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افجرهٌ

Root: فجر

Form: 4

Full Definition

افجرهٌIV He made it to well forth. [See also 1.]
2 And [hence, app.,] He made [his gift] large; syn. أَجْزَلَ.

def.2 افجر as intrans.: see 1, in four places.

def.3 Also افجرهُ He found him to be a person such as is termed فَاجِرٌ.

def.4 And افجر is like اصبح; signifying He entered upon the time of daybreak, or dawn: and he was near to entering upon that time. One says, كُنْتُ أَحُلُّ إِذَا أَسْحَرْتُ وَأَرْحَلُ إِذَا أَفْجَرْتُ [I used to alight when I entered upon the last sixth of the night, and depart when I entered upon the time of daybreak]. And أُعَرِّسُ إِذَا أَفْجَرْتُ وَأَرْحَلُ إِذَا أَسْفَرْتُ, i. e., I alight to sleep when I am near to entering upon the time of daybreak, and I depart when [I enter upon the time in which] the dawn shines.

def.5 Also He brought much property; this being termed فَجَرٌ.
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