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توخ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of sinking, penetrating, or immersing into something soft or yielding. It describes the action of an object, like a finger, going deep into a substance.

Derived headwords

تَاخَتْverb
  1. 1.
    sank intoclassical

    The verb describes something sinking or penetrating into a soft or yielding substance, becoming immersed within it.

خَاضَتْverb
  1. 1.
    waded throughclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe the action of sinking or penetrating, similar to wading through a soft substance.

تَتَوَّخُverb
  1. 1.
    sinks intoclassical

    The present tense form of the verb, indicating the ongoing action of sinking or penetrating into something soft.

تَثْوُخُverb
  1. 1.
    sinks intoclassical

    An alternative reading of the verb, meaning to sink or penetrate into a soft substance.

ثَاخَverb
  1. 1.
    sankclassical

    A verb meaning to sink or penetrate into something soft or yielding.

سَاخَverb
  1. 1.
    sankclassical

    A verb meaning to sink or penetrate into something soft or yielding, synonymous with ثاخ.

Parallel reading

تاخت الإصبع في الشيء الوارم أو الرخو، إذا خاضت وغابت فيه.
The finger sank into the soft or yielding thing, meaning it waded and disappeared into it.
قصر الصبوح لها فشرج لحمها بالني فهي تتوخ فيه الإصبع
The morning meal was short for her, so she pierced her flesh with a spear, and the finger sinks into it.
قال: ويروى: تثوخ، بالثلثة، وسيأتي.
He said: And it is narrated: tathukhu, with the letter tha', and it will come later.
ثاخ وساخ معروفان بهاذا المعنى
Thakha and sakha are known with this meaning.
وأما تاخ بمعناهما فما رواه غير الليث.
As for takha with their meaning, it is only narrated by others than Al-Layth.
ولذا أنكره ابن دريد وأغفله الجوهري وغيره.
And for this reason, Ibn Duraid rejected it, and Al-Jawhari and others neglected it.