Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

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.)

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

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)

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

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

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.)

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

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

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