أُفْحُوصٌ
Root: فحص
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أُفْحُوصٌ
and
مَفْحَصٌ The [nest, or] place for laying eggs, or for lying in, of a قَطَاة [or sand-grouse], and of the domestic hen, and sometimes of the ostrich, dug, or hollowed out, in the ground, or made by clearing away and removing from it the dust or earth; or because she digs it, or hollows it out: pl. أَفَاحِيصُ and مَفَاحِصُ: [see عُشٌّ:] you say, لَهُمْ
بُيُوتٌ كَأَفَاحِيصِ القَطَا and مَفَاحِصِهَا [They have houses like the nests of the
قطا]. And it is said in a trad., مَنْ بَنَى لِلّٰهِ مَسْجِدًا وَلَوْ قَطَاةٍ بَنَى ٱللّٰهُ لَهُ بَيْتًا فِى الجَنَّةِ [Whoso buildeth for God a place of worship, be it comparatively like a nest of a
قطاة, (كَمَفْحَصِ قَطَاةٍ, accord. to another relation,) God buildeth for him a house in Paradise]. And in another, in a charge given to the commanders of the army of Mu-teh, وَسَتَجِدُونَ آخَرِينَ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِى رُؤُوسِهِمْ
2 Also, both words, Any place dug, or hollowed out.
3 And the former, A place made in hot ashes, or in a fire, in which a cake of bread, or lump of dough, is put [to bake or toast]: pl. as above. (L, in art. فأد; and TA. *)
2 Also, both words, Any place dug, or hollowed out.
3 And the former, A place made in hot ashes, or in a fire, in which a cake of bread, or lump of dough, is put [to bake or toast]: pl. as above. (L, in art. فأد; and TA. *)
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