فَغًا
Root: فغو
Full Definition
فَغًا
[or فَغًى] i. q.
غَفًا [or غَفًى] in its several meanings that have been mentioned [in art. غفو and غفى]: and among these it has that of The bad of anything. And The [refuse termed] حُثَالَة [q. v.] of wheat. And A dust that comes upon unripe dates, spoiling them, and rendering them [in the skin] like the wings of the [locusts, or the like, called] جَنَادِب [pl. of جُنْدَب]. And Unripe dates [themselves] such as are bad and
مُغْبَرّ [i. e. of a hue like dust]; or such as are
مُتَغَيِّر [i. e. altered for the worse].
2 And فَغَا الإِبِلِ The small, or young, of camels.
def.2 And accord. to the K, الفَغَا signifies العلبة والجفنةوَمَيَلٌ فِي الفَمِ; but this is a mistake; correctly it signifies مَيَلٌ فِى الفَمِ وَالعُلْبَةِ وَالجَفْنَةِ, meaning فِى العُلْبَةِ وَالجَفْنَةِ [i. e. A distortion in the mouth, and in the kinds of bowl called عُلْبَة and جَفْنَة], as expl.
2 And فَغَا الإِبِلِ The small, or young, of camels.
def.2 And accord. to the K, الفَغَا signifies العلبة والجفنةوَمَيَلٌ فِي الفَمِ; but this is a mistake; correctly it signifies مَيَلٌ فِى الفَمِ وَالعُلْبَةِ وَالجَفْنَةِ, meaning فِى العُلْبَةِ وَالجَفْنَةِ [i. e. A distortion in the mouth, and in the kinds of bowl called عُلْبَة and جَفْنَة], as expl.
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