سبخ

سَبَخَةٌ ذ and ↓ سَبْخَةٌ [ A piece, or tract, of ] land that exudes water and produces salt: (K:) pl. (of the former, S, or of the latter, Msb) سِبَاخٌ: (S, A, Msb, K:) ↓ أَرْضٌ سَبِخَةٌ [also] signifies as above; (JK;) or land containing سِبَاخ, (S, A,) i. e. [ places that exude water and produce salt, or simply] salt; (A;) or salt land or earth, as also ↓ ارض سَبْخَةٌ, in which the latter word is a contraction of سَبِخَةٌ, and ارض سَبَخَةٌ also: (Msb:) and ↓ سَبِخٌ signifies a place producing salt, (Msb, * TA,) and in which the feet sink: (TA:) the pl. of ↓ سَبِخَةٌ is سَبِخَاتٌ. (Msb.) The Prophet said to Anas, on his mentioning El-Basrah, اـِنْ مَرَرْتَ بِهَا وَدَخَلْتَهَا فَاـِيَّاكَ وَسِبَاخَهَا, meaning [ If thou pass by it and enter it, then beware thou of ] its tracts of land overspread with saltness, that seldom, or never, give growth to anything but some trees, or shrubs. (L.) ― -b2- Also, (K,) or the latter, i. e. ↓ سَبْخَةٌ, (JK,) A thing that overspreads water (JK, K, TA) in consequence of its having been long left, (TA,) resembling [ the green substance called ] طُحْلُب, (JK, K,) or such as طحلب and the like. (TA.)