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سوك
Root entry · 1 derived lemma6 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.
الاـِبِلُ تَسَاوَكُ
تساوكت الاـِبِلُ
جَاآءَت الغَنَمُ