Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَفَسَّخَ

Root: فسخ

Form: 5

Full Definition

تَفَسَّخَV see 7, in two places.
2 تفسّخ الشَّعَرُ عَنِ الجِلْدِ The hair fell off and became scattered from the skin, peculiarly of a dead body: and in like manner, اللَّحْمُ عَنِ العَظْمِ the flesh from the bone. And تَفَسَّخَتِ الفَأَرَةُ فِى المَآءِ The rat, or mouse, became dissundered, [or fell in pieces, through putrefaction,] in the water.
3 تفسّخ تَحْتَ الحِمْلِ الثَّقِيلِ, said of a [young camel such as is termed] رُبَع, He was, or became, weak beneath the heavy load, and unable to bear it: and [in like manner] one says of a man, تفسّخ تَحْتَ العِبْءِ الثَّقِيلِ.


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