أَفْرَخَتْ

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أَفْرَخَتْIV said of a bird:
2 and of an egg: see 2.
3 [Hence,] one says, أَفْرَخَ بَيْضَةُ القَوْمِ, meaning What was hidden, of the affair, or case, of the people, or company of men, became apparent. (ISh, TA in art. بيض. [See also a similar phrase in what follows.]) And افرخ فُؤَادُهُ His heart became free from fear: fear in the heart being likened to a young bird in the egg. And افرخ الرَّوْعُ Fright, or fear, departed; as also فرّخ , Verbal.Noun تَفْرِيخٌ: and one says, لِيُفْرِحْ رَوْعُكَ Let thy fright, or fear, depart; like as the young bird goes forth from the egg. (S, TA. [But see رَوْعٌ: and see also a phrase similar to this in what follows.]) And أَفْرَخَ الأَمْرُ The affair, or case, became manifest, or plain, as to its issue, or result, after having been confused, or dubious; as also فرّخ .
4 افرخ القَوْمُ بَيْضَهُمْ, or بَيْضَتَهُمْ, meaning The people, or party, disclosed their secret, is said of those whose case has become apparent. [Hence it seems that افرخ البَيْضَةَ properly signifies It hatched the egg, and produced the young bird.] أَفْرِخْ رَوْعَكَ Calm thy mind, is a prov., mentioned by Az, from A'Obeyd, as said, on occasions of fear, to him who is cowardly. And أَفْرَخَ رَوْعَهُ means He prayed for him that his fright, or fear, might become calmed, and depart.
5 See also 2, latter half.

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