Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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زنجفر زنخ زند


1. ⇒ زنخ

زَنِخَ, aor. ـَ {يَزْنَخُ}, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. زَنَخٌ, (Ṣ,) said of oil, (Ṣ Ḳ,) and clarified butter, (JK, L,) and food, (L,) It was, or became, altered [for the worse] (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA) in odour; (TA;) [stinking, rancid,] bad, or corrupt; like سَنِخَ. (JK.)

Root: زنخ - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

And, said of a lamb, or kid, He raised his head in sucking, by reason of choking, or of dryness of the fauces. (Ḳ.)


زَنِخٌ

زَنِخٌ, applied to oil, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and clarified butter, and food, (L,) Altered [for the worse] (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA) in odour; (TA;) [stinking, rancid, bad, or corrupt; like سَنِخٌ: see 1.]

Root: زنخ - Entry: زَنِخٌ Signification: A2

إِبِلٌ زَنِخَةٌ Camels having their bellies straitened, by reason of thirsting (Kr, Ḳ, TA) time after time. (Kr, TA.)


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