فَارِغٌ
Root: فرغ
Full Definition
فَارِغٌ
Empty, vacant, void, devoid, destitute, or unoccupied; syn. خَالٍ; as in the phrase إِنَآءٌ فارِغٌ [an empty vessel]: and likewise applied to a man, meaning vacant from, devoid of, or free from, business, occupation, or employment; as also
فَرِغٌ : [and often, used elliptically, meaning vacant from, devoid of, or free from, business &c., and care or anxiety or disquietude; unoccupied, unemployed, or at leisure:] and
أَفْرَغُ is syn. with
فَارِغٌ; as in the phrase, of Ru-beh, مَا
المَشْغُولُ مِثْلُ الأَفْرَغِ [The busied is not like the free from business]: [فُرَّاغٌ is pl. of فَارِغٌ: and]
فِرْغٌ is syn. with
فُرَّاغٌ; (O, K; [in the former, as is often the case, the sign of tesh-deed in this word has been carelessly omitted; and in the CK, الفرَغُ is put for الفُرَّاغُ, and has been erroneously supposed to be for الفَرَاغُ;]) for ex., Tuleyhah Ibn-Khuweylid El-Asadee says, in relation to the slaying of his brother's son, Hibál Ibn-Selemeh Ibn-Khuweylid,
[And what is your opinion of the party when ye slay them? Are they not men? And if some small numbers of camels have been smitten . and some women, ye will not go away free from care by reason of the slaying of Hibál]. It is said in the Kur [xxviii. 9], وَأَصْبَحَ فؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَى فَارِغًا, meaning And the heart, or mind, of the mother of Moses became devoid of patience: or devoid of everything except remembering of Moses: or devoid of anxiety; because of God's having promised to restore him to her,فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِالقَوْمِ إِذْ تَقْتُلُونَهُمْ أَلَيْسُوا وَإِنْ لَمْ يُسْلِمُوا بِرِجَالِ فَإِنْ تَكُ أَذْوَادٌ أُصِبْنَ وَنِسْوَةٌ فَلَنْ تَذْهَبُوا فِرْغًا بِقَتْلِ حِبَالِ
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