verb form VIII āththkhn Av~xn اثّخن Bookmark Bookmarked Share , in the saying of El-Asshà, تَمَهَّلَ فِى الحَرْبِ حَتَّى اثَّخَنَ [He acted deliberately in war until he became heavy, or weakened, or languid, or enervated, by wounds], is contracted by idghám from اثْتَخَنَ. (S, TA.)