فَحْوَى
Root: فحو
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فَحْوَى
and
فَحْوَآءُ , the latter sometimes used, but AZ is said to have disallowed the pronunciation with the lengthened alif, and
, this last mentioned by ISd and Sgh on the authority of Fr, The meaning of a saying, or speech; its intended sense or import; syn. مَعْنًى; and مَذْهَبٌ; and لَحْنٌ. One says, عَرَفْتُهُ, or فَهِمْتُهُ, فِى, or مِنْ, فَحْوَى كَلَامِهِ and كَلَامِهِ i. e. [I knew it, or I understood it, in, or from, the intended sense or import of his saying, or speech; or,] in [or from] what I elicited of his meaning, or intent, in what he said. [See also عَرُوضٌ, near the middle of the paragraph.]
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