فَجَّ
Root: فج
Form: 1
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فَجَّI
, [see. pers. فَجِجْتَ, Present.T يَفَجُّ,] Verbal.Noun فَجَجٌ, He had the feet wide apart: or, said of a man, he had the knees wide apart: and, said of a beast, or quadruped, he had the hocks wide apart:
فَجَجٌ is more ugly than what is termed فَحَجٌ.
2 See also 7.
3 فَجَّ رِجْلَيْهِ, and فَجَّ مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ, Present.T يَفُجُّ, Verbal.Noun فَجٌّ, He opened [or parted] his legs widely; [i. e. he straddled;] and so افجّ , or افجّ رِجْلَيْهِ, he parted his legs widely, said of a man and of a beast; so too [alone], and فَجَا; and one says also [meaning the same], of one walking, and meaning he did thus to make water, as also , Verbal.Noun فِجَاجٌ and مُفَاجَّةٌ, both of these verbs said of a man; but signifies he parted his legs very widely; and is said of a she-camel, لِلْحَلْبِ [to be milked]; and of a sheep or goat (شَاة). مَا شَىْءٌ وَلَا يَبُولُ [What is a thing that straddles and will not make water?] is an enigma: it is a thing like a couch, having four legs. الفَجُّ in the language of the Arabs is The making an opening, or interval, between two things.
4 And فَجَجْتُ القَوْسَ, Present.T أَفُجُّهَا, Verbal.Noun فَجٌّ, I raised the string of the bow [so as to make it distant] from its كَبِد[q. v.]; like فَجَوْتُهَا.
5 فَجَّ الأَرْضَ, or افجّ الارضَ, He clave the ground, or earth, with the plough, in a manner not approved.
def.2 فَجَّ said of a horse &c., He purposed, or desired, to run.
def.3 See also فَجَاجَةٌ.
2 See also 7.
3 فَجَّ رِجْلَيْهِ, and فَجَّ مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ, Present.T يَفُجُّ, Verbal.Noun فَجٌّ, He opened [or parted] his legs widely; [i. e. he straddled;] and so افجّ , or افجّ رِجْلَيْهِ, he parted his legs widely, said of a man and of a beast; so too [alone], and فَجَا; and one says also [meaning the same], of one walking, and meaning he did thus to make water, as also , Verbal.Noun فِجَاجٌ and مُفَاجَّةٌ, both of these verbs said of a man; but signifies he parted his legs very widely; and is said of a she-camel, لِلْحَلْبِ [to be milked]; and of a sheep or goat (شَاة). مَا شَىْءٌ وَلَا يَبُولُ [What is a thing that straddles and will not make water?] is an enigma: it is a thing like a couch, having four legs. الفَجُّ in the language of the Arabs is The making an opening, or interval, between two things.
4 And فَجَجْتُ القَوْسَ, Present.T أَفُجُّهَا, Verbal.Noun فَجٌّ, I raised the string of the bow [so as to make it distant] from its كَبِد[q. v.]; like فَجَوْتُهَا.
5 فَجَّ الأَرْضَ, or افجّ الارضَ, He clave the ground, or earth, with the plough, in a manner not approved.
def.2 فَجَّ said of a horse &c., He purposed, or desired, to run.
def.3 See also فَجَاجَةٌ.
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