فَشٌّ
Root: فش
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فَشٌّ
The fruit of the
يَنْبُوت [q. v., a kind of trees, of which one species is said to be also called خَرُّوب; but see the next sentence]; not mentioned by AHn in the Book of Plants: n. un. فَشَّةٌ: and pl. فِشَاشٌ.
2 And The [species of trees called] خَرُّوب [which name is now commonly applied to the carob, or locust-tree; ceratonia siliqua]; as also فَشُوشٌ , and فَشْفَشَةٌ , or this last signifies a خَرُّوبَة [n. un. of خَرُّوبٌ], accord. to AA.
def.2 Also Foolish, or stupid.
def.3 And Places in which water collects and remains: and a depressed piece of ground into which water pours and where it remains: so says Ibn-'Abbád: [but] ISh says that هَجْلٌ فَشٌّ means [a wide, depressed, piece of ground,] such as is not very deep.
def.4 Also, and فَشُوشٌ , and فَشْفَاشٌ , [this last said in the TA to be written by Sgh with kesr, but it is not so in the O,] A [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء such as is thick in texture, fine in the yarn; called by the vulgar فَشَّاشٌ ; (O; in the TA فِشّاش;) or, as some say, فَشَّاشٌ signifies a thick كسآء; and فَشُوشٌ , a thin, or flimsy, كسآء, such as is scanty in the yarn.
2 And The [species of trees called] خَرُّوب [which name is now commonly applied to the carob, or locust-tree; ceratonia siliqua]; as also فَشُوشٌ , and فَشْفَشَةٌ , or this last signifies a خَرُّوبَة [n. un. of خَرُّوبٌ], accord. to AA.
def.2 Also Foolish, or stupid.
def.3 And Places in which water collects and remains: and a depressed piece of ground into which water pours and where it remains: so says Ibn-'Abbád: [but] ISh says that هَجْلٌ فَشٌّ means [a wide, depressed, piece of ground,] such as is not very deep.
def.4 Also, and فَشُوشٌ , and فَشْفَاشٌ , [this last said in the TA to be written by Sgh with kesr, but it is not so in the O,] A [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء such as is thick in texture, fine in the yarn; called by the vulgar فَشَّاشٌ ; (O; in the TA فِشّاش;) or, as some say, فَشَّاشٌ signifies a thick كسآء; and فَشُوشٌ , a thin, or flimsy, كسآء, such as is scanty in the yarn.
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