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8 اصطخبوا ذ (S, * A, TA) and ↓ تصاخبو (A, K, TA) They clamoured; or raised loud, or vehement, cries, or clamours, [or confused noises,] and beat one another, or contended together in beating or in fight. (K, TA.) A poet says, “ إِِنَّ الضَّفَادِعَ فِى الغُدْرَانِ تَصْطَخِبُ
” [Verily the frogs make a loud and confused croaking in the pools of water left by the torrents]. (S.) And one says, سَمِعْتُ ا@صْطِخَابَ الطَّيْرِ (A, K *) i. e. [I heard] the confused cries, or voices, of the birds. (K. [See also صَخَبٌ.]) ― -b2- And [hence,] اِصْطَخَبَتْ أَمْوَاجُ الوَادِى (tropical:) [The waves of the valley, or torrent-bed, flowing with water, dashed together, making a loud and confused sound]. (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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