فَاصَ
Root: فيص
Form: 1
Full Definition
فَاصَI
, Present.T يَفِيصُ, Verbal.Noun فَيْصٌ, He went away into the country, or in the land. In the following verse of Imra-el-Keys,
2 مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أَفِيصَ مِنْهُ, meaning I was not able to turn aside, or away, from, or to avoid, him, or it. [See also مَفِيصٌ: and see 4.]
3 And وَٱللّٰه مَا فِصْتُ, like as one says واللّٰه ما بَرِحْتُ [perhaps meaning By God I did not quit my place; as well as I did not cease:] mentioned on the authority of AHeyth: [that it has the latter meaning is clear; for] one says, مَا فِصْتُ أَفْعَلُ I did not cease (مَا بَرِحْتُ) doing [such a thing]: and , likewise, signifies بَرِحَ.
respecting which As said, I know not what is [the meaning of] يَفِيضُ, this word is said to be from فاص signifying as expl. above: [but I do not see what meaning that would be apposite in this case could be thence derived without straining:] but فاص signifies also it shone, or glistened; syn. بَرَقَ; and some say that يفيص in this verse means يَبْرُقُ; and the pronoun in مَنَابِتُهُ relates to the front teeth; by عَذْبٌ يَفِيضُ being meant the lustre (مَآء) thereof: [accordingly, the verse may be rendered, The places of growth thereof, i. e. their gums, were like the سُدُوس, and their colour was like the thorns of the سَيَال , so that they were sweet and glistening: or, as some relate the verse, the last word is , from مَا أَفَاصَ بِكَلِمَةٍ [q. v.], so that it is a denotative of state, the meaning being عَذْبٌ فِي حَالِ كَلَامِهِ [i. e. sweet when [displayed in] speaking; or rather, clearly uttering; but it will be seen below that يَفِيصُ, as well as يُفِيصُ, may, accord. to the M and K, be used in this sense:] see 4.مَنَابِتُهُ مِثْلُ السُّدُوسِ وَلَوْنُهُ كَشَوْكِ السَّيَالِ فَهْوَ عَذْبٌ يَفِيصُ
2 مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أَفِيصَ مِنْهُ, meaning I was not able to turn aside, or away, from, or to avoid, him, or it. [See also مَفِيصٌ: and see 4.]
3 And وَٱللّٰه مَا فِصْتُ, like as one says واللّٰه ما بَرِحْتُ [perhaps meaning By God I did not quit my place; as well as I did not cease:] mentioned on the authority of AHeyth: [that it has the latter meaning is clear; for] one says, مَا فِصْتُ أَفْعَلُ I did not cease (مَا بَرِحْتُ) doing [such a thing]: and , likewise, signifies بَرِحَ.
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