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سَاخَتْ

Root: سوخ

Form: 1

Full Definition

سَاخَتْI , or قَوَائِمُ الدَّابَّةِ, فِى الأَرْضِ, or بِالأَرْضِ, Present.T تَسُوخُ, Verbal.Noun سَوْخٌ and سُؤُوخٌ and سَوَخَانٌ, His legs, or the legs of the beast, sank into the ground: or sank, and became concealed, in the ground or earth: and so سَاخَتْ, Present.T تَسِيخُ, Verbal.Noun سَيْخٌ [and سَيَخَانٌ: see art. سيخ]: and in like manner one says of the feet: like ثَاخَتْ.
2 And سَاخَ, Present.T يَسُوخُ, It sank [in water &c.], or subsided; syn. رَسَبَ.
3 And سَاخَتْ بِهِمُ الأَرْضُ, Present.T تَسُوخُ, Verbal.Noun سَوْخٌ and سُؤُوخٌ and سَوَخَانٌ, The ground, or earth, sank with them; or sank with them and swallowed them up or enclosed them; syn. اِنْخَسَفَتْ, or خَسَفَتْ: and so سَاخَتْ, Present.T تَسِيخُ, Verbal.Noun سَيْخٌ.
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