افسد
Root: فسد
Form: 4
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افسدIV
, Verbal.Noun إفْسَادٌ and [quasi-inf.n.] فَسَادٌ; and
فسّد , Verbal.Noun تَفْسِيدٌ; He, or it, made, or rendered, bad, evil, corrupt, unsound, wrong, wrongful, improper, unrighteous, wicked, vitious, depraved, or dishonest; deprived of virtue, or efficacy; corrupted, vitiated, perverted, marred, spoiled, injured, impaired, deteriorated, tainted, or infected; [constituted, disposed, arranged, or qualified, ill, wrongly, or improperly;] disordered, or disturbed, [disorganized,] destroyed, annihilated, consumed, wasted, or ruined; contr. of
أصْلَحَ. One says, افسد المَالَ [He rendered the property in a bad state; marred, impaired, consumed, or wasted, it]. [And افسد عَلَيْهِمْ
He corrupted, perverted, or marred, their state, case, affair, scheme, plot, or the like;
أَمْرَهُمْ, or the like, being understood. And افسدهُ
عَلَىَّ
He corrupted him and rendered him disaffected towards me.] إِفْسَادُ صَبِىٍّ, occurring in a trad., means The injuring a child by rendering its mother pregnant while she is suckling it and so vitiating her milk: which act is also termed الغِيلَهُ. [And افسد as contr. of أَصْلَحَ signifies also He acted in a bad, an evil, or a corrupt, manner; acted ill, corruptly, wrongly, wrongfully, improperly, unrighteously, wickedly, vitiously, or dishonestly; or did evil, or mischief;
إِلَيْهِ
to him: and he created, or excited, disorder, disturbance, disagreement, discord, dissension, strife, or quarrel-ling; or made, or did, mischief;
بَيْنَ القَوْمِ
between, or among, the people, or party. ]
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