فُؤَادٌ
Root: فأد
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فُؤَادٌ
and فَوَادٌ, which is strange, but said by Esh-Shiháb to be a dial var., and to be without reason disallowed by AHát; of the masc. gender only; The heart; syn. قَلْبٌ [q. v.]; of man, and of an animal other than man: so called because of its تَفَأُّد i. e. تَوَقُّد [or ardour]; or because of its pulsation, and commotion; [for which reason also the heart is said to be called القَلْبُ, from التَّقَلُّبُ;] for it is said that the primary meaning of
فَأْدٌ is “ motion, ” and the “ putting in motion: ” or the heart is thus called only when its تَفَأُّد, i. e. its تَوَقُّد, is regarded: and most authors make a distinction between فُؤَاد and قَلْبٌ; the latter of which is said to have a more special signification than the former: and the former is said to be [the pericardium,] the غِشَآء,
2 Also The mind, or intellect: and this, it is said, may be the meaning of the phrase [in the Kur liii. 11], مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى, or ما كَذَّبَ, another reading, i. e. [The mind] did not disacknowledge, or deem improbable, what he saw. [Hence,] حِدَّةُ الفُؤَادِ i. q. ذَكَآءٌ [meaning Sharpness, or acuteness, of mind, in a man: and sharpness of spirit in a beast]. (S in art. ذكو.) [And حَدِيدُ الفُؤَادِ i. q. ذَكِئٌّ meaning Sharp, or acute, in mind, applied to a man: and sharp in spirit, applied to a beast:] one says فَرَسٌ حَدِيدَةُ الفُؤَادِ [A mare sharp in spirit]; and in like manner نَاقَةٌ [a she-camel]: (S and K in art. روع:) and نَاقَةٌ رُوَاعَةُ الفُؤَادِ, and رُوَاعُ الفُؤَادِ, a quick, spirited, vigorous, she-camel; sharp in spirit; syn. شَهْمَةٌ ذَكِيَّةٌ. [And طَارَ فُؤَادُهُ His mind or intellect, fled: and his courage. (See شَعَاعٌ: and طَارَ.)]
2 Also The mind, or intellect: and this, it is said, may be the meaning of the phrase [in the Kur liii. 11], مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى, or ما كَذَّبَ, another reading, i. e. [The mind] did not disacknowledge, or deem improbable, what he saw. [Hence,] حِدَّةُ الفُؤَادِ i. q. ذَكَآءٌ [meaning Sharpness, or acuteness, of mind, in a man: and sharpness of spirit in a beast]. (S in art. ذكو.) [And حَدِيدُ الفُؤَادِ i. q. ذَكِئٌّ meaning Sharp, or acute, in mind, applied to a man: and sharp in spirit, applied to a beast:] one says فَرَسٌ حَدِيدَةُ الفُؤَادِ [A mare sharp in spirit]; and in like manner نَاقَةٌ [a she-camel]: (S and K in art. روع:) and نَاقَةٌ رُوَاعَةُ الفُؤَادِ, and رُوَاعُ الفُؤَادِ, a quick, spirited, vigorous, she-camel; sharp in spirit; syn. شَهْمَةٌ ذَكِيَّةٌ. [And طَارَ فُؤَادُهُ His mind or intellect, fled: and his courage. (See شَعَاعٌ: and طَارَ.)]
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