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فَاسِدٌ

Root: فسد

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فَاسِدٌ , part. n. of فَسَدَ; and فَسِيدٌ , part. n. of فَسُدَ; Bad, evil, corrupt, unsound, wrong, wrongful, improper, unrighteous, wicked, vitious, depraved, or dishonest; devoid of virtue, or efficacy; in a corrupted, vitiated, perverted, marred, spoiled, injured, impaired, deteriorated, tainted, or infected, state; in a state of disorder or disturbance, destruction, annihilation, consumption, waste, or ruin: (MA, KL, PS, &c.: [contr. of صَالِحٌ and صَلِيحٌ, as is indicated in the S and M &c.:]) pl. فَسْدَى, applied to a people, like as they said سَاقِطٌ and سَقْطَى; the pl. being made of the same form as هَلْكَى because these two words are nearly the same in meaning.
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