غُمَّة

gum~apN * : see gam~N , first sentence: ― -b2- and also in the latter half. ― -b3- Also, (assumed tropical:) Perplexity, and dubiousness, or confusedness: pl. gumamN : one says, huwa fiY gum~apK (assumed tropical:) He is in a state of perplexity, and dubiousness, or confusedness: (Msb:) and huwa fiY gum~apK mino A^amorihi (assumed tropical:) He is in a state of perplexity and darkness [ in respect of his case or affair ]; from Algam~u signifying “ the act of covering ” [a thing]. (Ham p. 320.) [See also gim~apN and gam~aA='u .] And one says A^amorN gum~apN (assumed tropical:) A dubious, confused, or vague, case or affair. (S, K. *) [See also gum~aY .] It is said in the Kur [x. 72], vum~a laA yakuno A^amorukumo Ealayokumo gum~apF 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 A^aroDN gum~apN means (assumed tropical:) A strait, or narrow, land. (TA.) ― -b4- Also The bottom of the interior of a skin for clarified butter (S, K) &c. (S.) [See also the first sentence in art. gml .]