فَرْفَارٌ
Root: فر
Full Definition
فَرْفَارٌ
A breaker [or mangler] of everything; as also
فُرَافِرٌ .
2 And The lion; because he mangles his antagonist: or the lion that mangles his antagonist and everything; as also and فُرْفُرٌ , or فُرَفِرٌ , and فُرَافِرٌ and فُرَافِرَةٌ .
3 And Light and unsteady in mind: fem. with ة.
4 And Loquacious; talkative; a great talker; like ثَرْثَارٌ: fem. with ة.
def.2 Also A species of tree, hard, having much endurance of fire, of which are made [bowls such as are termed] قِصَاع and عِسَاس: AHn says, it is a great kind of tree; it becomes tall like the دُلْب [q. v.]; its leaves are like those of the almondtree; it has blossoms like the red rose; and it becomes thick so that great [bowls such as are termed] عِسَاس, and أَقْدَاح, are turned from it: when its tree becomes old, its wood becomes black like ebony: it is a hard wood, that blunts iron; and the bowls thereof are thin and light, and of pleasant odour: small saddles, called مَخَاصِر, pl. of مِخْصَرَةٌ, for excellent she-camels, were also made of it, and the curved pieces of wood (أَحْنَآء) thereof amounted [in price] to two hundred dirhems.
def.3 And A sort of vehicle, or saddle, for women and for pastors, resembling the حَوِيَّة and سَوِيَّة [described in arts. حوى and سوى].
2 And The lion; because he mangles his antagonist: or the lion that mangles his antagonist and everything; as also and فُرْفُرٌ , or فُرَفِرٌ , and فُرَافِرٌ and فُرَافِرَةٌ .
3 And Light and unsteady in mind: fem. with ة.
4 And Loquacious; talkative; a great talker; like ثَرْثَارٌ: fem. with ة.
def.2 Also A species of tree, hard, having much endurance of fire, of which are made [bowls such as are termed] قِصَاع and عِسَاس: AHn says, it is a great kind of tree; it becomes tall like the دُلْب [q. v.]; its leaves are like those of the almondtree; it has blossoms like the red rose; and it becomes thick so that great [bowls such as are termed] عِسَاس, and أَقْدَاح, are turned from it: when its tree becomes old, its wood becomes black like ebony: it is a hard wood, that blunts iron; and the bowls thereof are thin and light, and of pleasant odour: small saddles, called مَخَاصِر, pl. of مِخْصَرَةٌ, for excellent she-camels, were also made of it, and the curved pieces of wood (أَحْنَآء) thereof amounted [in price] to two hundred dirhems.
def.3 And A sort of vehicle, or saddle, for women and for pastors, resembling the حَوِيَّة and سَوِيَّة [described in arts. حوى and سوى].
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