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Form 1فَجَّ7 senses · 3 main
maṣdarفَجَجٌ فَجٌّ فِجَاجٌmuḍāriʿيَفَجُّ يَفُجُّ أَفُجُّهَا

Core sense — he had his legs wide apart, he straddledgenerated

1.1he had the feet wide apart—فَجَجٌ

Second person فَجِجْتَ.

Said of a man: he had the knees wide apart. Said of a beast or quadruped: he had the hocks wide apart.

فَجَجٌ is uglier than what is called فَحَجٌ.

1.1.1

See also form 7.

1.1.2he opened [or parted] his legs widely; he straddled—فَجَّ رِجْلَيْهِ

Also فَجَّ مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ.

he parted his legs widely—افجّ

Or افجّ رِجْلَيْهِ; said of a man and of a beast.

he parted his legs widely—فاجّ
he parted his legs widely—فَجَا
he straddled to make water—تفاجّ
he straddled to make water—فاجّ

Used alone.

Said of one walking.

Maṣdar فِجَاجٌ and مُفَاجَّةٌ; both of these verbs are said of a man.

he parted his legs very widely—تفاجّ
she parted her legs—تفاجّت

Said of a she-camel, لِلْحَلْبِ [to be milked]; and of a sheep or goat.

What is a thing that straddles and will not make water?—مَا شَىْءٌ يُفَاجُّ وَلَا يَبُولُ

This is an enigma: the answer is a thing like a couch, with four legs.

the making an opening, or interval, between two things—الفَجُّ

In the language of the Arabs.

1.1.3I raised the string of the bow—فَجَجْتُ القَوْسَ

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[So as to make it distant] from its كَبِد [q. v.]; like فَجَوْتُهَا.

1.1.4he cleft the ground with the plough, in a manner not approved—فَجَّ الأَرْضَ

Or افجّ الارضَ.

1.2he purposed, or desired, to run—فَجَّ

Said of a horse and the like.

1.3

See also فَجَاجَةٌ.

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, (TA,) [see. pers. فَجِجْتَ , aor. يَفَجُّ ,] inf. n. فَجَجٌ , (S, * O, * K, * TA,) He had the feet wide apart: or, said of a man, he had the knees wide apart: and, said of a beast, or quadruped, he had the hocks wide apart: (TA:) فَجَجٌ is more ugly than what is termed فَحَجٌ . (S, O, K.) See also 7. فَجَّ رِجْلَيْهِ , (TA,) and فَجَّ مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ , (S, O, K, TA,) aor. يَفُجُّ , inf. n. فَجٌّ , (S, O, TA,) He opened [or parted] his legs (S, O, K, TA) widely; [i. e. he straddled;] (TA;) and so افجّ , (K,) or افجّ رِجْلَيْهِ , he parted his legs widely, said of a man and of a beast; (O;) so too فاجّ [alone], and فَجَا ; (TA;) and one says also تفاجّ [meaning the same], of one walking, (S, K, TA,) and meaning he did thus to make water, (Mgh, TA,) as also فاجّ , inf. n. فِجَاجٌ and مُفَاجَّةٌ , both of these verbs said of a man; but تفاجّ signifies he parted his legs very widely; (TA;) and تفاجّت is said of a she-camel, (A, O,) لِلْحَلْبِ [to be milked]; (A;) and of a sheep or goat ( شَاة ). (O.) مَا شَىْءٌ يُفَاجُّ وَلَا يَبُولُ [What is a thing that straddles and will not make water?] is an enigma: it is a thing like a couch, having four legs. (A, TA.) الفَجُّ in the language of the Arabs is The making an opening, or interval, between two things. (TA.) And فَجَجْتُ القَوْسَ , (S, O, K,) aor. أَفُجُّهَا , (S, O,) inf. n. فَجٌّ , (TA,) I raised the string of the bow [so as to make it distant] from its كَبِد [q. v.]; (S, O, K;) like فَجَوْتُهَا . (S, O.) فَجَّ الأَرْضَ , (so in the O,) or افجّ الارضَ , (so in the K,) He clave the ground, or earth, with the plough, in a manner not approved. (O, K.) فَجَّ said of a horse &c., He purposed, or desired, to run. (TA.) See also فَجَاجَةٌ .
Form 2تَفْجِيجٌ1 sense

Core sense — making a thing crude, or not thoroughly cookedgenerated

2.1

The making a thing crude, or not thoroughly cooked.

[See فِجٌّ.]

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The making [a thing] to be crude [or not thoroughly cooked]. (KL.) [See فِجٌّ .]
Form 3فَاْجَجَ1 sense

Core sense — he parted his legs widely, he straddledgenerated

3.1

See form 1, in three places.

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see 1, in three places.
Form 4افجّ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — he travelled a wide mountain road; he hastened; it muted, said of an ostrichgenerated

4.1

See form 1, first half.

4.1.1he, or she, muted—أَفَجَّتْ

This form, or the headword itself, is used. Said of an ostrich.

4.2

Said of a man: he travelled a road of the kind called فَجّ; and so also افتجّ.

4.2.1

Said of a man, or of a thing: he, or it, hastened, went quickly, or was quick. Mentioned by IAar.

4.3

See also form 1, near the end.

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: see 1, former half. Also, (L,) or أَفَجَّتْ , (S, O, L, K,) He, or she, (i. e. an ostrich) muted. And, the former, He travelled a road such as is termed فَجّ ; (O, L, K;) said of a man; (O;) as also افتجّ . (L.) And He, (a man, S, O,) or it, (a thing, Msb,) hastened, went quickly, or was quick; (S, O, Msb, K;) mentioned by IAar. (S.) See also 1, near the end.
Form 6تَفَاْجَجَ1 sense

Core sense — he parted his legs widely, he straddledgenerated

6.1

See form 1, in three places.

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see 1, in three places.
Form 7انفجّت القَوْسُ1 sense
maṣdarاِنْفِجَاجٌ

Core sense — the bow had its string standing away from itgenerated

7.1

the bow had its string distant from its كَبِد [q. v.].

[And so, apparently, فَجَّت, since] فَجَجٌ in a bow means the state of having the string distant from its كَبِد.

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, (A,) inf. n. اِنْفِجَاجٌ , (O,) The bow had its string distant from its كَبِد [q. v.]; (A, O;) [and so, app., فَجَّت , for] فَجَجٌ , in a bow, signifies the state of having the string distant from the كَبِد thereof. (S, O.)
Form 8إِفْتَجَجَ1 sense

Core sense — he travelled a wide mountain roadgenerated

8.1

See form 4.

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see 4.

Derived nouns 18

Nounفَجٌّ2 senses

Core sense — a wide road between two mountainsgenerated

1a wide road between two mountains—فُجَاجٌ

Or such a road in a mountain; or in the front part of a mountain, wider than a شِعْب [q. v.].

Or a depressed road; or a clear, wide road; or a far-extending beaten track or road. AHeyth. [See an example in a verse cited under عِمْقٌ.]

ISh: a track that seems as though it were a road; and sometimes it is a road between two mountains, or having on either side what is called a فَأْو [a word variously explained], or between two walls, extending as far as two or three days' journey, whether a road or not; and if a road, abounding with herbage.

Plural (of many) فِجَاجٌ, (of few) أَفِجَّةٌ, which is irregular in analogy, and أَفُجٌّ.

2

See also the next entry, in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences فَجّ 2 shown of 3
22:27
وَأَذِّن فِى ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَجِّ يَأْتُوكَ رِجَالًا وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ ضَامِرٍ يَأْتِينَ مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ

"And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain highways;

71:20
لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A wide road between two mountains; (S, A, O, K;) and فُجَاجٌ signifies the same: (O, K:) or, in a mountain: (AHeyth, TA:) or, in the anterior part of a mountain, wider than a شِعْب [q. v.]: (TA:) or a depressed road: (Th, TA:) or a conspicuous and wide road: (Msb:) or a far-extending beaten track or road: (AHeyth, TA: [see an ex. in a verse cited voce عِمْقٌ :]) or, accord. to ISh, [a track] as though it were a road; and sometimes it is a road between two mountains, (L, TA,) or having on either side what is termed a فَأْو [a word variously explained], (so in the L,) or between two walls ( حَائِطَيْنِ ), (so in the TA,) and extending to the distance of two days' journey, or three, if a road or not a road; and if a road, abounding with herbage: (L, TA:) pl. [of mult.] فِجَاجٌ (Th, S, O, Msb) and [of pauc.] أَفِجَّةٌ , which is extr. [with respect to analogy], (Th, TA,) and أَفُجٌّ . (Msb.) See also the next paragraph, in two places.
Nounفِجٌّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — unripe; the Syrian melongenerated

1the Syrian melon, or water-melon—بِطِّيخ

With kesr. The Persians call it the Indian.

1.1unripe—فِجٌّ

Or فَجٌّ [and this is how it is pronounced at the present day].

Applied to fruit of any kind, and to anything of melons and of other fruits.

And so فَجَاجَةٌ; but فَجٌّ and فَجَاجَةٌ are not mentioned by Ed-Deenawaree [i.e. AHn; and the latter, which see below, I think doubtful in the sense explained above].

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, with kesr, The Syrian بِطِّيخ [i. e. melon or water-melon], (S, A, O, K,) which the Persians call the Indian. (S, A, O.) And فِجٌّ , (so in the S and A and K,) or فَجٌّ , (thus in the O, and by implication in the Msb, [and thus pronounced in the present day,]) signifies Unripe; (S, A, O, Msb, K;) applied to fruit (A, Msb, K) of any kind, (A,) &c; (Msb;) to anything of melons ( بِطِّيخ ) and of other fruits; (S, O;) and so فَجَاجَةٌ ; (O, K;) but فَجٌّ and فَجَاجَةٌ are not mentioned by Ed-Deenawaree [i. e. AHn; and the latter (which see below) I think doubtful in the sense expl. above]. (O.)
Nounفُجَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an opening, or space, between two mountainsgenerated

1

An opening, or intervening space, between two mountains.

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An opening, or intervening space, (O, K, TA,) between two mountains. (TA.)
Nounفَجَجٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the state of having the legs wide apartgenerated

1

A maṣdar: see form 1, first sentence.

1.1

See also form 7.

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an inf. n.: (TA:) see 1, first sentence: and see also 7.
Nounفُجُجٌ1 sense

Core sense — heavy, slow, sluggish mengenerated

1

A plural whose singular is not mentioned.

Same in meaning as ثُقَلَآءُ [such as are heavy, slow, sluggish, and the like], said of men.

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[a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned] i. q. ثُقَلَآءُ [Such as are heavy, slow, sluggish, &c.], (IAar, O, K,) of men. (IAar, O.)
Nounفُجَاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — unripegenerated

1

See فَجٌّ.

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: see فَجٌّ .
Nounفِجَاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — a male ostrich said to lay one egggenerated

1

A male ostrich which they assert lays one egg, as they say of the domestic cock.

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A male ostrich which [they assert, like as they say of the domestic cock, (see عُقْرٌ ,]) lays one egg. (TA.)
Nounفَجَاجَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the state of being unripe, or not sufficiently cookedgenerated

1

The state of being unripe, or not sufficiently cooked.

Apparently a maṣdar, its verb being فَجَّ, second person فَجُجْتَ.

1.1

See also فِجٌّ, in two places.

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[app. an inf. n., of which the verb is فَجَّ , sec. pers. فَجُجْتَ ,] The state of being unripe, or not sufficiently cooked. (TA.) See also فِجٌّ , in two places.
Nounفَجَّانٌ1 sense

Core sense — the stem of the raceme of a palm-treegenerated

1the stem of the raceme of a palm-tree—عُود

Mentioned by ISd, who held it to be of the measure فَعْلَانٌ, because this measure is more common than فَعَّالٌ.

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The stem ( عُود ) of the raceme of a palmtree: mentioned by ISd; and held by him to be of the measure فَعْلَانٌ because this is more common than the measure فَعَّالٌ . (TA.)
Nounفَجْفَجٌ1 sense

Core sense — a great talker, who boasts of abundance he does not havegenerated

1

And فُجْفُجٌ: see فَجْفَاجٌ.

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and فُجْفُجٌ : see فَجْفَاجٌ .
Nounفَجْفَجَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — much talking; boasting of abundance one does not possessgenerated

1

Much talking; or frivolous babbling; or much talking together with boasting of abundance which one does not possess; or clamouring; or great and disorderly talking.

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Loquacity, or much talking: or frivolous babbling: or much talking, and boasting of abundance which one does not possess: or clamouring: or great and disorderly talking. (TA.)
Nounفَجْفَاجٌ1 sense

Core sense — a great talker, who boasts of abundance he does not possessgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Applied to a man: a great talker; or a frivolous babbler.

Or, as also فَجْفَجٌ and فُجْفُجٌ and فُجَافِجٌ (written فَجَافِجٌ in the O), a great talker who boasts of abundance which he does not possess; or clamorous; or a great and disorderly talker.

Feminine with ة.

The poet Aboo-'Árim El-Kilábee applies this adjective to palm-trees [as meaning promising much fruit, but not fulfilling the promise].

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, applied to a man, Loquacious; a great talker: (S:) or a frivolous babbler: (TA:) or, as also فَجْفَجٌ (O, K) and فُجْفُجٌ (K) and فُجَافِجٌ , (O, but there written فَجَافِجٌ ,) a great talker, who boasts of abundance which he does not possess: (O, K:) or clamourous: or a great and disorderly talker: fem. with ة . (TA.) The poet Aboo-'Árim El-Kilábee applies the first of these epithets to palm-trees ( نَخِيل ) [as meaning Promising much fruit, but not fulfilling the promise]. (L, TA.)
Nounفُجَافِجٌ1 sense

Core sense — a great talker, who boasts of abundance he does not possessgenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounأَفَجُّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a man who straddles; a bow whose string is distant from the gripgenerated

1he walks with his legs wide apart, straddling—يَمْشِى مُفَاجًّا

A man having his legs wide apart, who straddles; and so also مُفِجُّ السَّاقَيْنِ [and مُفَاجٌّ].

Or أَفَجُّ means having his thighs wide apart.

1.1a bow whose curved ends are raised so that its string is distant from the part grasped by the hand—قَوْسٌ فَجَّآءُ

Or one whose string is distant from its كَبِد [q. v.]; and so also مُنْفَجَّةٌ and قَوْسٌ فَجْوَآءُ.

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A man having his legs wide apart; who straddles; (S, * O, * L, K, * TA;) as also مُفِجُّ السَّاقَيْنِ ; (L, TA;) [and مُفَاجٌّ , for] one says يَمْشِى مُفَاجًّا he walks with his legs wide apart, or straddling: (S, A, K:) or أَفَجُّ signifies having his thighs wide apart. (IAar, TA.) And قَوْسٌ فَجَّآءُ A bow of which the curved ends are elevated so that its string is distant from the part where it is grasped by the hand: (L:) or of which the string is distant from its كَبِد [q. v.]; (S, O, K;) as also مُنْفَجَّةٌ : (A, O, K:) and so قَوْسٌ فَجْوَآءُ . (S, O.)
Nounإِفْجِيجٌ1 sense

Core sense — a valley; a wide valley; a narrow and deep valleygenerated

1

A valley; or a wide valley; or, in the dialect of the people of El-Yemen, a narrow and deep valley, though others apply the name to any valley.

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A valley: (O, K:) or a wide valley: (K:) or a narrow and deep valley, (IDrd, O, K,) in the dial. of the people of El-Yemen, but others apply this appellation to any valley. (O.)
Nounمُفِجُّ السَّاقَيْنِ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — having the shanks wide apartgenerated

1

See أَفَجُّ.

1.1a solid hoof that is round like a dome, and hard—حَافِرٌ مُفِجٌّ

Synonymous with مُقَبَّبٌ. Such a hoof is approved.

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: see أَفَجُّ . حَافِرٌ مُفِجٌّ A solid hoof that is round like a cupola, syn. مُقَبَّبٌ , (S, O, K, TA,) [and] hard: (TA:) such is approved. (S, O.)
Nounمُفَاجٌّ1 sense

Core sense — straddling, having the legs wide apartgenerated

1

See أَفَجُّ.

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: see أَفَجُّ .
Nounقَوْسٌ مُنْفَجَّةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a bow whose string is distant from it; cleft groundgenerated

1

See أَفَجُّ.

1.1ground, or earth, that is cleft—أَرْضٌ مُنْفَجَّةٌ

[Apparently with the plough, in a manner not approved: see form 1, near the end.]

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: see أَفَجُّ . أَرْضٌ مُنْفَجَّةٌ Ground, or earth, that is cleft [app. with the plough, in a manner not approved: see 1, near the end]. (TA.)