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فَاظَ

Root: فيظ

Form: 1

Full Definition

فَاظَI , Present.T يَفِيظُ, Verbal.Noun فَيْظٌ and فُيُوظٌ and فَيَظَانٌ and فَيْظَانٌ and فَيْظُوظَةٌ, He died; as also, فَاظَ , Present.T يَفُوظُ, Verbal.Noun فَوْظٌ and فَوَاظٌ; (S, K, TA; but in the CK, فُوَاظٌ, and there said to be with damm;) or, accord. to IJ, only the Verbal.Noun, فَوْظٌ, of the latter verb is used, though the verb itself is allowable on the ground of analogy. You say also, حَانَ فَيْظُهُ and , [in the CK فُوْظُهُ,] The time came for his dying. In like manner, you say also, فَاظَتْ نَفْسُهُ His soul departed, or went forth; Lth, T, S, M;) on the authority of AO and Ks; and the like is related on the authority of AZ; Present.T تَفِيظُ, Verbal.Noun فَيْظٌ and فَيْظُوظَةٌ; and [accord. to some,] فَاظَتْ نَفْسُهُ, Verbal.Noun فَوْظٌ: or, when the نفس is mentioned, you say, فَاضَتْ, with ض: As says, I heard Aboo-'Amr Ibn-El-'Alà say that one should not say فَاظَتْ نَفْسُهُ, but فاظ, meaning “ he died; ” and not فَاضَ, with ض, decidedly; or not فَاضَتْ: [but what was said by As respecting these two verbs has been stated more fully, and variously, in art. فيض, q. v.:] AO says that فاظت نَفْسُهُ is of the dial. of Keys; and فاضت, of the dial. of Temeem: Fr says that the people of El-Hijáz and Teiyi say the former; and Kudá'ah and Temeem and Keys say the latter: AHát says, I heard AZ say that Benoo-Dabbeh alone say the latter; and ElMázinee relates the like on the authority of AZ.
2 You say also, فَاظَ نَفْسَهُ, Present.T يَفِيظُ, He vomited forth his soul: the verb being trans. as well as intrans.
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