زنخ
1 زَنِخَ,
aor. ـَ (
S,
K,)
inf. n. زَنَخٌ, (
S,) said of oil, (
S K,) and clarified butter, (
JK,
L,) and food, (
L,) It was, or became, altered [for the worse] (
S,
K,
TA) in odour; (
TA;) [stinking, rancid,] bad, or corrupt; like سَنِخَ. (
JK.)
b2: And, said of a lamb, or kid, He raised his head in sucking, by reason of choking, or of dryness of the fauces. (
K.) زَنِخٌ, applied to oil, (
S,
K,) and clarified butter, and food, (
L,) Altered [for the worse] (
S,
K,
TA) in odour; (
TA;) [stinking, rancid, bad, or corrupt; like سَنِخٌ: see 1.]
b2: إِبِلٌ زَنِخَةٌ Camels having their bellies straitened, by reason of thirsting (
Kr,
K,
TA) time after time. (
Kr,
TA.)