فَرْقَعَ
Root: فرقع
Form: Q. 1
Full Definition
فَرْقَعَ
i. q.
نَقَّضَهَا, (S, * O, * K, [in copies of the K written نَقَضَهَا, but correctly with teshdeed, as is shown by what here follows,]) Verbal.Noun فَرْقَعَةٌ
i. q.
تَنْقِيضٌ and تَفْقِيعٌ, [He cracked the joints of his fingers;] i. e. he pressed his fingers so that a sound was heard to proceed from their joints: the doing of which is forbidden, in prayer. (TA. [See also 2 in art. فقع.]) And one says, سَمِعْتُ
فَرْقَعَةً لِرَجُلٍ and صَرْقَعَةً [I heard a cracking of the joints of the fingers of a man]: both signify the same.
2 And فَرْقَعَةُ He twisted his neck.
def.2 فَرْقَعَ [as an intrans. v.], Verbal.Noun as above, He ran vehemently, going back, or retreating: so in the Tekmileh.
2 And فِرْقَاعٌ (as an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is فَرْقَعَ, TK) signifies The emitting of wind from the anus with a sound: mentioned by IDrd as from some one or more of the Arabs.
3 See also فَرْقَعَةٌ in what next follows.
2 And فَرْقَعَةُ He twisted his neck.
def.2 فَرْقَعَ [as an intrans. v.], Verbal.Noun as above, He ran vehemently, going back, or retreating: so in the Tekmileh.
2 And فِرْقَاعٌ (as an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is فَرْقَعَ, TK) signifies The emitting of wind from the anus with a sound: mentioned by IDrd as from some one or more of the Arabs.
3 See also فَرْقَعَةٌ in what next follows.
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