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سخخ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to soft, yielding earth and the act of digging or penetrating into it. It also extends to the action of a locust piercing the ground with its ovipositor.

Derived headwords

السَّخَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    Soft, yielding earthclassical

    Refers to land that is free, soft, and yielding, easy to traverse or cultivate.

سَخَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    pierced the groundclassical

    Used to describe a locust that has inserted its ovipositor into the earth to lay eggs.

سَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    to digboth

    To excavate or dig, particularly downwards, such as in a well.

  2. 2.
    to penetrate deeplyclassical

    To go deep into something, whether it be the earth or a journey.

سَخٍّverb
  1. 1.
    to digclassical

    An alternative form or usage for digging, especially in the context of a well.

لَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to digclassical

    Used synonymously with 'sakhkha' (سخّ) in the context of digging in a well.

Parallel reading

الأرض الحرة اللينة
soft, yielding earth
وقد جمعها القطامي سخاسخ
And Al-Qutami has pluralized it as 'sakhāsikh'.
تواضع بال سخاسخ من منيم
It humbled itself upon the soft earth of Manim
وجاد العين، وافترش الغمارا
And watered Al-'Ayn, and spread over the lowlands.
وسخت الجرادة: غرزت ذنبها في الأرض
And a locust 'sakhat' means it pierced its tail into the earth.
يقال سخ في أسفل البئر أي احفر
It is said, 'sakhkha fi asfal al-bi'r' meaning 'dig at the bottom of the well'.
وسخ في الأرض
And 'sakhkha' in the earth
وزخ في الحفر
And 'zakhkha' in digging
والإمعان في السير جميعا
And 'im'aan' (going deep) in traveling, all together.
ويقال: لخ في البئر مثل سخ
And it is said: 'lakhkha fi al-bi'r' is like 'sakhkha'.