فَسْوَةٌ
Root: فسو
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فَسْوَةٌ
[is the Verbal.Noun of unity of فَسَا, as such signifying A single noiseless emission of wind from the anus: and] has for its pl. [فَسَوَاتٌ, agreeably with rule, and also] فُسًى, which is [anomalous,] like شُهًى pl. of شَهْوَةٌ, which see.
2 لَيْسَ لَهُ إِلَّا فَسْوَةُ الضَّبُعِ [the lit. signification of which is sufficiently plain] occurs in a trad. as meaning
3 فَسَوَاتُ الضِّبَاعِ is an appellation of Certain truffles (كَمْأَةٌ); a species of كَمْأَة; said by AHn to be the species thereof called القَعْبَلُ; and the like is said in the Minháj; and further, that it is a plant of disagreeable odour, having a head which is cooked, and eaten with milk; and when it dries, there comes forth from it what resembles وَرْس [q. v.].
2 لَيْسَ لَهُ إِلَّا فَسْوَةُ الضَّبُعِ [the lit. signification of which is sufficiently plain] occurs in a trad. as meaning
3 فَسَوَاتُ الضِّبَاعِ is an appellation of Certain truffles (كَمْأَةٌ); a species of كَمْأَة; said by AHn to be the species thereof called القَعْبَلُ; and the like is said in the Minháj; and further, that it is a plant of disagreeable odour, having a head which is cooked, and eaten with milk; and when it dries, there comes forth from it what resembles وَرْس [q. v.].
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