فَخْتٌ

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فَخْتٌ The light of the moon; moonlight: or the light of the moon when it first appears: and hence [as some say] the derivation of فَاخِتَةٌ [as the name of a certain bird], because of its colour: you say, جَلَسْنَا فِى الفَخْتِ [as though meaning We sat in the moonlight]: but Sh says, I have not heard الفِخْت except in this instance; and Aboo-Is-hák states that some one of the lexicologists says, I know not whether it be a name of the light of the moon or of its darkness: Abu-l-'Abbás says that the meaning [in the saying above mentioned] is, in the shade of the moon [i. e. in the shade of a moonlight-night; and to this the colour of the فَاخِتَة may be likened].

def.2 Also The [snare, or trap, &c., called] فَخّ, of the sportsman: or [a thing] nearly resembling the فَخّ.

def.3 And Holes, or perforations, of a round form, in a roof.

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