فَىَّ
Root: فى
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فَىَّ
is a word expressive of wonder: they say, يَا فَىَّ مَا لِى أَفْعَلُ كَذَا [O my wonder! What has happened to me that I do thus?]: or it is expressive of regret on account of a thing that is passing away [so that this exclamation may be rendered Oh! What has happened to me &c.]: Ks says that it is not to be written withء [though it is so written in several of the lexicons in art. فيأ, i. e. فَىْءَ]; and that it means يَا عَجَبِى [as first expl. above]: and in like manner one says, يَا فَىَّ مَا
أَصْحَابُكَ [O my wonder! What are thy companions? i. e. what manner of men are thy companions?
ما here denoting interrogation respecting qualities, or attributes; as in the Kur xxvi. 22]: and he says that ما in this case occupies the place of a noun in the nom. case. Ks is also related to have said that some of the Arabs express wonder by فَىَّ and هَىَّ and شَىْءَ; and some add مَا, saying يَا فَيَّمَا and يَا هَيَّمَا and يَا
شَيْئَمَا, meaning How good, or beautiful, is this! the K is faulty here; mentioning only يَا فَيَّمَا, and explaining it as denoting wonder.
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