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سك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 استكّ ذ It (a thing) was, or became, closed or closed up, or stopped or stopped up, or repaired, and made firm or strong; quasi pass. of 1 in the first of the senses assigned to it above; syn. اِنْسَدَّ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] استكّت مَسَامِعُهُ (tropical:) His ears became stopped up, or deaf, (S, Msb, K, *) and narrow [ in the aperture ]. (S, K.) ― -b3- And استكّ النَّبْتُ (assumed tropical:) The herbage became luxuriant and dense, (S, K,) its interstices becoming closed up. (S.) And استكّت الرِّيَاضُ (assumed tropical:) The meadows became luxuriant and dense [ in their herbage ]. (As, TA.) -A2- See also 1.

Derived headwords

استكّverb
  1. 1.
استكّت مَسَامِعُهُ
استكّت الرِّيَاضُ