سوط

8 اـِسْتَوَطَ 2, which is extr., [for by rule it should be اِسْتَاطَ,] It (a thing) was, or became, mixed. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] اِسْتَوَطَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُهُ (tropical:) His affair, or case, was, or became, confused, or disordered, to him. (M, K, * TA.)