إِفَاقَةٌ
Root: فوق
Form: 4
Full Definition
2 And أَفَاقَتْ said of a she-camel, signifies the same as فَاقَتْ expl. above: see 1, latter half,
3 And [hence, perhaps,] افاق مِنْ مَرَضِهِ, and مِنْ سُكْرِهِ, and مِنْ غَشْيَتِهِ, Verbal.Noun إِفَاقَهُ; and ; both signify the same; i. e. He returned to a healthy, or sound, state [of body and of mind, from his disease, and from his intoxication, and from his swoon, or fit of insensibility]: or one says of the diseased, افاق and meaning he became convalescent; or recovered, but not completely, his health and strength: and the subst. [or quasi-Verbal.Noun] is فُوَاقٌ : and one says of the insane, or possessed, افاق, Verbal.Noun إِفَاقَةٌ, meaning he recovered his intel-ligence; and of the intoxicated, likewise, افاق, originally افاق مِنْ سُكْرِهِ, like as one says اِسْتَيْقَظَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ: [and it is said that] as syn. with الإِفَاقَةُ is derived from فَوْق meaning the contr. of تَحْت, like as تَعَلَّى مِنْ مَرَضِهِ and تَمَاثَلَ are from العُلُوُّ and المُثُولُ: but accord. to 'Alee Ibn-'Eesà, signifies he sought, or desired, الإِفَاقَة.
4 And [hence,] افاق الزَّمَانُ
def.2 أَفَقْتُ السَّهْمَ, (Verbal.Noun إِفَاقَةٌ, Msb,) I put the فُوق [or notch] of the arrow upon the bowstring, to shoot with it; as also أَوْفَقْتُهُ: but أَفْوَقْتُهُ is extr., and should not be said, or, accord. to Yoo, one says أَفْوَقْتُهُ also: and, accord. to the A, فوّق السَّهْمَ signifies [in like manner] he put the bow-string into the notch of the arrow on the occasion of shooting.
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