تِفْرِجَةٌ

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تِفْرِجَةٌ and تِفْرَاجٌ are sings. of تَفَارِيجٌ, which signifies, as pl. of the first, or of the second, The openings [or interstices] of the fingers: and the apertures, or clefts, of a railing: and also, accord. to IDrd, as pl. of تِفْرِجَةٌ, the slits of the [kind of garment called] قَبَآء [and فَرُّوجْ].

def.2 تِفْرِجَةٌ as an epithet, applied to a man, signifies Cowardly and weak; as also ; and نِفْرَاجَآءُ, with ن, mentioned by IAmb, as imperfectly decl., and as signifying cowardly; or so, accord. to the T and L, تِفْرِجٌ and تِفْرِجَةٌ, and نِفْرِجٌ and نِفْرِجَةٌ: and the last two, and نِفْرَاجٌ and نِفْرِجَآءٌ, all with ن, signify one who becomes defeated, or put to flight, (يَنْكَشِفُ,) on the occasion of war, or battle.

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