فَرَحٌ
Root: فرح
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فَرَحٌ
[Verbal.Noun of فَرِحَ, q. v.: as a simple subst.,] Joy, mirth, or gladness; or happiness; syn. سُرُورٌ; contr. of
حُزْنٌ, and of
تَرَحٌ: (S and A in art ترح:) or a sensation of lightness of the heart: or dilatation of the bosom with delight, or pleasure, of short continuance, transitory, or fleeting, not lasting, as is the case in bodily and worldly pleasures; whereas سُرُورٌ is dilatation of the bosom with delight, or pleasure, wherein is quiet or tranquillity or rest of mind, of short or of long continuance; but each is sometimes used as syn. with the other.
2 And A state of being well pleased, or content, with a thing.
3 And Exultation, or a rejoicing above measure; or a state of exulting greatly, and behaving insolently and unthankfully, or ungratefully.
4 [Also A festivity, or merry-making; particularly, as used in the present day, on the occasion of a marriage.
5 Pl. أَفْرَاحٌ.]
6 In the saying of Muteea Ibn-Iyás,
2 And A state of being well pleased, or content, with a thing.
3 And Exultation, or a rejoicing above measure; or a state of exulting greatly, and behaving insolently and unthankfully, or ungratefully.
4 [Also A festivity, or merry-making; particularly, as used in the present day, on the occasion of a marriage.
5 Pl. أَفْرَاحٌ.]
6 In the saying of Muteea Ibn-Iyás,
[Sorrow, or sadness, has overcome happiness, and the object of our dislike, or hatred, has been given a turn to prevail over the object of our love], by مِنَ الفَرَحِ he means مِنَ المَفْرُوحِ بِهِ, i. e. المَحْبُوبِ.قَدْ ظَفِرَ الحُزْنُ بِالسُّرُورِ وَقَدْ أُدِيلَ مَكْرُوهُنَا مِنَ الفَرَحِ
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