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1 صَلِخَ سَمْعُهُ ذ , [and app. صَلِخَ alone,] aor. صَلَخَ , (L,) inf. n. صَلَخٌ; (S, A, L;) as also صَلِجَ; (IAar, L;) [the former of the dial. of El-Koofeh, and the latter of that of El-Basrah; (see أَصْلَخُ;)] He was, or became, deaf, so as not to hear at all. (S, A, * L.) صَلَخًا كَصَلَخِ النَّعَامِ [Mayest thou, or may he, suffer a deafness like the deafness of the ostrich] is a form of imprecation uttered against a man; for all ostriches are [said to be] totally deaf. (L, TA.) -A2- صَلَخَتْ جِلْدَهَا is said of a serpent (حَيَّةٰ) [meaning It cast off its slough: like سَلَخَتْ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And صَلَخَهُ, namely, a camel, is said of the mange, or scab, meaning [It excoriated him; like سَلَخَهُ; or] it extended over the whole of his body. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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