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4 اسبط ذ He (a man, S, M) extended himself, or became extended or stretched, (S, M, K, TA,) upon the ground, (S, TA), in consequence of being beaten, (M, K, TA,) &c.: (TA:) he fell (M, K, TA) upon the ground, (TA,) and was unable to move, (M, K, TA,) by reason of weakness, (M, TA,) or from drinking medicine, or some other cause; on the authority of AZ: (M:) he fell upon the ground, and became extended or stretched, in consequence of being beaten, or from disease, and in like manner from drinking medicine. (TA.) And اسبط بِالأَرْضِ He clave to the ground. (Ibn-Jebeleh, M, K.) ― -b2- He was silent, by reason of fear, or fright: (M, L, K:) he was silent and still; or he lowered his eyes, looking towards the ground, and was still. (O.) ― -b3- اسبط فِى نَوْمِهِ He shut, or closed, his eyes, or eyelids, in his sleep. (Sgh, K.) ― -b4- اسبط عَنِ الأَمْرِ He feigned himself negligent of the thing or affair, inattentive to it, or heedless of it. (Sgh, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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