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فَضَّهُ

Root: فض

Form: 1

Full Definition

فَضَّهُI , Present.T يَفُضُّ, Verbal.Noun فَضٌّ, He broke it; namely, the seal of a letter; and any other thing; he broke it asunder, or into several pieces; he dissundered it; for instance, the seal from a letter. فَصَّ الخَاتَمَ is also a metonymical phrase, meaning Inivit: [or rather, i. a.] فَضّ البَكَارَةَ he destroyed the virginity: the virginity being likened to a seal, or this phrase is from فَضَضْتُ اللُّؤْلُؤَةَ I bored, or perforated, the pearl. [See also 8.] You say also, فَضَّ ٱللّٰهُ فَاهُ, and, accord. to IKtt, , which J disallows, God broke, or may God break, his teeth: or God scattered, or may God scatter, his teeth. The phrase لَا يَفْضُضِ ٱللّٰهُ فَاكَ, meaning May God not break thy teeth, occurs in a trad.: and J says. you should not say ; (S, TA; [but in one copy of the S, I find يَفْضِض;]) though some allow it: and some say that إِفْضَاء [evidently a mistake for إِفْضَاض] means the falling out of the teeth from above and below; but the former explanation is the more common.
2 He separated it; dispersed it; scattered it; broke it up; namely, a thing; or a party of men; or a ring of men, after they had collected together. You say also, فَضَّ المَالَ عَلَى القَوْمِ He distributed the property among the people, or party of men.
3 فَضَضْتُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا I cut [the tie, or bond, that was between them].
4 فَضَّ المَآءَ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He poured out, or forth, the water; and so الدُّمُوعَ the tears. [See also 8.]

def.2 فَضَّ المَآءُ, [Present.T, accord. to rule, يَفِضُّ,] The water flowed: and الدُّمُوعُ The tears poured forth.
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