فَاجِعٌ
Root: فجع
Full Definition
فَاجِعٌ
and
فَجُوعٌ
Death that pains [or afflicts or distresses] men by [attendant] calamities: and in like manner, دَهْرٌ فَاجِعٌ and
فَجُوعٌ [time, or fortune, that pains &c.]. And مَيِّتٌ فَاجِعٌ [A person dead, or dying, that causes pain or affliction or distress], and [likewise]
مفجع [app. مُفْجِعٌ], as being from أَفْجَعَ, though this [is a verb which] has not been used: thus in the L.
2 [Hence,] الفَاجِعُ The raven of separation or disunion (غُرَابُ البَيْنِ); so called because [they assert that] it pains [or afflicts] men by separation or disunion: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates.
3 And one says اِمْرَأَةٌ فَاجِعٌ, mentioned, but not expl., by IDrd, as though he regarded it [i. e. the latter word] as [a possessive epithet, i. e.] of the same class as لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ, meaning A woman having [or suffering] a فَجِيعَة [q. v.], i. e. a رَزِيَّة. And رَجُلٌ فَاجِعٌ and مُتَفَجِّعٌ A man grieving, or lamenting, [and] doing so most intensely.
2 [Hence,] الفَاجِعُ The raven of separation or disunion (غُرَابُ البَيْنِ); so called because [they assert that] it pains [or afflicts] men by separation or disunion: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates.
3 And one says اِمْرَأَةٌ فَاجِعٌ, mentioned, but not expl., by IDrd, as though he regarded it [i. e. the latter word] as [a possessive epithet, i. e.] of the same class as لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ, meaning A woman having [or suffering] a فَجِيعَة [q. v.], i. e. a رَزِيَّة. And رَجُلٌ فَاجِعٌ and مُتَفَجِّعٌ A man grieving, or lamenting, [and] doing so most intensely.
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