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طَنِخَ

Root: طنخ

Form: 1

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طَنِخَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun طَنَخٌ, His heart (قَلْب [meaning stomach, which is often thus termed in the present day,]) became overpowered by grease [or greasy food], and he suffered indigestion, in consequence thereof; as also تَنِخَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun تَنَخٌ. And طَنِخَتْ said of camels, They suffered indigestion. (TA in art. طنح.) And طَنِخَتْ نَفْسُهُ His soul [or stomach] became heavy; or heaved, or became agitated by a tendency to vomit.
2 And He became fat.
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