فَرْفَرَهُ

Root: فر

Form: R. Q. 1

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فَرْفَرَهُ

R. Q. 1 Verbal.Noun فَرْفَارٌ, or فِرْفَارٌ, He put in a state of motion, commotion, or agitation; shook; or shook about; it, or him. One says of a horse, يُفَرْفِرُ اللِّجَامَ فِى فِيهِ He puts in a state of motion, &c., the bit in his mouth.
2 He broke it, i. e. a thing.
3 He cut it.
4 He clave, split, slit, rent, or tore, it. [Thus] فَرْفَرَ signifies He rent, or tore, [skins such as are termed] زِقَاق [pl. of زِقٌّ], and other things; and slit, or rent, them much. (TA. [In two copies of the T, instead of الزِّقَاقَ وَغَيْرَهَا, the reading in the O and K and TA, I find الرُقاقَ وغيره.])
5 [He mangled it.] One says, الذِّئْبُ يُفَرْفِرُ الشَّاةَ The wolf mangles the sheep, or goat.
6 And, hence, Verbal.Noun فَرْفَرَةٌ, He defamed him, and mangled his reputation.
7 And He discommended it, [as though] mangling it with discommendation: the verb occurs in this sense in a trad., having for its object الدُّنْيَا [meaning the enjoyments, or good, of the present world].
8 Also, (Verbal.Noun فَرْفَرَةٌ, TA,) He called or cried, or called out or cried out, to him.

def.2 فَرْفَرَ as intrans., He put his body in a state of commotion, or agitation.
2 He struck his teeth with the فأْس [q. v.] of his bit, and moved about his head.
3 He hastened, or sped, and went with short steps.
4 He was light, and unsteady, in mind; Verbal.Noun فَرْفَرَةٌ.
5 He hastened, or was hasty, with foolishness, or stupidity.
6 And He confounded, or confused, and was profuse, فِى كَلَامِهِ [in his speaking, or talking, or his speech, or talk].
7 And [app. He talked; for] الفَرْفَرَةٌ signifies الكَلَامُ [which is often used as a quasi-Verbal.Noun of كلّم].

def.3 فَرْفَرَ also signifies He made the kind of vehicle called فَرْفَار.
2 And He kindled [a fire] with [wood of] the species of tree called فَرفَار.

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