فَجَا
Root: فجو
Form: 1
Full Definition
فَجَاI
, [Present.T يَفْجُو,] Verbal.Noun فَجْوٌ, He opened his door.
2 And فَجَا القَوْسَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He raised the string of the bow [or made it distant] from the part called its كَبِد: and so فَجَّهَا. (S and K in art. فج.)
3 And فَجَا رِجْلَيْهِ, or مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ, He parted his legs wide, or straddled; or did so to make water: and so فَجَّ. (TA in art. فج.)
def.2 فَجِيَتْ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK, and in one of my copies of the S, erroneously, فَجِئَت,]) Present.T تَفْجَى, Verbal.Noun فَجًا, The bow had its string raised [or distant] from the part called its كَبِد; and so .
2 And فَجِىَ, [in the CK, erroneously, فَجِئَ,] Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, i. e. فَجًا, He was wide between the thighs, or between the knees, or between the shanks. [And it is implied in the S * and K that it is also said of a camel, meaning He was wide between the hocks.]
3 And فَجِيَتْ said of a she-camel, Verbal.Noun فَجًا, She was, or became, large in the belly: mentioned by ISd, but with an expression of uncertainty as to its correctness.
2 And فَجَا القَوْسَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He raised the string of the bow [or made it distant] from the part called its كَبِد: and so فَجَّهَا. (S and K in art. فج.)
3 And فَجَا رِجْلَيْهِ, or مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ, He parted his legs wide, or straddled; or did so to make water: and so فَجَّ. (TA in art. فج.)
def.2 فَجِيَتْ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK, and in one of my copies of the S, erroneously, فَجِئَت,]) Present.T تَفْجَى, Verbal.Noun فَجًا, The bow had its string raised [or distant] from the part called its كَبِد; and so .
2 And فَجِىَ, [in the CK, erroneously, فَجِئَ,] Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, i. e. فَجًا, He was wide between the thighs, or between the knees, or between the shanks. [And it is implied in the S * and K that it is also said of a camel, meaning He was wide between the hocks.]
3 And فَجِيَتْ said of a she-camel, Verbal.Noun فَجًا, She was, or became, large in the belly: mentioned by ISd, but with an expression of uncertainty as to its correctness.
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