مَفْزَعٌ
Root: فزع
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مَفْزَعٌ
i. q.
مَلْجَأْ [as meaning A refuge, i. e. a place to which, or a person to whom, one betakes himself, or has recourse, for refuge, protection, or preservation,] on the occasion of the befalling of an affliction or a calamity; applied to a sing. and a pl. and a dual and a masc. and a fem.; one says, فُلَانٌ مَفْزَعٌ لِلنَّاسِ
Such a one is a refuge to men when an event comes upon them suddenly, and هُمَامَفْزَعٌ لِلنَّاسِ, and هُمْ مَفْزَعٌ, &c.; and
مَفْزَعَةٌ is the same in signification and in its applications; expl. by IF as signifying a place to which one who is in fear, or frightened, betakes himself, or has recourse, for refuge, protection, or preservation: or مَفْزَعٌ signifies one of whom aid, or succour, is sought, or demanded: and
مَفْزَعَةٌ , [a cause of fear or fright; being a word of the class of مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ; i. e.] a thing that one is made to fear, or at which one is frightened; or a person whom one is made to fear, or at whom one is frightened; [like فُزْعَةٌ;] or on account of whom, or for the sake of whom, one is made to fear, or is frightened: you say, فُلَانٌ لَنَا مَفْزَعَةٌ [Such a one is to us a person whom we are made to fear, &c.], and in like manner you say of a female, and of a pl. number.
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