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1 سَنِخَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ ذ , (JK, A, TA,) [aor. سَنَخَ ,] inf. n. سَنَخٌ, (A,) His teeth became eroded at the roots. (JK, A, TA.) ― -b2- And سَنِخَ, said of a man, He had his teeth eroded at the roots. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And said of the mouth, It lost the roots (أَسْنَاخ) of its teeth. (Msb.) ― -b4- Also, (JK,) inf. n. as above, (K,) i. q. تغيّر [meaning (assumed tropical:) It became altered for the worse in odour or otherwise, stinking, rancid, bad, or corrupt]. (JK, K.) It is said [in this sense] of oil, (S, K,) or food, (A, L,) &c., (L,) as a dial. var. of زَنِخَ, (S, K, *) or from سَنَخُ الأَسْنَانِ, and therefore tropical; as also ↓ تسنّخ ; (A;) its odour became bad. (S, * TA.) And سَنِخَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ He ate much food; syn. أَكْثَرَ. (L, K.) -A2- سَنَخَ, aor. سَنَخَ , inf. n. سُنُوخٌ, (L, K,) He, or it, was, or became, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, or established; syn. رَسَخَ. (L, K *) So in the phrase سَنَخَ فِى العِلْمِ, (S, L, Msb,) aor. سَنَخَ , (L,) or سَنُخَ , (Msb,) inf. n. سُنُوخٌ, (S, L, Msb,) [He was, or became, firmly rooted or established, in knowledge, or science;] and this means also he attained to eminence therein. (L.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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