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صرخ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

10 استصرخهُ ذ He called, or cried, to him for aid, or succour. (S, A, Mgh, L, Msb.) ― -b2- And He incited him, urged him, or induced him, to call or call out, to cry or cry out, [app. for aid, or succour, ] or to do so vehemently. (L, TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] اُسْتُصْرِخَ الاـِنْسَانُ There came to the man a voice, or cry, informing him of an event on account of which his aid was invoked, or announcing to him a death. (IAth, TA.) اِسْتِصْرَاخُ الحَىِّ means The tribe's being invoked for aid to perform what is requisite for the dead: and hence the trad. of Ibn-'Omar, فَا@سْتُصْرِخَ عَلَى ا@مْرَأَتِهِ, not بِا@مْرَأَتِهِ, meaning, And he was called to aid in furnishing for the grave, and burying, the corpse of his wife: or it may mean, was informed that his wife was at the point of death. (Mgh.) -A2- See also 1, in two places; and 6: ― -b2- and see 4.

Derived headwords

استصرخهُverb
  1. 1.
اُسْتُصْرِخَ الاـِنْسَانُ
فَا@سْتُصْرِخَ عَلَى ا@مْرَأَتِهِ