فَرْوَةٌ
Root: فرو
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فَرْوَةٌ
: see the next preceding paragraph, in three places.
2 Also The scalp, or skin of the head: or فَرْوَةُ الرَّأْسِ signifies the scalp, or skin of the head, with the hair thereof, of a man, and of other than man: or the upper part of the head: and one says, ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى أُمِّ فَرْوَتِهِ meaning [He struck him upon] his هَامَة [crown, &c.]. [Hence,] it is metaphorically applied, in a trad., to
3 And
4 And
5 And A [garment of the kind called] جُبَّة of which the two sleeves have been tucked up.
6 And The half of a [garment such as is called] كِسَآء made of the soft hair of camels; now known by the appellation of جبة [evidently a mistranscription, app. for خِبَّة, q. v.].
7 And A [bag such as is termed] وَفْضَة [q. v.], [i. e.] like the خَرِيطَة, made of skin, in which the beggar puts his alms. And hence, ذُو الفَرْوَة means The beggar.
8 And A portion of herbage collected together and dry.
9 And Waste, or uncultivated, land, having in it no herbage and no بَرَش [or maculæ, or spots differing in colour from the rest].
10 أَبُو فَرْوَةٍ signifies The بَلُّوط [here meaning chestnut, which is called in Egypt ابو فروة in the present day]; of the dial. of Egypt: it is thus called because within its husk is what resembles the soft hair of camels.
def.2 Also i. q. ثَرْوَةٌ, and غِنًى; [i. e. Abundance, and richness &c.;] accord. to Yaakoob [i. e. ISk], formed from ثَرْوَةٌ by substitution of ف for ث: one says, إِنَّهُ لَذُو ثَرْوَةٍ مِنَ المَالِ and فَرْوَةٍ, both meaning the same [i. e. Verily he is a possessor of abundance of property]; (T, S; [in some copies of the latter, فِى المَالِ;]) so says ISk, or Fr; and As says the like: the latter says, فُلَانٌ ذُو فَرْوَةٍ and ثَرْوَةٍ, meaning Such a one is a possessor of abundant property.
2 Also The scalp, or skin of the head: or فَرْوَةُ الرَّأْسِ signifies the scalp, or skin of the head, with the hair thereof, of a man, and of other than man: or the upper part of the head: and one says, ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى أُمِّ فَرْوَتِهِ meaning [He struck him upon] his هَامَة [crown, &c.]. [Hence,] it is metaphorically applied, in a trad., to
3 And
4 And
5 And A [garment of the kind called] جُبَّة of which the two sleeves have been tucked up.
6 And The half of a [garment such as is called] كِسَآء made of the soft hair of camels; now known by the appellation of جبة [evidently a mistranscription, app. for خِبَّة, q. v.].
7 And A [bag such as is termed] وَفْضَة [q. v.], [i. e.] like the خَرِيطَة, made of skin, in which the beggar puts his alms. And hence, ذُو الفَرْوَة means The beggar.
8 And A portion of herbage collected together and dry.
9 And Waste, or uncultivated, land, having in it no herbage and no بَرَش [or maculæ, or spots differing in colour from the rest].
10 أَبُو فَرْوَةٍ signifies The بَلُّوط [here meaning chestnut, which is called in Egypt ابو فروة in the present day]; of the dial. of Egypt: it is thus called because within its husk is what resembles the soft hair of camels.
def.2 Also i. q. ثَرْوَةٌ, and غِنًى; [i. e. Abundance, and richness &c.;] accord. to Yaakoob [i. e. ISk], formed from ثَرْوَةٌ by substitution of ف for ث: one says, إِنَّهُ لَذُو ثَرْوَةٍ مِنَ المَالِ and فَرْوَةٍ, both meaning the same [i. e. Verily he is a possessor of abundance of property]; (T, S; [in some copies of the latter, فِى المَالِ;]) so says ISk, or Fr; and As says the like: the latter says, فُلَانٌ ذُو فَرْوَةٍ and ثَرْوَةٍ, meaning Such a one is a possessor of abundant property.
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