غ • ط • س

, (S, A, K,) aor. غَطِسَ , (S, TA,) inf. n. غَطْسٌ; (S;) or ↓ غطّسهُ, (Msb,) inf. n. تَغْطِيسٌ; (TA;) or both: (A. TA;) He immersed, immerged, dipped, plunged, or sunk, him or it, in water. (S, A, Msb * K, TA.) [Hence,] ↓ غَطَّسَنِى فِى بَحْرِ انْعُمِهِ He overwhelmed me in the sea of his benefits, or favours]. (A.) -A2- غَطَسَ, aor. غَطِسَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. غَطْسٌ, (Msb,) He, or it, became immersed, immerged, dipped, plunged, or sunk, in water or he immersed, or immerged himself, plunged, or dived, in water (Msb, * K) غَطَسَ فِى الإِنَاءِ He put his mouth into the vessel and so drank. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) -A3- غَطَسَتْ بِهِ اللُّجَمُ Death took him away: (Sgh, K:) a dial. var. of عَطَسَتْ [q. v.]. (TA.)

They two vied, or contended, each with the other, in plunging, or diving, (A, K,) in water; (K;) syn. تَمَاقَلَا (A, K) and تَغَاطَّا (A) and تَغَامَسَا. (TA.) And تغاطسوا They vied, or contended, one with another, in plunging, or diving, in water; syn. تَغَاطُّوا. (TA.) -A2- تغاطس He feigned himself negligent, inattentive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, or heedless, not being really so; (Sgh, K;) and تغاطش is a dial. var. of the same: both are from Aboo-Sa'eed Ed-Dareer (TA.) You say, تغاطس عَنْهُ He feigned himself negligent of it, &c.; (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA in art. غطش;) and [app. in like manner] تغاطسهُ. (IAar, TA in art. عمش.)

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

Dark night: as also غَاطِشٌ. (IDrd.)

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

and its variations, here mentioned in the S and L and K, see in art. مغنطس.