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wamaḍa

flash, gleam

وَمَضَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

و م ض

Forms

Present
يَمِضُ
Verbal noun
وَمَضان

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فلما أحست بالحرارة ألقت من كان عليها، وداستهم تحت أرجلها، ومضت مهزومة هاربة، لا تلوي على شيءٍ ولا تمر بأحدٍ إلا وطئته.

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Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ وَمَضَيَمِضُ—
she هِيَ وَمَضَتتَمِضُ—
they two (m.) هُما وَمَضايَمِضانِ—
they two (f.) هُما وَمَضَتاتَمِضانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ وَمَضُوايَمِضُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ وَمَضْنَيَمِضْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ وَمَضْتَتَمِضُمِضْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ وَمَضْتِتَمِضِينَمِضِي
you two أَنْتُما وَمَضْتُماتَمِضانِمِضَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ وَمَضْتُمتَمِضُونَمِضُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ وَمَضْتُنَّتَمِضْنَمِضْنَ
I أَنا وَمَضْتُأَمِضُ—
we نَحْنُ وَمَضْنانَمِضُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • وَمڤضَ Form I Open entry
    see 4.
  • اومض Form IV It (lightning) flashed, gleamed, or shone, slightly
    It (lightning) flashed, gleamed, or shone, slightly, (S, A, Msb, K,) not extending sideways in the adjacent tracts of cloud; (S, K;) for when it does thus, it is termed خَفْوٌ; and when it extends high in the sky, without extending sideways to the right and left, it is termed عَقِيقَةٌ: (S:) it is also said of other things, beside lightning: (M:) and ↓ وَمَضَ, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) aor. يَمِضُ, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. وَمِيضٌ and وَمْضٌ (S, M, A, K) and وَمَضَانٌ (S, A, K) and تَوْمَاضٌ, (M,) signifies the same; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) or it (lightning) flashed faintly or weakly, and then disappeared, and then flashed again; (IAar;) and is also, sometimes, said of fire, (M, TA,) and of anything of a clear [or bright] colour: (El-' Eyn:) or both verbs signify it (lightning) gleamed, or shone. (Ham, p. 785.) ― -b2- Hence, أَوْمَضَتِ المَرْأَةُ (tropical:) The woman smiled, so as to display her teeth: the glistening of her front teeth being likened to the flashing of lightning. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) The woman stole a glance, or glances; (S, M, K;) as also اومضت بِعَيْنِهَا: (A:) or this last,(assumed tropical:) the woman looked, or gazed with widely opened eyes. (L.) ― -b4- And اومض لَهُ بِعَيْنِهِ (assumed tropical:) He made a sign to him with his eye: (M:) or اومض فُلَانٌ (tropical:) such a one made a private, or secret, sign, (K, TA,) إِلَيَّ to me. (TA.) -A2- Also, He saw the slight flashing, or gleaming, or shining, of lightning, or of fire. (M, TA.)
  • وَمْضَةٌ A slight flash
    [A slight flash of lightning, &c.] You say, شِمْتُ وَمْضَةَ بَرْقٍ كَنَبْضَةِ عِرْقٍ [I looked at a slight flash of lightning, like a single pulsation of an artery, to see whither it tended, and where it might rain]. (A, TA.)
  • بَرْقٌ وَمِيضٌ Lightning flashing, gleaming, or shining, slightly
    i. q. ↓ وَامِضٌ [Lightning flashing, gleaming, or shining, slightly; &c.: وميض in this case being app. an inf. n. used as an epithet.] (TA.)
  • وَامِضٌ Open entry
    : see what next precedes.

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