فرع

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Form 1فَرَعَ9 senses · 4 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarفَرْعٌ قَرْعٌ فَرَعٌ

Core sense — he overtopped them in tallness; he ascended; he descended; he interposed between themgenerated

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredHe is, or was, near to overtopping the people, or surpassing them in tallness—يَكَادُ يَفْرَعُ النَّاسَ طُولًا

he surpassed in tallness among his people or party—فَرَعَ فِى قَوْمِهِ

[He, or it, overtopped, or surpassed in height or tallness: this seems to be the primary meaning.]

From a tradition.

That is, طَالَ [apparently meaning he surpassed in tallness among his people or party]; also افرع.

He was, or became, superior to the people or party, in eminence, nobility, or beauty—فَرَعَ القَوْمَ

Also فَرَعْتُ قَوْمِى, said of the speaker himself: I was superior to my people or party; maṣdar فَرْعٌ and فُرُوعٌ.

He was, or became, superior to his companion; he excelled him—فَرَعَ صَاحِبَهُ

IAar, in the article برع. See also form 5.

1.1.1figurative · مجازHe (a man) ascended; and also he descended—فَرَعَ

. In the first of the two senses, فُرُوعٌ is also used, said to mean the same as صُعُودٌ.

So the verb has two opposite meanings; or, according to IAar, it means he ascended, while افرع means he descended.

I ascended the mountain—فَرَعْتُ الجَبَلَ

Also فِى الجَبَلِ; and فَرَّعْتُهُ, maṣdar تَفْرِيعٌ.

I descended the mountain—فَرَّعْتُ فِى الجَبَلِ

Also أَفْرَعْتُ فِيهِ.

IB, on the authority of A 'Obeyd: افرع فِى الجَبَلِ means he ascended the mountain, and افرع مِنْهُ he descended it.

1.1.2figurative · مجازI struck his head, or assailed it, striking—فَرَعْتُ رَأْسَهُ بِالعَصَا

also قَرَعْتُهُ.

The same as عَلَوْتُهُ, بِهَا, ضَرْبًا [with the staff, or stick], and بِالسَّيْفِ [with the sword].

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredI pulled in my horse by the bridle and bit, to stop him—فَرَعْتُ فَرَسِى بِاللِّجَامِ

1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredI interposed between them as a barrier, restrained them, and made peace between them—فَرَعْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا

Or بَيْنَهُمْ.

He made a separation, and interposed as a barrier, between the people or party—فرّع بَيْنَ القَوْمِ

Maṣdar تَفْرِيعٌ.

He was making a separation between the sheep, or goats—كَانَ يُفَرِّعُ بَيْنَ الغَنَمِ

This occurs in a tradition. IAth says that Hr has mentioned it with ق; but, he adds, Aboo-Moosà says it is one of his mistakes.

1.2This is the first object of the chase of which he shed the blood—هٰذَا أَوَّلُ صَيْدٍ فَرَعَهُ

1.2.1

See also form 1, near the end.

It made the woman bleed—افرع المَرْأَةَ

Said of menstruation.

He accomplished his desire with the bride—افرع العَرُوسَ

Apparently from what precedes.

4.3.4She (a woman) saw blood on the occasion of childbirth—افرعت

Or, as some say, before childbirth; or at the first of her menstruating (Ibn-'Abbād); or she menstruated; or she (a woman, or a beast) first saw blood when taken with the pains of birth, or when near to bringing forth.

the blood appeared to her—افرع لَهَا الدَّمُ

4.4He began, or commenced, discourse, or a narration—افرع

Also استفرع and افترع; and likewise استفرع, said of beginning a thing.

Very evil is that with which you have begun—بِئْسَ مَا أَفْرَعْتَ بِهِ

Very good is that with which you have begun—نِعْمَ مَا أَفْرَعْتَ

Or أَفْرَعْتَ بِهِ.

He began, or entered upon, his journey and his needful affair—افرع سَفَرَهُ

Also حَاجَتَهُ.

They came, or arrived, from their journey when it was not the proper time for their coming—افرعوا مِنْ سَفَرِهِمْ

4.4.1They sought after herbage in its place among the first, or foremost, of the people—افرعوا

The place of herbage is the اِنْتَجَعُوا.

4.5The valley sufficed its people—افرع الَوادِى أَهْلَهُ

افرع أَهْلَهُ, thus in all the copies of the K, explained as كَفَلَهُمْ, and likewise in the O, is a mistranscription by Sgh, whom the author of the K has followed here; the correct reading is as follows.

The same as كَفَاهُمْ.

4.6The chief of the sons of such a one was taken and slain—أُفْرِعَ بِسَيِّدِ بَنِى فُلَانٍ

Pronounced with ḍamm.

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see 1, in five places. You say افرع بِهِم meaning He alighted at their abode [as a guest]; syn. نَزَلَ . (K.) And أَفْرَعْنَا بِفُلَانٍ فَمَا أَحْمَدْنَاهُ i. e. نَزَلْنَا بِهِ [We alighted as guests at the abode of such a one, and we did not find him to be such as should be commended]. (S, O.) And افرع فى لومه [app. فِى لُؤْمِهِ ] i. e. اِنْحَدَرَ [as though meaning He lowered himself in his meanness, or sordidness; but I suspect it to be a mistranscription]; a tropical phrase. (TA.) افرع الأَرْضَ He went round, or about, or round about, (S, O, K, TA,) or did so much, (S, O, TA,) in the land, (S, O, K, TA,) as also فَرَعَهَا , and فرّعها , (TA,) and consequently knew its state, or case, or circumstances. (S, O, K, TA.) افرعت الإِبِلُ The camels brought forth the [firstlings, or] first offspring ( الفَرَعَ ). (O, K.) And أَفْرَعُوا , (O,) or القَوْمُ افرع , (K,) They, (O,) or the people, or party, (K,) were, or became, persons whose camels had brought forth the first offspring. (O, K.) And افرع القَوْمُ The people, or party, sacrificed the فَرَع [or firstling of a camel, or of a sheep or goat]: (S, Msb:) or افرع الفَرَعَةَ he sacrificed the فَرَعَة , (O, K,) which signifies the same as the فَرَع ; (Mgh, Msb;) and so استفرع الفَرَعَةَ ; (O;) or [simply] استفرع ; (K;) and افرع [alone]; (O;) and فرّع , (O, K,) inf. n. تَفْرِيعٌ ; (K;) he sacrificed the فَرَعَ ; (O, K;) whence the trad., فَرِّعُوا إِنْ شَئْتُمْ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تَذْبَحُوا غَرَاةً حَتَّى يَكْبَرَ i. e. Slaughter ye the firstling [of a camel, or of a sheep or goat], but slaughter not one that is little, whose flesh is like glue, [until it be full-grown.] (O, TA. *) And [hence, perhaps,] أَفْرَعْتُهُ I made him to bleed. (Msb.) And أَفْرَعَتِ الضَّبُعُ الغَنَمَ , (O, K, TA,) so says Ibn-'Abbád, (O, TA,) or فِى الغَنَمِ , so in the L, (TA,) The hyena, or female hyena, injured, and made to bleed, (O, K, TA,) or killed, and injured, (L, TA,) the sheep or goats. (O, L, K, TA.) And افرع اللِّجَامُ الفَرَسَ The bit made the mouth of the horse to bleed. (O, K. [See also 1, near the end.]) And افرع المَرْأَةَ , said of menstruating, It made the woman to bleed. (TA.) And [hence, app.,] افرع العَرُوسَ He accomplished his want in respect of the compressing of the bride. (AA, O, K. * [See also 8.]) And افرعت She (a woman) saw blood on the occasion of childbirth: (O, K:) or, as some say, before childbirth: (A'Obeyd, TA:) or at the first of her menstruating: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) or she menstruated: (A'Obeyd, L, TA:) or she (a woman, or a beast,) first saw blood when taken with the pains of parturition, or near to bringing forth: and افرع لَهَا الدَّمُ the blood appeared to her. (L, TA.) And افرع He began, or commenced, discourse, or a narration; (K;) and so استفرع ; (Sh, O, K, TA;) and افترع : (Sh, TA:) and likewise, as also استفرع , a thing. (K.) One says, بِئْسَ مَا أَفْرَعْتَ بِهِ Very evil is that with which thou hast begun, or commenced: (S, O:) and نِعْمَ مَا أَفْرَعْتَ [or أَفْرَعْتَ بِهِ ] Very good is that which [or with which] thou hast begun. (Msb.) And افرع سَفَرَهُ , and حَاجَتَهُ , He began, commenced, or entered upon, his journey, and his needful affair. (TA.) And افرعوا مِنْ سَفَرِهِمْ They came, or arrived, from their journey when it was not the proper time for their coming. (TA.) And افرعوا They sought after herbage in its place ( اِنْتَجَعُوا ) among the first, or foremost, of the people. (S, O, K.) افرع أَهْلَهُ , thus in all the copies of the K, expl. as meaning كَفَلَهُمْ , and likewise in the O, is a mistranscription by Sgh, whom the author of the K has here followed: it is correctly, افرع الَوادِى أَهْلَهُ i. e. The valley sufficed its people; syn. كَفَاهُمْ . (TA.) أُفْرِعَ بِسَيِّدِ بَنِى فُلَانٍ , (O, K,) with damm, (K,) means The chief of the sons of such a one was taken (O, K, TA) and slain. (TA.)

Form 5تفرّعت أَغْصَانُ الشَّجَرِ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the branches became abundant; it branched forth; he was superior to themgenerated

5.1

The branches of the trees became abundant.

5.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[The valley branched forth]—تفرّع الوَادِى

5.1.2

[See also an example in a verse cited under فَظِيعٌ.]

5.1.3figurative · مجازQuestions, or problems, were derived, or deduced, from this fundamental principle—تَفَرَّعَتْ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَصْلِ مَسَائِلُ

Or they were made its فُرُوع [i.e. its branches, meaning derivatives]; they branched from it. A figurative phrase.

5.2figurative · مجازHe set upon them with reviling and the like—تَفَرَّعَهُمْ

I married among the noble and high of the sons of such a one—تَفَرَّعْتُ بِبَنِى فُلَانٍ

So in the A and L.

Or: he was, or became, superior to them in eminence, or nobility, and excelled them; or it means, or also means, he married the chief of their women, and the highest of them.

Like تَذَرَّيْتُهُمْ and تَنَصَّيْتُهُمْ.

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The branches of the trees became abundant. (S, O, K. *) And [hence,] تفرّع الوَادِى [The valley branched forth]. (TA.) [See also an ex. in a verse cited voce فَظِيعٌ .] تَفَرَّعَتْ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَصْلِ مَسَائِلُ (O, Msb, K, TA) Questions, or problems, or propositions, were derived, or deduced, from this fundamental axiom or principle; (Msb;) or were made to be the فُرُوع [i. e. the branches, meaning derivatives,] thereof; (K, TA;) [they ramified therefrom;] is a tropical phrase. (TA.) تَفَرَّعَهُمْ He set upon them (O, K, TA) with reviling and the like; as in the A and L: (TA:) and he was, or became, superior to them, (O, K, TA,) in eminence, or nobility; and excelled them: (TA: [see also 1:]) or it signifies, (S, K, TA,) or signifies also, (O,) he married, or took to wife, the chief of their women, (S, O, K, TA,) and the highest of them: (TA:) and تَفَرَّعْتُ بِبَنِى فُلَانٍ I married among the noble and high of the sons of such a one; like تَذَرَّيْتُهُمْ and تَنَصَّيْتُهُمْ . (TA.)

Form 8افترع3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he took a maid's virginity; he broached an ode, or a meaninggenerated

8.1

See form 4, latter half.

8.1.1

Hence: he took away the virginity of a maid; also فَرَعَهَا.

8.1.2figurative · مجاز[He broached such an ode]—افترع قَصِيدَةَ كَذَا

[He broached such meanings]—مَعَانِىَ كَذَا

[He broaches virgin meanings]—يَفْتَرِعُ أَبْكَارَ المَعَانِى

on this sense And hence these usages.

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: see 4, latter half. Hence, (TA,) He devirginated a maid; (S, O, Msb, K, TA;) as also فَرَعَهَا . (K.) And hence, افترع قَصِيدَةَ كَذَا [He broached such an ode], and مَعَانِىَ كَذَا [such meanings]: (Har p. 61:) and يَفْتَرِعُ أَبْكَارَ المَعَانِى [He broaches virgin meanings]. (TA, and Har ubi suprà.)

Form 10إِسْتَفْرَعَ2 senses

Core sense — he began, or commenced, a thinggenerated

10.1

See form 4, former half, in two places.

10.2

And the same again, latter half, in two places.

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see 4, former half, in two places: and the same again, latter half, in two places.

Derived nouns 15

Nounفَرْعٌ9 senses · 4 main

Core sense — the uppermost part of anything; a branch; a derivative; the noble of a peoplegenerated

1the upper, or uppermost, part of the ear—فَرْعُ الأُذُنِ

The upper, or uppermost, part of anything: the فَرْع is what branches forth from the lower, or lowest, part. The plural is فُرُوعٌ only.

It is said in a tradition أَىُّ الشَّجَرِ أَبْعَدُ مِنَ الخَارِفِ قَالُوا فَرْعُهَا قَالَ وَكَذٰلِكَ الصَّفُّ الأَوَّلُ [What part of trees is furthest from the plucker of the fruit? They said, The uppermost part of them; he said, And such like is the first row of the persons worshipping in the mosque].

Plural as above.

the upper, or uppermost, parts of the two eyeballs—فُرُوعُ المُقْلَتَيْنِ

1.1

[Hence.] A branch of a tree or plant; or the head of a branch; or a great branch; and a branch of anything.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

[And hence, a branch, or subdivision, or derivative, of anything regarded as a fundamental or a whole;] a thing that is built, or founded, upon another thing; the opposite of أَصْلٌ.

The plural فُرُوعٌ, as opposed to أُصُولٌ meaning “fundamentals,” means, in the conventional language of the lawyers and of men of science generally, the derivative institutes of the law, etc.: see form 2.

عِلْمُ الفُرُوعِ [the science of the derivative institutes of the law] is what is commonly known by the name عِلْمُ الفِقْهِ [the science of jurisprudence; because it is mainly concerned with institutes derived from fundamentals]. Hājjee Khaleefeh.

1.3figurative · مجاز[meaning A long-haired woman]—اِمْرَأَةٌ طَوِيلَةُ الفُرُوعِ

And the hair of a woman: plural as above [apparently used in a collective sense, like the French “cheveux”].

And full, or abundant, hair.

1.4figurative · مجازHe is the noble, or man of eminence, of his people or party—هُوَ فَرْعُ قَوْمِهِ

he is one of their nobles—مِنْ فُرُوعِهِم

on this sense And the noble, or man of eminence, of a people or party: plural as above.

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferred

And [apparently from the same word as meaning “a branch of a tree”] a valley branching off.

And a channel in which water runs to the شِعْب, i.e. the وَادِى [here meaning the water-course in a low tract or between the two acclivities of two mountains]: in this sense its plural is فِرَاعٌ.

Also [or قَوْسٌ فَرْعٌ] a bow that is made from the extreme portion of a branch, from the head of it.

A bow that is not [made from a branch] divided lengthwise is called قَوْسٌ فَرْعٌ, one that is [made from a branch] divided lengthwise being called قَوْسٌ فِلْقٌ; or the فَرْع is one of the best of bows.

The word is also used as an adjective: one says قَوْسٌ فَرْعٌ and فَرْعَةٌ.

Also, i.e. فَرْعٌ, property that is beneficial, or serviceable, and made ready, or prepared.

Or, according to the S, it is فَرَعٌ that has this meaning; but Sgh, and after him the author of the K, say that this is a mistake, and a verse in which it occurs with the ر sākin is cited in the O and K as an example of it in this sense.

It may be, however, that the poet has made the ر sākin of necessity [by poetic licence, for the sake of the metre]; or it may here properly mean “a branch,” and be used metonymically as meaning recent property.

See also the next paragraph, latter half.

Qur’ānic occurrences فَرْع

14:24

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

Seest thou not how Allah sets forth a parable? - A goodly word like a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the heavens,- of its Lord. So Allah sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive admonition.

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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The upper, or uppermost, part of anything; (S, O, Msb, K;) the فَرْع being what branches forth ( يَتَفَرَّعُ ) from the lower, or lowest, part thereof: (Msb:) pl. فُرُوعٌ only. (TA.) It is said in a trad. أَىُّ الشَّجَرِ أَبْعَدُ مِنَ الخَارِفِ قَالُوا فَرْعُهَا قَالَ وَكَذٰلِكَ الصَّفُّ الأَوَّلُ [What part of trees is furthest from the plucker of the fruit? they said, The uppermost part thereof; he said, And such like is the first row of the persons worshipping in the mosque]. (TA.) Thus فَرْعُ الأُذُنِ signifies The upper, or uppermost, part of the ear; (K, * MF, TA;) pl. as above. (TA.) And فُرُوعُ المُقْلَتَيْنِ The upper, or uppermost, parts of the two eyeballs. (TA.) [Hence,] A branch of a tree or plant: (KL, TA:) or the head of a branch: or a great branch: and a branch of anything. (MA.) [And hence, A branch, or subdivision, or derivative, of anything that is regarded as a fundamental or a whole;] a thing that is built, or founded, upon another thing; opposed to أَصْلٌ : (K, TA:) [the pl. فُرُوعٌ , as opposed to أُصُولٌ meaning “ fundamentals, ” signifies, in the conventional language of the lawyers and the men of science in general, the derivative institutes of the law, &c.: see 2:] عِلْمُ الفُرُوعِ [the science of the derivative institutes of the law] is what is commonly known by the appellation of عِلْمُ الفِقْهِ [the science of jurisprudence; because it is mainly concerned with institutes derived from fundamentals]. (Hájjee Khaleefeh.) And The hair of a woman: pl. as above [app. used in a collective sense like the French “ cheveux ”]: (K, TA:) one says اِمْرَأَةٌ طَوِيلَةُ الفُرُوعِ [meaning A long-haired woman]. (TA.) And (K) Full [or abundant] hair. (S, O, K, TA.) And The noble, or man of eminence, of a people or party: (S, O, K, TA:) pl. as above: (TA:) one says, هُوَ فَرْعُ قَوْمِهِ He is the noble, or man of eminence, of his people or party, (S, O, TA, *) and مِنْ فُرُوعِهِم of their nobles, &c. (TA.) And [app. from the same word as signifying “ a branch of a tree, ”] A valley branching off. (TA.) And A channel in which water runs to the شِعْب (K, TA) i. e. the وَادِى [here meaning the water-course in a low tract or between the two acclivities of two mountains]: (TA:) [but] in this sense its pl. is فِرَاعٌ . (K, TA.) Also [or قَوْسٌ فَرْعٌ ] A bow that is made from the extreme portion of a branch, (As, S, O, K, TA,) from the head thereof: (As, TA:) and (K) a bow that is not [made from a branch] divided lengthwise (S, O, K, TA) is called قَوْسٌ فَرْعٌ ; (S, O, TA;) such as is [made from a branch] divided lengthwise being called قَوْسٌ فِلْقٌ : (S, O:) or the فَرْع is [one] of the best of bows: (AHn, K, TA:) and [this word is used as an epithet, i. e.] one says قَوْسٌ فَرْعٌ and فَرْعَةٌ . (K.) Also, i. e. فَرْعٌ , Property that is beneficial, or serviceable, and made ready, or prepared: (O, K, TA:) or, accord. to the S, it is فَرَعٌ which has this signification; but this is said by Sgh [app. in the TS], and after him by the author of the K, to be a mistake; and a verse in which it occurs with the ر quiescent is cited in the O and K as an ex. of it in this sense: it may be, however, that the poet has made the ر quiescent of necessity [by poetic license, for the sake of the metre]; or it may here [properly] signify “ a branch, ” and be metonymically used as meaning recent property. (TA.) See also the next paragraph, latter half.

Nounفَرَعٌ7 senses · 4 main

Core sense — the firstling of a camel, or of a sheep or goat, sacrificed to the gods; licegenerated

1The first of what is taken by the chase or the like is a firstling—أَوَّلُ الصَّيْدِ فَرَعٌ

The firstling of the camel, or of the sheep or goat, which they used to sacrifice to their gods, looking for a blessing by it; and فَرَعَةٌ means the same.

Hence it is said in a tradition, [implying the prohibition of this custom,] لَا فَرَعَ وَلَا عَتِيرَةٌ, or لَا فَرَعَةَ وَلَا عَتِيرَةَ [see عَتِيرَةٌ].

Or, when the camels amounted to the number their owner wished for, they sacrificed a firstling; or when a man's camels amounted to a full hundred, he sacrificed a he-camel of them every year and gave it to the people to eat, neither he nor his family tasting it; or rather, it is said, he sacrificed a young, or youthful, he-camel to his idol.

The Muslims used to do it in the first part of El-Islám; then it was abrogated.

According to the Bāri' and the Mj, the firstling of camels and also that of sheep or goats are called thus. The plural of فَرَعٌ is فُرُعٌ, with two ḍammehs.

That is, a فرع, as being likened to a firstling: so says Yezeed Ibn-Murrah.

1.1

The poet Ows Ibn-Hajar, or Bishr Ibn-Abee-Kházim, has used it as meaning the skin of a فَرَع, suppressing the prefix جِلْد.

For they used to clothe another young camel with its skin, so that the mother of the one sacrificed might incline to it [and yield her milk].

Also, and فَرْعٌ: lice; or, as some say, small lice. A single one is called فَرَعَةٌ and فَرْعَةٌ; or, according to some, فرعة means a large louse.

And the former: food that is prepared [apparently for persons invited to partake of it] on the occasion of camels' bringing forth, just as خُرْسٌ is such food on the occasion of a woman's bringing forth.

3.1

And a portion, or share; the same as قِسْمٌ; according to some, peculiarly of water.

3.2

See also فَرَعٌ, latter half.

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A high, or an elevated, place of a mountain: pl. فِرَاعٌ : so in the saying, اِيْتِ فَرْعَةً مِنْ فِرَاعِ الجَبَلِ فَٱنْزِلْهَا [Come thou to one of the high places of the mountain and descend it]: (S, TA:) or, as some say, it signifies particularly the head of a mountain. (TA. [See also فَارِعَةٌ .]) And فَرْعَةُ الجُلَّةِ The highest, or uppermost, of the dates of the [receptacle called] جُلَّة [q. v.]. (TA.) And فرعة الطريق [i. e. فَرْعَةُ الطَّرِيقِ ] and فرعته [sic, app. فَرَعَتُهُ ,] and فَرْعَاؤُهُ and فَارِعَتُهُ all signify The highest part of the road, and the place where it ends: or the conspicuous and elevated part thereof: or فَارِعَتُهُ signifies the sides, or borders, thereof. (TA. [See also قَارِعَةُ الطَّرِيقِ .]) And one says, أَتَيْتُهُ فِى فَرْعَةٍ مِنَ النَّهَارِ I came to him in a first part of the day. (TA.) See also فَرَعٌ , latter half.

Nounفُرْعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the blood of a virgin when her virginity is takengenerated

The blood of a virgin on the occasion of her virginity being taken.

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The blood of the virgin on the occasion of devirgination.

Nounفَرَعَةٌ5 senses

Core sense — a piece of skin added to a water-skin that is not full-sizedgenerated

See فَرْعَةٌ.

[Also] a piece of skin that is added in the قِرْبَة [or water-skin] when the latter is not full-sized, or complete.

See also فَرَعٌ, first quarter, in two places.

And the same again, latter half, in one place.

It is also a plural of فَارِعٌ.

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: see فَرْعَةٌ . [Also] A piece of skin that is added in the قِرْبَة [or water-skin] when the latter is not full-sized, or complete. (O, K.) See also فَرَعٌ , first quarter, in two places: and the same again, latter half, in one place. It is also a pl. of فَارِعٌ [q. v.]. (O, K.)

Nounفُرُوعُ الجَوْزَآءِ1 sense

Core sense — the most intense degree of heatgenerated

The most intense degree of heat. [Or rather الفُرُوعُ is the name of a certain asterism of الجَوْزَآءُ (which is a name of Orion and of Gemini, either of which may suitably be meant here), at the season of whose auroral rising the heat becomes most intense.]

Aboo-Khirásh says: [And a day continued for them, its heat as though it were the blazing of fire, from the asterism of the فُرُوعِ, a long day]

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وَظَلَّ لَهَا يَوْمٌ كَأَنَّ أُوَارَهُذَكَا النَّارِ مِنْ نَجْمِ الفُرُوعِ طَوِيلُ

In the S the reading is وَظَلَّ لَنَا, but correctly لَهَا, meaning to the she-asses. Aboo-Sa'eed related it as above, with the unpointed ع in الفروع.

In the same way he explains it as used in the phrase فَيْحُ نَجْمِ الفُرُوعِ [which I would render the violent raging of the heat of the asterism of the فروع] in a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abee-'Áïdh.

El-Jumahee related it differently, with غ; but the فُرُوغ [or rather the فَرْغَانِ] are among the stars of Aquarius, and their season is cold, so that there is then no فيح.

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means The most intense degree of heat: (S, O, TA:) [or rather الفُرُوعُ is a name of a certain asterism of الجَوْزَآءُ (which is an appel-lation of Orion and of Gemini, either whereof may be here appropriately meant,) at the season of the auroral rising of which the heat becomes most intense:] Aboo-Khirásh says, 1 [And a day continued to them, the heat whereof was as though it were the blazing of fire, from the asterism of the فُرُوعِ ; a long day]: (S, * O, TA:) in the S, وَظَلَّ لَنَا ; but correctly لَهَا , meaning to the she-asses: (TA:) and Aboo-Sa'eed related it as above with the unpointed ع in الفروع : (S, * TA:) in the same manner, also, it is expl. by him as used in the phrase فَيْحُ نَجْمِ الفُرُوعِ [which I would render the vehement raging of the heat of the asterism of the فروع ] in a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abee-'Áïdh: El-Jumahee related it differently, with غ ; but the فُرُوغ [or rather the فَرْغَانِ ] are of the stars of Aquarius; and the season thereof [i. e. of their auroral rising] is cold; there is then no فيح . (TA.) وَظَلَّ لَهَا يَوْمٌ كَأَنَّ أُوَارَهُ | ذَكَا النَّارِ مِنْ نَجْمِ الفُرُوعِ طَوِيلُ

Nounفُرَيْعٌ1 sense

Core sense — Pharaoh, a name of the king of the ancient Egyptiansgenerated

Occurring [with tenween, perfectly declinable] in a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s-Salt, the same as فِرْعَوْنُ, which is a proper name of one who was King of the Amalekites [or rather of the ancient Egyptians in general], as قَيْصَر was of the Room [or Greeks of the Lower Empire], and كِسْرَى of the Persians.

It is also a foreign word, [and so imperfectly declinable: in Hebrew, Pharaoh,] a dialectal variant of فِرْعَوْنُ, or used by poetic licence. The plural of the latter is فَرَاعِنَةٌ.

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, occurring [with tenween, perfectly decl.,] in a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s-Salt, (O, K,) i. q. فِرْعَوْنُ , (O,) which is a proper name of such as was King of the Amalekites [or rather of the ancient Egyptians, in general], like as قَيْصَر was of the Room [or Greeks of the Lower Empire], and كِسْرَى of the Persians, (Ksh in ii. 46,) [and also] a foreign word, (Msb,) [wherefore it is imperfectly decl., in Hebr. , i. e. Pharaoh,] a dial. var. of فِرْعَوْنُ , or used by poetic license: (K:) the pl. of the latter is فَرَاعِنَةٌ . (Msb.)

Nounفِرْعَوْنُ1 sense

Core sense — Pharaoh, a name of the king of the ancient Egyptiansgenerated

See the preceding paragraph.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.

Nounفَارِعٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — overtopping, surpassing in height; high, or tall; high in rank, or low and meangenerated

1a mountain higher, or taller, than what is next to it—جَبَلٌ فَارِعٌ

[Overtopping, or surpassing in height or tallness: this seems to be the primary meaning.]

1.1

And high, or tall; applied to a man, and to an extended gibbous piece of sand.

1.2

Aboo-'Adnán: high, or elevated; goodly in form, aspect, or appearance; beautiful.

Or simply high [apparently in rank or dignity]; and also low, ignoble, or mean: thus having two opposite meanings.

1.3[I met such a one] one of us ascending and the other descending—لَقِيتُ فُلَانًا فَارِعًا مُفْرِعًا

Said by a man of the Arabs.

Also the singular of فَرَعَةٌ, which means the armed attendants, or guards, of the Sultán, or sovereign; it is like وَازِعٌ.

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[Overtopping, or surpassing in height or tallness: this seems to be the primary signification]. You say جَبَلٌ فَارِعٌ A mountain higher, or taller, than what is next to it. (S, O.) And High, or tall; applied to a man, and to an extended gibbous piece of sand. (TA.) And High, or elevated; goodly in form or aspect or appearance; beautiful: (Aboo-'Adnán, O, K:) or [simply] high [app. in rank or dignity]: (IAar, O:) and also low, ignoble, or mean: (IAar, O, K:) thus having two contr. significations. (O, K.) And a man of the Arabs said, لَقِيتُ فُلَانًا فَارِعًا مُفْرِعًا , meaning [I met such a one] one of us ascending and the other descending. (S, O, TA.) Also sing. of فَرَعَةٌ , which signifies The armed attendants, or guards, of the Sultán, or sovereign: (O, K, TA:) it is like وَازِعٌ . (TA.)

Nounفَارِعَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the higher, or highest, part of a mountain or of a valleygenerated

1[Alight in the higher, or highest, part of the valley, and beware of its lower, or lowest, part]—اِنْزِلْ بِفَارِعَةِ الوَادِى وَٱحْذَرْ أَسْفَلَهُ

The higher, or highest, part of a mountain [and of a valley].

See also فَرْعَةٌ, in two places.

1.1the surplus that is deducted from the main stock of the spoils before they are divided into fifths—الفَارِعَةُ مِنَ الغَنَائِمِ

This renders المُرْتَفِعَةُ الصَّاعِدَةُ, apparently such things as cannot be divided and are therefore removed.

1.2of which the channels where the torrents flow are in high, or elevated, parts—فَوَارِعٌ

Plural of فَارِعَةٌ; applied to تِلَاع, a word variously explained, here, I think, meaning either high or low grounds. See its singular تَلْعَةٌ.

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The higher, or highest, part of a mountain [and of a valley]: one says, اِنْزِلْ بِفَارِعَةِ الوَادِى وَٱحْذَرْ أَسْفَلَهُ [Alight thou in the higher, or highest, part of the valley, and beware of its lower, or lowest, part]. (S, O.) See also فَرْعَةٌ , in two places. الفَارِعَةُ مِنَ الغَنَائِمِ means The surplus that is deducted [so I render المُرْتَفِعَةُ الصَّاعِدَةُ , app. such things as cannot be divided and are therefore removed,] from the main stock of the spoils before they are divided into fifths. (TA.) And فَوَارِعٌ , (pl. of فَارِعَةٌ , TA,) applied to تِلَاع , [a word variously explained, here, I think, used as signifying either high, or low, grounds, (see its sing. تَلْعَةٌ ,)] (S, O, * K, *) means Of which the channels wherein the torrents flow are in high, or elevated, parts. (S, O, K.)

Nounفَيْفَرْعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a species of treesgenerated

And فَيْفَرَعٌ: a species of trees.

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(K, TA) and فَيْفَرَعٌ (TA) A species of trees. (K, TA.)

Nounأَفْرَعُ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — having abundant hair of the head, free from deficiency in itgenerated

Free from deficiency in the hair [of the head]; the opposite of أَصْلَعُ, and used only in this sense; not applied to a man who is large in the beard or in the whole head of hair.

The Prophet was أَفْرَع, and so was Aboo-Bekr; and 'Omar was أَصْلَع.

Feminine فَرْعَآءُ: according to IDrd, applied to a woman as meaning having much hair. Plural فُرْعَانٌ, like its opposite صُلْعَانٌ, and also فُرْعٌ.

'Omar, being asked whether the صُلْعَان were better or the فُرْعَان, said that the فرعان were better, meaning to assert the superior excellence of Aboo-Bekr over himself.

1.1

فَرْعَآءُ الطَّرِيقِ: see فَرْعَةٌ.

Also the same as مُوَسْوِسُ [apparently meaning such as is subject to diabolical promptings or suggestions]: so in the tradition لَا يَؤُمَّنَّكُمُ الأَفْرَعُ [The افرع shall by no means act as your Imám].

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Free from deficiency in the hair [of the head]; (S, O, K;) contr. of أَصْلَعُ ; (IDrd, S, O, K;) used only in this sense; not applied to a man who is large in the beard or in the whole head of hair: (IDrd, S, O:) the Prophet was أَفْرَع , (S, O,) and so was Aboo-Bekr, (O, K,) and 'Omar was أَصْلَع : (O:) fem. فَرْعَآءُ ; (S, O, K;) accord. to IDrd, applied to a woman as meaning having much hair: (S, O:) pl. فُرْعَانٌ , (O, K,) like its contr. صُلْعَانٌ ; (O;) and also فُرْعٌ . (K.) 'Omar, being asked, “ Are the صُلْعَان better or the فُرْعَان , ” said “ The فرعان are better, ” meaning to assert the superior excellence of Aboo-Bekr over himself. (O.) فَرْعَآءُ الطَّرِيقِ : see فَرْعَةٌ . Also i. q. مُوَسْوِسُ [app. as meaning Such as is subject to diabolical promptings or suggestions]: so in the trad., لَا يَؤُمَّنَّكُمُ الأَفْرَعُ [The افرع shall by no means act as your Imám]. (Nh, K, TA.)

Nounمُفْرَعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — anything tall; broad, or high, in the shoulder-bladegenerated

Anything tall.

1.1A man broad in the shoulder-blade, or high in it—مُفْرَعُ الكَتِفِ

A shoulder-blade high, projecting, and broad—كَتِفٌ مُفْرَعَةٌ

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Anything tall. (TA.) مُفْرَعُ الكَتِفِ A man broad in the shoulder-blade: (S, O, TA:) or high therein. (TA.) And كَتِفٌ مُفْرَعَةٌ A shoulder-blade high, projecting, and broad. (TA.)

Nounمُفْرِعٌ1 sense

Core sense — property that is beneficial, or serviceable, and made readygenerated

See فَارِعٌ, last sentence but one.

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: see فَارِعٌ , last sentence but one.

Nounمِفْرَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who interposes between people at variance and makes peace between themgenerated

One who interposes as a restrainer between persons [at variance], and makes peace, or effects a reconciliation, between them.

Plural مَفَارِعُ.

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One who interposes as a restrainer between persons [at variance], (O, K, TA,) and makes peace, or effects a reconciliation, between them: (TA:) pl. مَفَارِعُ . (S, O, K.)