غُمَّةٌ
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: see غَمٌّ, first sentence:
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and also in the latter half.
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Also, (assumed tropical:) Perplexity, and dubiousness, or confusedness: plural غُمَمٌ: one says, هُوَ فِى غُمَّةٍ (assumed tropical:) He is in a state of perplexity, and dubiousness, or confusedness: (Msb:) and هُوَ فِى غُمَّةٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ (assumed tropical:) He is in a state of perplexity and darkness [in respect of his case or affair]; from الغَمُّ signifying “ the act of covering ” [a thing]. (Ham p. 320.) [See also غِمَّةٌ and غَمَّاءُ.] And one says أَمْرٌ غُمَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) A dubious, confused, or vague, case or affair. (S, K. *) [See also غُمَّى.] It is said in the Qur'an, 10:72, ثُمَّ لَا يَكُنْ أَمْرُكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ غُمَّةً i. e. (tropical:) [Then let not your case be to you one of] darkness, and straitness, and anxiety: (A'Obeyd, S, TA:) or, as some say, covered, veiled, or concealed. (TA.) And أَرْضٌ غُمَّةٌ means (assumed tropical:) A strait, or narrow, land. (TA.)