فَحَا
Root: فحو
Form: 1
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فَحَاI
, Present.T يَفْحُو [like يَعْلُو], the verb being of the class of عَلَى, or يَفْحَى [like يَنْفَعُ], the verb being of the class of نَفَعَ, or, as in copies of the T, يَفْحِى, without teshdeed, the verb being of the class of رَمَى, (TA, [but this is app. a mistranscription for يَفْحَى, as the last radical letter is و,]) Verbal.Noun فَحْوٌ; or بكلامه الى كذا, thus accord. to the K, agreeably with what is said by J; [but one of my copies of the S has إِنَّهُ لَيَفْحَى بِكَلَامِهِ إِلَى كَذَا وَكَذَا; the other copy having
;] He meant, or intended, by his saying, or speech, such a thing.
def.2 بَكَى حَتَّى فَحِىَ, like رَضِىَ, He wept until he sobbed.
def.2 بَكَى حَتَّى فَحِىَ, like رَضِىَ, He wept until he sobbed.
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