اخفق
Root: خفق
Form: 4
Full Definition
2 Said of the heart, and of lightning, and of a sword, &c.: see 1.
3 And said of a drowsy, or dozing, man: see 1.
4 Also He failed of obtaining any spoil: because he becomes in a shaky, or unsteady, condition, at that time: or because his travelling-bags become unsteady, or shake about, by reason of their lightness and emptiness: so that the verb is of the same category as أَعْطَشَ [meaning “ his camels thirsted ”] and أَجْرَبَ [meaning “ he had his camels affected with the mange, or scab]: or the proper signification is, he found the spoil to be not stationary: or it means he returned disappointed of spoil, or of predatory warfare: or he was disappointed of that for which he hoped. And He returned without having taken any game. And His property became little. You say also, اخفق فِى زَادِهِ He had his travelling-provisions all spent, or consumed, [so that his provision-bags, being empty, shook about.] and طَلَبَ حَاجَةً فَأَخْفَقَ He sought an object of want, and failed of obtaining it.
5 اخفق النَّجْمُ, and اخفقت النُّجُومُ: see 1.
def.2 اخفق فُلَانًا He threw down, or prostrated, such a one on the ground.
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