غِمْدٌ

(S, L, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ غُمُدَّانٌ, (L, K,) but the latter is not of established authority, (IDrd,) of a sword, (S, L, Msb, K,) and the like, (Msb,) The scabbard, or sheath; [this is well known to be the correct meaning; it is shown to be so in the S, voce قِرَابٌ; and is the meaning obtaining in the present day;] synonym غِلَافٌ, (S, O,) or جَفْنٌ: (L, K:) [both of these words have the signification mentioned above; but not that only; for غلاف has a wider application; and it is said in the S, voce قِرَابٌ, that the جفن of a sword is a case, or receptacle, in which is (put) the sword together with its غِمْد and suspensory belt or cord:] the plural is أَغْمَادٌ [a plural of pauc.] (O, Msb, K) and غُمْدَانٌ, (O,) or غُمُودٌ. (K.)