سوخ
1 سَاخَتْ قَوَائِمُهُ, (S, Msb, K,) or قَوَائِمُ الدَّابَّةِ, (A,) فِى الأَرْضِ, (S, Msb,) or بِالأَرْضِ, (A,) aor. ـُ (S, A, Msb,) inf. n. سَوْخٌ (L, Msb) and سُؤُوخٌ and سَوَخَانٌ, (L,) His legs, or the legs of the beast, sank into the ground: (Msb, * TA:) or sank, and became concealed, in the ground or earth: (S, Msb, * TA:) and so سَاخَتْ, aor. ـِ (S, Msb, TA,) inf. n. سَيْخٌ (Msb) [and سَيَخَانٌ: see art. سيخ]: and in like manner one says of the feet: (A, TA:) like ثَاخَتْ. (S, K.) b2: And سَاخَ, (L, K,) aor. ـُ (L,) It (a thing) sank [in water &c.], or subsided; syn. رَسَبَ. (L, K.) b3: And سَاخَتْ بِهِمُ الأَرْضُ, (A, L, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (L, Msb,) inf. n. سَوْخٌ (L, Msb, K) and سُؤُوخٌ and سَوَخَانٌ, (L, K,) The ground, or earth, sank with them; or sank with them and swallowed them up or enclosed them; syn. اِنْخَسَفَتْ, (L, K,) or خَسَفَتْ: and so سَاخَتْ, aor. ـِ inf. n. سَيْخٌ. (Msb.) 4 اساخهُ He (God) made him, or it, to sink into, or to sink and become concealed in, the ground or earth. (Msb.) 5 تسوّخ He fell into a place rendered very slimy by rain; (L, K;) or into mud rendered very watery by rain; as also تزوّخ. (L.) صَارَتِ الأَرْضُ سُوَاخًا (L, K) and ↓ سُوَّاخًا (L) and ↓ سُوَّاخَى, (L, K,) or ↓ سَوَاخَى, of the measure فَعَالَى, (S,) said in the K to be a mistake, but the S is not the only lexicon in which it is thus written, (TA,) The earth became very slimy by reason of rain. (S, L, K.) سَوَاخَى: see the next preceding paragraph.فِيهِ سَوَاخِيَةٌ In it is much mud. (K.) صَارَتِ الأَرْضُ سُوَّاخًا i. q. سُوَاخًا, q. v. (L.) سُوَّاخَى Mud rendered very watery by rain. (L.) See صَارَتِ الأَرْضُ سُوَاخًا, above. b2: Also, and ↓ مَسْوَخَةٌ, Tumid earth that breaks in pieces when trodden upon. (L voce رَخَّآءُ.) b3: بَطْحَآءُ سُوَّاخَى [A wide water-course, or channel of a torrent, containing fine, or minute, or broken, pebbles, &c.,] into which the feet sink, or in which the feet sink and become concealed. (L.) سُوَيْوِخَةٌ dim. of سُوَّاخَى. (L, K.) مَسْوَخَةٌ: see سُوَّاخَى.
