استرخى

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استرخىX : see 1, first sentence. استرخى صَلَاهَا, said of a she-camel: see 4, in the latter half of the paragraph. استرخى السِّتْرُ [The veil, or curtain, hung down; hung down loosely; was pendent, or pendulous: and in like manner the verb is said of a garment, or a portion thereof, and of hair, or a lock of hair, &c.].
2 استرخى فِى الأَمْرِ: see 6. استرخى فِى رَأْيِهِ بَعْدَ قُوَّةٍ [He was, or became, weak in his opinion after being strong]. (IAar, TA in art. خرع.)
3 استرخى بِهِ الأَمْرُ, and استرخت حَالُهُ, or استرخت بِهِ حَالُهُ, The affair, or case, and his state, or condition, became good with him after straitness; or he became in a good state, or condition, in ample, unstraitened, or plentiful, circumstances, after straitness. A poet says, namely, Tufeyl El-Ghanawee, فَأَبَّلَ وَٱسْتَرْخَى بِهِ الخَطْبُ بَعْدَمَا أَسَافَ وَلَوْلَا سَعْيُنَا لَمْ يُؤَبِّلِ meaning [And he acquired camels, or numerous camels, and] his state, or condition, became good [after his cattle had perished; and had it not been for our labour, or exertion, he would not have acquired camels, or numerous camels]: or the phrase استرخى به الخطب means أَرْخَاهُ خَطْبُهُ [explained above: see 4].

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