فُرْضَةٌ
Root: فرض
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فُرْضَةٌ
: see فَرْضٌ, first sentence, in two places,
2 A gap, or an opening, in a wall and the like: pl. فُرَضٌ.
3 A gap, or breach, in the bank of a river, whence one draws water, or by which one descends to the water, and by which the ships, or boats, ascend; i. e. its مَشْرَعَة: pl., in this and the following senses, فُرَضٌ and فِرَاضٌ. Hence the saying, in a trad., فَٱجْعَلُوا السُّيُوفَ لِلْمَنَايَا فُرَضًا
4 Of a sea, or great river, The place where ships unload; syn. مَحَطُّ السُّفُنِ: or where they are stationed, near the bank of a river, or near the land.
5 Of a receptacle for ink, The place of the ink.
6 Of a door, The نَجْرَان [or piece of wood in which is the foot; i. e. upon which turns the foot].
7 Of a mountain, A part sloping down
def.2 فُرْضَتَانِ i. q. فَرِيضَتَانِ, q. v., accord. to ISk.
2 A gap, or an opening, in a wall and the like: pl. فُرَضٌ.
3 A gap, or breach, in the bank of a river, whence one draws water, or by which one descends to the water, and by which the ships, or boats, ascend; i. e. its مَشْرَعَة: pl., in this and the following senses, فُرَضٌ and فِرَاضٌ. Hence the saying, in a trad., فَٱجْعَلُوا السُّيُوفَ لِلْمَنَايَا فُرَضًا
4 Of a sea, or great river, The place where ships unload; syn. مَحَطُّ السُّفُنِ: or where they are stationed, near the bank of a river, or near the land.
5 Of a receptacle for ink, The place of the ink.
6 Of a door, The نَجْرَان [or piece of wood in which is the foot; i. e. upon which turns the foot].
7 Of a mountain, A part sloping down
def.2 فُرْضَتَانِ i. q. فَرِيضَتَانِ, q. v., accord. to ISk.
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