شَاخَ

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شَاخَI , Present.T يَشِيخُ, Verbal.Noun شَيَخٌ, with fet-h to the ى, and شُيُوخَةٌ and شِيُوخَةٌ and شُيُوخِيَّةٌ and شِيُوخِيَّةٌ and شَيْخُوخَةٌ [the most common form, respecting which see what follows,] and شَيْخُوخِيَّةٌ; and شيّخ , Verbal.Noun تَشْيِيخٌ; and تشيّخ ; He became a شَيْخ [i. e. an old, or elderly, man; &c.]: in شَيْخُوخَةٌ, the ى is originally movent [with fet-h], and afterwards made quiescent, for there is not in the language a word of the measure فَعْلُولٌ [except صَعْفُوقٌ, as is said in the S in art. حيد]: as to the similar words whose medial radical letter is و, as كَيْنُونَةٌ and قَيْدُودَةٌ and دَيْمُومَةٌ and هَيْعُوعَةٌ, these are originally كَيَّنُونَةٌ [for كَيْوَنُونَةٌ, of the measure فَيْعَلُولَةٌ,] and the like, and are contracted; for were it not so, they would be كَوْنُونَةٌ and the like.

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