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فَقِهَ

Root: فقه

Form: 1

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فَقِهَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun فِقْهٌ, the verb being like عَلِمَ and the Verbal.Noun like عِلْمٌ, in measure and in meaning, or فَقَهٌ; and فَقُهَ; He had, or possessed, what is termed فِقْهٌ, meaning understanding, and knowledge, and intelligence, and especially knowledge of the law (عِلْمُ الدِّينِ): or both are syn. with عَلِمَ: or فَقُهَ, of which the Verbal.Noun is فَقَاهَةٌ, or فِقْهٌ, signifies [peculiarly] he had, or possessed, knowledge of the law (عِلْم الشَّرِيعَة): or this latter verb signifies he had, or possessed, what is termed فِقْةٌ as a faculty firmly rooted in his mind: or, accord. to IB, i. q. [q. v., as intrans.]: and he was, or became, [a فَقِيه, q. v., or] equal to the فُقَهآء. (TA in art. علم: see علم.) One says, فُلَانٌ لَا يَنْقَهُ [which may be rendered Such a one will not understand nor comprehend: but the two verbs are exactly syn.]. And to the witness one says, كَيْفَ فَقَاهَتُكَ لِمَا أَشْهَدْ نَاكَ [app. meaning How is thy understanding of what we have made thee to witness?]: it is not said to any other than the witness: thus in the M: or, accord. to Z, it is said to other than the witness.
2 And فَقِهَهُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun فِقْهٌ, He understood it, namely, a meaning, or a thing that one explained to him; as also تفقّههُ .
3 See also 3.
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