمْىٌ, (TA,) I roofed the house, or chamber: (K, TA:) or covered its roof (S, K) with earth &c. (K) or with reeds, or canes, and earth, and the like: (S:) and ↓ غَمَّيْتُهُ signifies the same: (K:) and غَمَا البَيْتَ, aor. يَغْمُوهُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. غَمْوٌ, (TA,) signifies he covered [the roof of] the house, or chamber, [in like manner, or] with clay, or earth, and wood. (K, TA.) And غَمَىِ الشَّىْءَ He covered the thing. (Har p. 422.) ― -b2- غُمِىَ اليَوْمُ, and اللَّيْلُ, The day, and the night, was constantly clouded, so that the sun was not seen therein nor the new moon: so accord. to Es-Sara- kustee: and he says that عَلَيْكُمْ ↓ فَإِِنْ أُغْمِىَ means And if your day be constantly clouded, so that ye see not the new moon, then complete ye [the reckoning of the days of] Shaabán: (Msb:) or فَإِِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ and غُمِىَ and ↓ أُغْمِىَ , thus differently related, all mean, and if it, i. e. the new moon, be covered, or concealed: or and if there be a covering [of clouds] over you: (Mgh:) [see also 1 in art. غم:] or يَوْمُنَا ↓ أُغْمِىَ means Our day was one whereof the covering of clouds was constant: and لَيْلَتُنَا ↓ أُغْمِيَتْ , Our night was one whereof the new moon was veiled, or concealed. (K, TA.) ― -b3- See also 4.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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