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فَشَا

Root: فشو

Form: 1

Full Definition

فَشَاI , (Present.T يَفْشُو, S,) Verbal.Noun فُشُوٌّ and فُشِىٌّ and فَشْوٌ, It became revealed, disclosed, or divulged, and spread.
2 [It became common; or obtained extensively.]
3 فَشَتِ المَاشِيَةُ The cattle pastured [at large], where they pleased.
4 فَشَتْ ضَيْعَتُهُ, (TA in art. ضيع,) or فَشَتْ عَلَيْهِ ضَيْعَتُهُ, or فَشَتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّيْعَةُ, said to mean His property was, or became, large, or abundant, [or widespread,] so that he was unable to collect it together: and [hence] his means of attaining his object, or his affairs, became disordered so that he knew not with which of them to begin: (TA in art. ضيع and in the present art.;) or he took to doing an affair that did not concern him. (TA in art. ضيع, and Ham p. 33.)
5 And فَشَتْ أُمُورُ النَّاسِ The affairs of the people became discomposed, or disordered; syn. اِفْتَرَقَتْ.
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