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سقى
Root entry · 1 derived lemma5 تسقّى ذ It (a thing) received, or admitted, moisture, (M, TA,) or irrigation; or became plentifully irrigated, or succulent, or sappy. (M, K, TA.) The Hudhalee (El-Mutanakhkhil, TA) says. مُجَدَّلٌ يَتَسَقَّى جِلْدُهُ دَمَهُ كَمَا تَقَطَّرَ جِذْعُ الدَّوْمَةِ القُطُلُ meaning [ Thrown down upon the ground, his skin ] becomes drenched with his blood (يَتَشَرَّبُهُ) [ like as drips the severed trunk of the Theban palm-tree ]: or, as some relate the verse, يَتَكَسَّى [ becomes overspread, here meaning suffused ], from الكِسْوَةُ. (S, TA.) ― -b2- تَسَقَّتِ الاـِبِلُ الحَوْذَانَ (assumed tropical:) The camels ate the حوذان (a certain plant, TA) in its fresh and moist state, and became fat upon it. (K.)
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تسقّىverb
- 1.
مُجَدَّلٌ يَتَسَقَّى جِلْدُهُ دَمَهُ
كَمَا تَقَطَّرَ جِذْعُ الدَّوْمَةِ القُطُلُ
تَسَقَّتِ الاـِبِلُ الحَوْذَانَ