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Q. 3 اِسْلَنْطَحَ ذ It (a thing) was, or became, long and wide. (AA, O and L in this art.: mentioned in the S in art. سطح.) ― -b2- It (a valley) became wide: (K:) accord. to IF, both the ل and ن are added to give intensiveness to the signification. (O.) ― -b3- He (a man) extended himself or became extended [app. on the ground]; syn. اِنْبَسَطَ: (L:) or he became thrown down upon his face: or he lay, or lay as though thrown down or extended: or he stretched himself; or lay, and stretched himself; upon his face, extended upon the ground: syn. اِنْطَبَحَ: (O:) or he lay as though thrown down or extended, upon the back of his neck: (Ibn-'Abbád, O:) or he (a man, L) fell upon his face: (L, K:) and upon his back. (L.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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