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فَضَخَ

Root: فضخ

Form: 1

Full Definition

فَضَخَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun فَضْخٌ, He broke a hollow thing [or the like], such as a head, and a melon; syn. كَسَرَ: as also : he broke, or crushed, syn. شَدَخَ, a person's head, and a fresh ripe date, and the like; as also : or he struck a person's head [and wounded it] so that the brains came forth: and [particularly] he crushed (شَدَخَ) fullgrown unripe dates [to make the beverage called فَضِيخ]; and so : or البُسْرَ he made, or made for himself, the beverage called نَبِيذ [or فَضِيخ] of the full-grown unripe dates.
2 And He ruptured, or broke, or rent open, an eye, and a belly, and any receptacle containing oil or beverage.
3 And فَضْخُ المَآءِ signifies The pouring forth of water, and of the seminal fluid; occurring in the latter sense in a trad.
4 And يَفْضَخُ شَارِبَهُ, said of a beverage, such as is termed فَضِيح, means It subdues (يَكْسِرُ) and intoxicates its drinker.
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