[1]
غَمَزَهُ , (S, A, K,) or
غَمَزَهُ بِيَدِهِ, (Msb,) aor.
غَمِزَ ,
(Msb, K,) inf. n.
غَمْزٌ, (TA,)
He felt him, (namely,
a ram,)
to know if he were fat: (S, A, Msb, K:)
and
غَمَزَهَا he put his hand upon her (a camel's)
back, to see how fat she was. (TA.) ―
2-b2- Hence,
(Msb,)
غَمَزَهُ بِيَدِهِ, (S, Msb, K,) aor.
غَمِزَ , (K,)
inf. n.
غَمْزٌ, (A, K,)
He pressed, or
squeezed, it,
[
with his hand,] namely, a limb, (A, K, TA,)
and a man's back. (TA.) So in a trad. of
'Omar:
دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَعِنْدَهُ غُلَيْمٌ يَغْمِزُ ظَهْرَهُ [
He
went in to him, and with him was a little boy
pressing, or
squeezing, or
kneading, his back].
(TA.) And in a trad. respecting the ablution
termed
الغُسْل, it is said,
اِغْمِزِى قُرُونَكِ, meaning
Press thou, or
squeeze thou, the locks of thy hair,
in washing. (TA.) You also say,
غَمَزَ الثِّقَافُ القَنَاةَ
The straightening-instrument pinched and pressed
the spear. (A, * Mgh, TA. *) A poet (namely
Ziyád El-Aajam, TA) says,
وَكُنْتُ إِذَا غَمَزْتُ قَنَاةَ قَوْمٍ
كَسَرْتُ كُعُوبَهَا أَوْ تَسْتَقِيمَا
[
And I used, when I pinched and pressed the
spear of a people, to break its knots, or
internodal portions, unless it became straight]. (S, TA.
It is a prov., respecting which see remarks in
art.
او.) ＝
1-A2-
غَمَزَ, (A, Msb,) and
غَمَزَهُ, (S, Mgh,
K,) aor.
غَمِزَ , (Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n.
غَمْزٌ, (Msb,
TA,) (tropical:)
He made a sign, (A, Msb,) and
he made
a sign to him, (Mgh, K, *) with the eye, (S, A,
Mgh, Msb, K,) or eyebrow, (A, Mgh, Msb, K,)
or eyelid [by winking]. (K.) So in the saying,
in a trad.,
غَمَزَنِى عَلِىٌّ أَنْ قُلْ نَعَمْ (tropical:) '4
lee made a
sign to me with the eye, or eyebrow,
meaning,
Say thou Yes. (Mgh.) The people of the West
say,
غَمَزَهُ فُلَانٌ بِفُلَانٍ, meaning, (tropical:)
Such a one
blinked towards such a one, to instigate him
against him, or
in order that he should have
recourse to him for protection or the like, or
seek
aid of him. (Mgh.) ―
2-b2- Hence,
الغَمْزُ بِالنَّاسِ:
(S:) you say,
غَمَزَ بِالرَّجُلِ, aor.
غَمِزَ , (K,) inf. n.
غَمْزٌ,
(TA,) (tropical:)
He calumniated, or
slandered, the man.
(K.) [See also 4.] ―
2-b3- You say also,
غُمِزَتْ شَهَادَتَهُ
[(assumed tropical:)
His testimony was suspected (see
مَغْمُوزٌ), or
impugned]. (TA in art.
زور.) ＝
1-A3-
غَمَزَتِ الدَّابَّةُ,
(K,) or
غَمَزَ فِى مَشْيِهِ, (Msb,) or
مِنْ رِجْلِهِ, (S,)
aor.
غَمِزَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n.
غَمْزٌ, (S, Msb,) (assumed tropical:)
The
beast limped, or
it halted, with its hind leg; had a
slight lameness thereof: (K, * TA:) or
he had what
resembled عَرَج [or
natural lameness]
in his gait:
(Msb:) or, as IKtt says,
غَمَزَتِ الدَّابَّةُ بِرِجْلِهَا the
beast gave an indication of a limping, or
halting,
or
slight lameness, in its hind leg: whence it
appears that this signification may be tropical.
(TA.) ＝
1-A4-
غَمَزَ said of a disease, or of a vice, or
fault, of a man,
It appeared. (AA, K.) ＝
1-A5- See
also 4.