فَاكٌّ

Root: فك

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فَاكٌّ [as an act. part. n., Separating, &c.
2 And] Extremely aged, or old and weak; applied in this sense to a man; and also to a camel: or, applied to a camel, disabled, or fatigued, by leanness, or emaciation: fem. with ة.
3 And Foolish, or stupid: or very foolish, or stupid: and you say فَاكٌّ تَاكٌّ, making تاكّ an imitative sequent: or, accord. to Yaakoob, you say شَيْخٌ فَاكٌّ وَتَاكٌّ: thus he makes تاكّ a substitute, not an imitative sequent. And أَحْمَقُ فَاكٌّ وَهَاكٌّ [A foolish, or stupid, person,] one who talks of that which he knows and of that which he knows not, and is more, or oftener, incorrect than correct. Pl. فَكَكَةٌ and فِكَاكٌ.

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