غَمّ

gam~N * [an inf. n. used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates,] Grief, mourning, lamentation, sorrow, sadness, or unhappiness; syn. HuzonN ; (Msb, K;) so called because it covers happiness and forbearance; (Msb;) or gam~ in the heart is thus called because it veils, or precludes, happiness: (Ham p. 21:) [it may therefore be rendered gloominess of mind: ] or i. q. karobN , (K,) which signifies Huzon , (K in art. krb ,) or gam~ , (S, in that art.,) [ that affects the breath or respiration, lit.] that takes away the breath; (S and K in that art.;) as also ↓ gam~aA='u (K) and ↓ gum~apN , (S, K,) the last [expl. in the S as syn. with kurobapN , which is syn. with karobN , and] mentioned by Lh: (TA:) [see also SaqaEN :] it is karob [or grief, &c.,] that befalls the heart because of what has happened; differing from ham~N , which is krb that befalls because of annoyance, or harm, that is expected to happen: or, as some say, both are one [in meaning]: the differing is asserted by 'Iyád and [many] others: (TA:) [see also gaSabN :] the pl. of gam~N is gumuwmN . (S, K.) ― -b2- It is also an inf. n. used as an epithet in the phrase yawomN gam~N (S, TA) i. e. A day that is [ sultry, or] intensely hot, so that it [ almost ] takes away the breath; and layolapN gam~N [ such a night ], i. e. ↓ gaAm~apN : (S:) or one says yawomN gam~N and ↓ gaAm~N and ↓ migam~N , (K, TA,) the last with kesr to the m , (TA,) [in the CK ↓ mugim~N ,] meaning a day of heat, (K,) or of intense heat: (TA:) or a day of gam~ [i. e. grief, &c.]: and [in a similar sense, as is implied by the context immediately preceding,] layolapN gam~N and gam~apN and ↓ gam~aY : (K:) [but] A'Obeyd mentions, on the authority of AZ, ↓ layolapN gam~aY and ↓ layolapN gam~apN as meaning a night in which there is over the sky [ a covering of clouds, or] what is termed gamoYN [a word belonging to art. gmY , being in measure] like ramoYN ; (S;) and [in the like sense] yawomN gam~N . (So in one of my copies of the S.) ― -b3- And one says, kaAna EalaY Als~amaA='i gm [app. gam~N , but this, I think, requires confirmation, for which I have searched in vain,] and gmY [app. ↓ gam~aY , or perhaps gamoYN , a word mentioned above,] meaning There was over the sky a collection [or an expanse ] of thin clouds, or a DabaAbap [i. e. mist, or the like ], faHaAla duwna AlhilaAli [ and it intercepted the new moon ]: and h`*ihi layolapu ↓ gam~aY , and some say ↓ gum~aY , This is a night [ of a covering of clouds, or] of a DabaAbap [or mist, or the like ], intervening between the new moon and men; so that the new moon is not seen: (Msb:) and [hence] ↓ SumonaA lilogam~aY , and ↓ lilogum~aY , (S, Msb, K,) both mentioned by ISk on the authority of Fr, (S,) and ↓ lilogam~aA='i , (S, K,) and ↓ lilogum~iy~api , (K, TA, but omitted in the CK,) and ↓ lilogum~api , (TA,) [i. e. We fasted after, or from the time of, the covering of clouds, or the mist, or the like, that concealed the new moon; (the prep. li being here used in the sense of baEoda , or mino waqoti , as in the Kur xvii. 80;) virtually] meaning [ we fasted ] without a sight [ of the new moon ]: (Msb, TA:) a rájiz says, TaAmisK hilaAluhaA ↓ layolapa gum~aY A^awogalotuhaA wamukorapN A_iyogaAluhaA [ In a night of a covering of clouds, or of a mist, or the like, having its new moon effaced: I journeyed quickly and far in it, ( A^awogalotuhaA ) being used, app. by poetic license, for A^awogalotu fiyhaA ,) and disliked was the journeying so therein ]: (S, TA:) and it is said that layolapu gm~Y [i. e. ↓ gam~aY and ↓ gum~aY ] signifies also the last night of the [ lunar ] month; being so called because the case thereof is veiled to people so that it is not known whether it be of the coming [month] or of the past. (TA.)