استفرغِ
Root: فرغ
Form: 10
Full Definition
استفرغِX
[He drew forth water &c.]. One says, استفرغ مَا فِى الرَّاوِيَةِ مِنَ المَآءِ [He drew forth what was in the leathern water-bag, or pair of leathern water-bags, of water]. (TA in art. عزل.) El-Akhtal said respecting Esh-Shaabee, meaning to denote the largeness of the latter's retentive faculty, أَنَا أَسْتَفْرِغُ مِنْ إِنَآءٍ وَاحِدٍ وَهُوَ يَسْتَفْرِغُ مِنْ
أَوَانِىَ شَتَّى
2 Also He vomited intentionally; or constrained himself to vomit: thus it signifies in the conventional language of the physicians.
3 اِسْتَفْرَغَ فُلَانٌ مَا فِى صَحْفَتِهِ is a prov., meaning Such a one [exhausted, or] chose for himself, as his share, [the whole of] what was in his صحفة [or large bowl]. (TA in art. صحف.)
4 And one says, استفرغ فُلَانٌ مَجْهُودَهُ
2 Also He vomited intentionally; or constrained himself to vomit: thus it signifies in the conventional language of the physicians.
3 اِسْتَفْرَغَ فُلَانٌ مَا فِى صَحْفَتِهِ is a prov., meaning Such a one [exhausted, or] chose for himself, as his share, [the whole of] what was in his صحفة [or large bowl]. (TA in art. صحف.)
4 And one says, استفرغ فُلَانٌ مَجْهُودَهُ
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