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فُرْحَةٌ

Root: فرح

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فُرْحَةٌ A cause of joy or gladness, or of happiness; a thing whereby one is made joyful or glad, or happy; as also فَرْحَةٌ ; syn. مَسَرَّةٌ.
2 And A thing that thou givest to him that rejoices thee; a recompense that thou givest him; [as also فَرْحَةٌ ; for] you say, لَكَ عِنْدِى فَرْحَةٌ إِنْ بَشَّرْتَنِى, (S, A, [in one of my copies of the S أَىْ بَشَّرْتَنِى, as though this were an explanation, but the former is the right reading,]) and فُرْحَةٌ, meaning بُشْرَى [i. e. There is for thee, with me, a gift for announcing a joyful event, if thou announce to me such an event].
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