افصى
Root: فضو
Form: 4
Full Definition
افصىIV
: see the preceding paragraph, in two places.
2 Also He went forth, or came, to the فَضَآء [q. v.].
3 [Hence] افضى فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ Such a one came to, or reached, such a one: originally, became in the space, or the place, or quarter, of
4 افضى بِهِمْ He reached with them, or brought them to, a wide, or spacious, place. And افضى بِهِ الطَّرِيقُ إِلَى وَعْرٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ [The road brought him to a rugged tract of land]. (K * and TA in art. وعر)
5 افضى بِيَدِهِ إلَى الأَرْضِ He touched the ground with the palm of his hand in his prostration [in prayer]. And أَفْضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِيَدِى مِنْ غَيْرِ حَائِلٍ I put my hand to it without anything intervening; i. q. مَسَسْتُهُ (Msb in art مس.)
6 أَفْضَيْتُ إِلَى فَلَانٍ بِسِرِى [I communicated, or made known, to such a one my secret]: or أَفْضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِالسِّرِّ I acquainted him with the secret.
7 افضى also signifies
def.2 لَا يُفْضِى ٱللّٰهُ فَاكَ, occurring in a trad., is a phrase expressive of a prayer, meaning May God not make thy mouth wide and empty.
2 Hence the saying of IAar, الإِفْضَآءُ أنْ تَسْقُطَ الثَّنَايَا مِنْ تَحْتُ وَمِنْ فَوْقُ [app. meaning that اِفْضَآءٌ is the Verbal.Noun of أُفْضِىَ signifying His central incisors, below and above, fell out: or he was caused to lose them]: and hence [the epithet] المُفْضَاةُ [and therefore hence also what here follows].
3 افضى المَرْأَةَ He made the woman's مَسْلَكَانِ to become one, in devirginating her, or in compressing her; the intervening part becoming rent: and so أَفَاضَهَا: (M, in which it is mentioned in art. فضى:) the epithet applied to her is مُفْضَاةٌ , which is syn. with شَرِيمٌ.
2 Also He went forth, or came, to the فَضَآء [q. v.].
3 [Hence] افضى فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ Such a one came to, or reached, such a one: originally, became in the space, or the place, or quarter, of
4 افضى بِهِمْ He reached with them, or brought them to, a wide, or spacious, place. And افضى بِهِ الطَّرِيقُ إِلَى وَعْرٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ [The road brought him to a rugged tract of land]. (K * and TA in art. وعر)
5 افضى بِيَدِهِ إلَى الأَرْضِ He touched the ground with the palm of his hand in his prostration [in prayer]. And أَفْضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِيَدِى مِنْ غَيْرِ حَائِلٍ I put my hand to it without anything intervening; i. q. مَسَسْتُهُ (Msb in art مس.)
6 أَفْضَيْتُ إِلَى فَلَانٍ بِسِرِى [I communicated, or made known, to such a one my secret]: or أَفْضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِالسِّرِّ I acquainted him with the secret.
7 افضى also signifies
def.2 لَا يُفْضِى ٱللّٰهُ فَاكَ, occurring in a trad., is a phrase expressive of a prayer, meaning May God not make thy mouth wide and empty.
2 Hence the saying of IAar, الإِفْضَآءُ أنْ تَسْقُطَ الثَّنَايَا مِنْ تَحْتُ وَمِنْ فَوْقُ [app. meaning that اِفْضَآءٌ is the Verbal.Noun of أُفْضِىَ signifying His central incisors, below and above, fell out: or he was caused to lose them]: and hence [the epithet] المُفْضَاةُ [and therefore hence also what here follows].
3 افضى المَرْأَةَ He made the woman's مَسْلَكَانِ to become one, in devirginating her, or in compressing her; the intervening part becoming rent: and so أَفَاضَهَا: (M, in which it is mentioned in art. فضى:) the epithet applied to her is مُفْضَاةٌ , which is syn. with شَرِيمٌ.
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