مسخ

masḵẖ, (inf. n. of مسخ 'to change, to metamorphose,' etc.), s.m. Changing, metamorphosing into a more deformed shape (as men into apes);—adopting the thoughts of another, but changing some of his words; plagiarism;—emaciating; galling (the back of an animal) by excessive labour;—adj. Changed into a meaner form, metamorphosed; ugly, misshapen:—masḵẖhonā, v.n. To be changed into a meaner form, tobe metamorphosed.