فُرْجَةٌ
Root: فرج
Full Definition
فُرْجَةٌ
An opening, or intervening space, [or a gap, or breach,] between two things; as also
فَرْجٌ , of which the pl. is فُرُوجٌ only; [and so
مَفْرَجٌ , lit. a place of opening, occurring in the K in art. ودى, &c.;] and
مُنْفَرَجٌ : (JK and K voce خَلَلٌ, &c.:) the pl. of the first is فُرَجٌ and فُرُجَاتٌ: and it is also in a wall, and the like: and signifies also an opening, or a space, or room, made by persons for a man entering among them, in a place of standing or of sitting. One says, بَيْنَهُمَا فُرْجَةٌ, meaning انْفِرَاجٌ [i. e. Between them two is an opening, or intervening space, &c.]. فُرَجُ الشَّيْطَانِ [The Devil's gaps], occurring in a trad., means the gaps, or unoccupied spaces, in the ranks of men praying [in the mosque].
2 See also فَرْجٌ, last sentence:
3 and see فَرَجٌ, in seven places:
4 and فَرْجَةٌ.
2 See also فَرْجٌ, last sentence:
3 and see فَرَجٌ, in seven places:
4 and فَرْجَةٌ.
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