صَلِخَ
Root: صلخ
Form: 1
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صَلِخَI
, [and app. صَلِخَ alone,] Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun صَلَخٌ; as also صَلِجَ; [the former of the dial. of El-Koofeh, and the latter of that of El-Basrah; (see أَصْلَخُ;)] He was, or became, deaf, so as not to hear at all. صَلَخًا كَصَلَخِ النَّعَامِ [Mayest thou, or may he, suffer a deafness like the deafness of the ostrich] is a form of imprecation uttered against a man; for all ostriches are [said to be] totally deaf.
def.2 صَلَخَتْ جِلْدَهَا is said of a serpent (حَيَّةٰ) [meaning It cast off its slough: like سَلَخَتْ].
2 And صَلَخَهُ, namely, a camel, is said of the mange, or scab, meaning [It excoriated him; like سَلَخَهُ; or] it extended over the whole of his body.
def.2 صَلَخَتْ جِلْدَهَا is said of a serpent (حَيَّةٰ) [meaning It cast off its slough: like سَلَخَتْ].
2 And صَلَخَهُ, namely, a camel, is said of the mange, or scab, meaning [It excoriated him; like سَلَخَهُ; or] it extended over the whole of his body.
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