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سوك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

6 تَسَاوُكٌ ذ and سِوَاكٌ [each an inf. n., the verb of the latter, if it have one, being app. ↓ سَاكَ,] A weak manner of going: or a bad manner of going, resulting from slowness or emaciation: (K, TA:) so says ISk. (TA.) One says, جَاآءَتِ الاـِبِلُ تَسَاوَكُ, [for تَتَسَاوَكُ,] i. e. The camels came inclining from side to side, in consequence of weakness, in their going along. (S, O.) [Or] تساوكت الاـِبِلُ means The camels had an agitation of their necks in consequence of leanness. (IF, Msb.) In the M it is said that جَاآءَت الغَنَمُ مَاتَسَاوَكُ means The sheep, or goats, came, not moving their heads, in consequence of weakness. (TA.)

Derived headwords

تَسَاوُكٌverb
  1. 1.
الاـِبِلُ تَسَاوَكُ
تساوكت الاـِبِلُ
جَاآءَت الغَنَمُ