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Form 1فَزِعَ5 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ

Core sense — he feared, he became frightened; he sought aid; he aidedgenerated

1.1he feared; he became afraid, frightened, or terrified—فَزَعَ

both of the first verb and of the second; maṣdar فَزَعٌ of the first verb, and [of the second verb] فَزْعٌ [ فَزَعًا in the CK being a mistake for فَزْعًا ] and فِزْعن.

he feared; he became afraid, or frightened—تفزّع

Mentioned also in art. روع.

he feared him, or it—فَزِعَ مِنْهُ

Er-Rāghib: فَزَعٌ is a shrinking, and an aversion, that comes over a man from something causing fear or fright; it is a kind of جَزَع. One should not say فَزِعْتُ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ as one says خِفْتُ مِنْهُ.

on this sense Mbr, in the Kámil: its primary meaning is fearing, or being afraid or frightened; then, by a metonymic use, it means a people's going out quickly to repel an enemy, or the like, that has come upon them suddenly, and this meaning has come to be [regarded as] the proper one.

1.1.1seeking, or demanding, aid, or succour; also aiding, or succouring—فَزَعٌ

The sense of aiding, or succouring, belongs also to إِفْزَاعٌ.

[You are many when it comes to aiding, or succouring, and few when it comes to coveting, or greed]—إِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْثُرُونَ عِنْدَ الفَزَعِ وَ تَقِلُّونَ عِنْدَ الطَّمَعِ

Said by the Prophet to the Anṣār, as an example of the word in the sense of aiding.

Or the implied meaning here may be: when men come to you in fear so that you may aid or succour them, which comes to much the same as their seeking your aid.

So فَزَعٌ is said to have two opposite meanings, and both are expressed by the verb فَزِعَ.

he sought, or demanded, aid, or succour, of him—فَزِعَ إِلَيْهِ
he aided, or succoured, him—فَزِعَ مِنْهُ

It is not clear how the two phrases divide these meanings: perhaps each carries one of them, or perhaps both mean he sought aid of him while the first also means he aided him.

But one should not say فَزَعَهُ, that is, like مَنَعَهُ.

I went to you in fear—فَزِعْتُ إِلَيْكَ

Here the verb is from الفَزَعُ, in the sense of fear, or fright.

This meaning is well known, and close to the explanation of the verb followed by إِلَيْهِ given below.

I feared you—فَزِعْتُ مِنْكَ

This is the only meaning of the phrase for which there is explicit authority.

But one should not say فَزِعْتُكَ — in my copies it is فَزِعْتُكَ, not فَزَعْتُكَ.

he sought, or demanded, aid, or succour, of them—فَزِعَ إِلَيْهِمْ
he aided, or succoured, them—فَزَعَهُمْ

Synonymous with أَغَاثَهُمْ [in the CK اَعانَهُمْ ] and نَصَرَهُمْ, like أَفْزَعَهُمْ.

he aided, or succoured, them—فَزِعَهُمْ

IB: فَزِعْتُهُ, meaning أَغَثْتُهُ, is originally فَزِعْتُ له [primarily meaning I feared for him]; then the ل was dropped, for one says فَزِعْتُهُ and فَزِعْتُ لَهُ.

And فَزِعَ, like فَرِحَ, is said to mean اِنْتَصَرَ — apparently a mistranscription for اِسْتَنْصَرَ, he sought, or demanded, aid, or aid against an enemy.

he had recourse to him, or it, for refuge or protection because of fear, and sought aid by him, or it—فَزِعَ إِلَيْهِ
Then have recourse to prayer, and seek aid by it—فَٱفْزَعُواإِلَى الصَّلَاة

From a tradition about the eclipse of the sun.

1.1.2he was roused from his sleep—فَزِعَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ

Because one who is roused is not free from some fear, or fright. It occurs in this sense in a tradition.

I roused, or prepared, myself because such a one was coming—فَزِعْتُ بِمَجِىْءِ فُلَانٍ

By a change of state, like the sleeper passing from sleeping to waking.

1.2he exceeded him in fear, or fright—فَزَعَهُ

In the phrase فَازَعَهُ فَفَزَعَهُ.

1.3

فُزِعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ: see form 2.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
27:87
وَيَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَٰخِرِينَ

And the Day that the Trumpet will be sounded - then will be smitten with terror those who are in the heavens, and those who are on earth, except such as Allah will please (to exempt): and all shall come to His (Presence) as beings conscious of their lowliness.

34:51
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ فَزِعُوا۟ فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but then there will be no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a position (quite) near.

38:22
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ خَصْمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعْضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَٱهْدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ

When they entered the presence of David, and he was terrified of them, they said: "Fear not: we are two disputants, one of whom has wronged the other: Decide now between us with truth, and treat us not with injustice, but guide us to the even Path..

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, (S, O, Msb, K,) and فَزَعَ , (K,) aor. فَزَعَ , of the former verb, (Msb, K,) and of the latter also, (K,) inf. n. فَزَعٌ , (S, O, Msb, K,) which is of the former verb, (S, * O, Msb, TA,) and [of the latter verb] فَزْعٌ [ فَزَعًا in the CK being a mistake for فَزْعًا ] and فِزْعن (K, TA,) He feared; or was, or became, in fear, afraid, frightened, or terrified; (S, O, Msb, K, TA;) and so تفزّع : (TA in art. روع :) you say, فَزِعَ مِنْهُ he feared him, or it; or was, or became, in fear, &c., of him, or it: (MA, Msb, TA:) accord. to Er-Rághib, فَزَعٌ signifies a shrinking, and an aversion, that comes upon a man, from a thing causing fear or fright; and is a kind of جَزَع [q. v.]; and one should not say فَزِعْتُ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ like as one says خِفْتُ مِنْهُ : or, as Mbr says, in the “ Kámil, ” its primary signification is the fearing, or being in fear or afraid or frightened or terrified: then, by a metonymical application, it signifies a people's going forth quickly to repel an enemy, or the like, that has come upon them suddenly; and this meaning has become [conventionally regarded as] proper. (TA.) فَزَعٌ signifies also The seeking, or demanding, aid, or succour: (Az, K, TA:) and the aiding, or succouring; (Az, S, O, K, TA;) this latter being likewise a signification of إِفْزَاعٌ : (S, O:) an ex. of the former word (S, O, TA) in the latter sense (O, TA) occurs in the saying of the Prophet to the Ansár, إِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْثُرُونَ عِنْدَ الفَزَعِ وَ تَقِلُّونَ عِنْدَ الطَّمَعِ [Verily ye are many on the occasion of aiding, or succouring, and ye are few on the occasion of coveting, or greed]; (S, O, TA;) or in this saying the implied meaning may be, on the occasion of men's betaking themselves to you in fear ( عِنْدَ فَزَعِ النَّاسِ إِلَيْكُمْ ) in order that ye may aid or succour them [which is virtually the same as their seeking your aid or succour]: (TA:) thus [it is said] فَزَعٌ has two contr. significations: (K:) and both of these significations are expressed by the verb فَزِعَ : (O:) you say فَزِعَ إِلَيْهِ and فَزِعَ مِنْهُ ; (K in continuation of what has been last cited therefrom above, and TA; [app. meant to indicate that both of these phrases signify he sought, or demanded, aid, or succour, of him; and he aided, or succoured, him; or that the former phrase has the former signification; and the latter phrase, the latter signification; though accord. to the TK, both phrases have the former signification, and the former phrase has also the latter signification;]) but you should not say فَزَعَهُ , (K, TA,) i. e. like مَنَعَهُ : (TA:) [or] from الفَزَعُ as signifying “ fear, ” or “ fright, ” you say فَزِعْتُ إِلَيْكَ and فَزِعْتُ مِنْكَ ; [app. meant to indicate that the former phrase signifies I betook myself to thee in fear, which is a meaning thereof well known, and nearly agreeing with an explanation of the verb followed by إِلَيْهِ which will be found below in this paragraph; and that the latter phrase signifies I feared thee, or I was, or became, in fear, &c., of thee, the only meaning, of this phrase, for which I find any explicit authority, and one for which I have given three authorities in the first sentence of this art.;] but you should not say فَزِعْتُكَ : (S: [thus in my copies, فَزِعْتُكَ , not فَزَعْتُكَ :]) or فَزِعَ إِلَيْهِمْ signifies he sought, or demanded, of them, aid, or succour; and فَزَعَهُمْ and فَزِعَهُمْ signify he aided, or succoured, them, syn. أَغَاثَهُمْ [in the CK اَعانَهُمْ ] and نَصَرَهُمْ , like أَفْزَعَهُمْ : (K, TA:) accord. to IB, فَزِعْتُهُ meaning أَغَثْتُهُ is originally فَزِعْتُ له [primarily signifying I feared, or became in fear &c., for him]; then the ل was dropped; for one says فَزِعْتُهُ and فَزِعْتُ لَهُ : (TA:) or فَزِعَ , like فَرِحَ , signifies اِنْتَصَرَ : (K: [thus in the copies of the K, and hence in the TA, app. a mistranscription for اِسْتَنْصَرَ , he sought, or demanded, aid, or aid against an enemy:]) and فَزِعَ إِلَيْهِ he betook himself, or had recourse, to him, or it, for refuge, protection, or preservation, (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) by reason of fear, or fright, (S,) and sought, or demanded, aid, or succour, by him, or it; whence, in a trad. respecting the eclipse of the sun, فَٱفْزَعُواإِلَى الصَّلَاة i. e. Then betake yourselves, &c., to prayer, and seek, or demand, aid, or succour, by it. (TA.) فَزِعَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ means He became roused from his sleep; (O, K;) because he who is roused is not free from some fear, or fright: occurring in a trad. in this sense. (O.) And one says, فَزِعْتُ بِمَجِىْءِ فُلَانٍ , meaning I prepared [or roused] myself by reason of the coming of such a one, by a change of state, or condition, like as the sleeper passes from the state of sleeping to that of waking. (TA.) فَزَعَهُ in the phrase فَازَعَهُ فَفَزَعَهُ means He exceeded him in fear, or fright. (TA.) فُزِعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ : see the next paragraph.
Form 2فزّعهُ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَفْزِيعٌ

Core sense — he frightened him; he removed fear, or fright, from himgenerated

2.1

See form 4.

2.1.1

It also seems to mean: he made a fearful event, or fearful events, befall him — see its ism mafʿūl below.

2.1.2he removed fear, or fright, from him—فَزَّعَ عَنْهُ

The wording of the K implies that افزع عنه has this meaning, but in the O and other lexicons it is فَزَّعَ.

fear, or fright, was removed from him—فُزِّعَ عَنْهُ

.

Until, when fear, or fright, is removed from their hearts—حَتَّى إِذَافُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ

In the Qur'ān 34:22; this is the common reading.

Another reading is فَزَّعَ, that is, فَزَّعَ ٱللّٰهُ.

El-Hasan reads فُزِعَ, and says that in this reading and in the first the preposition with its noun stands in place of the agent, and so is treated as in the nominative case, as in the phrase سِيرَ عَنِ البَلَدِ.

Some read فُرِّغَ [q. v.], as mentioned in art. فرغ.

ʿĪsà Ibn-ʿOmar is said to have read إِذَا ٱفْرَنْقَعَ, as mentioned in art. فرقع.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2
34:23
وَلَا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُۥ ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

"No intercession can avail in His Presence, except for those for whom He has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that, when terror is removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they say, 'what is it that your Lord commanded?' they will say, 'That which is true and just; and He is the Most High Most Great'."

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: see 4. [It also app. signifies He made a fearful event, or fearful events, to befall him: see its pass. part. n. below.] فَزَّعَ عَنْهُ He removed from him fear, or fright: (O, in two places:) it is implied by the context in the K that افزع عنه has this meaning; but in the O and other lexicons it is فَزَّعَ . (TA.) And فُزِّعَ عَنْهُ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَفْزِيعٌ , (K,) Fear, or fright, was removed from him. (S, K.) It is said in the Kur [xxxiv. 22], حَتَّى إِذَافُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ , meaning Until, when fear, or fright, shall be removed from their hearts: (S, O:) this is the common reading: another reading is فَزَّعَ , i. e. فَزَّعَ ٱللّٰهُ : and El-Hasan reads فُزِعَ : and he says that in this reading and the first, the prep. with its noun are [regarded as supplying the place of the agent and therefore virtually] in the nom. case, as in the phrase سِيرَ عَنِ البَلَدِ : (TA:) some read فُرِّغَ [q. v.]: (O and TA in art. فرغ :) and 'Eesà Ibn- 'Omar is related to have read إِذَا ٱفْرَنْقَعَ . (TA in art. فرقع .)
Form 3فازعهُ فَفَزَعَهُ1 sense

Core sense — he vied with him in fear, or fright, and exceeded him in itgenerated

3.1

He vied with him in fear, or fright, and he exceeded him in it.

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[He vied with him in fear, or fright,] and he exceeded him therein. (TA. See 1, last sentence but one.)
Form 4افزعهُ4 senses · 1 main
maṣdarإِفْزَاعٌ

Core sense — he made him fear, he frightened him; he roused him; he aided himgenerated

4.1he made him fear; he frightened him, or terrified him—فزّعهُ

he made him fear, or be afraid; he frightened him, or terrified him.

Maṣdar تَفْزِيعٌ.

[One is made to fear it, or him; one is frightened, or terrified, at it]—يُفْزَعُ مِنْهُ
[on account of him, or for the sake of him]—مِنْ أَجْلِهِ
[by him, or by means of him]—بِهِ
4.1.1

Hence: he roused him from his sleep.

4.1.2

Also: he aided, or succoured, him. See form 1, in both halves.

4.1.3

See also form 2.

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, (Msb, K,) inf. n. إِفْزَاعٌ , (S, O,) He made him to fear, or to be afraid; frightened him; or terrified him; (S, * O, * Msb, K;) as also فزّعهُ , (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَفْزِيعٌ . (S, O.) And you say, يُفْزَعُ مِنْهُ [One is made to fear, or be afraid of, or is frightened, or terrified, at, it, or him], (S, O, K,) and مِنْ أَجْلِهِ [on account of him, or for the sake of him], (O, K,) and بِهِ [by him, or by means of him]. (O.) [Hence,] He housed him from his sleep. (K, TA. [See 1, last quarter.]) Also He aided, or succoured, him. (S, K.) See 1, former half; and again, in the latter half. See also 2.
Form 5تَفَزَّعَ1 sense

Core sense — he feared, he became frightenedgenerated

5.1

See form 1, first sense.

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see 1, first sentence.

Derived nouns 13

Nounفَزَعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — fear, or fright; a fearful eventgenerated

1

Fear, or fright. Originally a maṣdar, but even so it sometimes has a plural, which is أَفْزَاعٌ.

1.1

A fearful event, as the explanation of مُفَزَّعٌ (q. v.) seems to indicate; plural as above.

Qur’ānic occurrences فَزَع
21:103
لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ ٱلْفَزَعُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ هَـٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

The Great Terror will bring them no grief: but the angels will meet them (with mutual greetings): "This is your Day,- (the Day) that ye were promised."

27:89
مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ

If any do good, good will (accrue) to them therefrom; and they will be secure from terror that Day.

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Fear, or fright: (S, O, K:) originally (S) an inf. n.; but notwithstanding this, (S, * O, K,) sometimes, (S, O,) having a pl., which is أَفْزَاعٌ . (S, O, K.) [And, as seems to be indicated by an explanation of مُفَزَّعٌ (q. v.), A fearful event: pl. as above.]
Nounفَزِعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — fearing, frightened; put in fear; seeking aid; aidinggenerated

1a man put in fear; made afraid, frightened, or terrified—رَجُلٌ فَازِعٌ

Er-Rāghib: fearing; being afraid, frightened, or terrified.

Er-Rāghib: so in a verse cited under ظُنْبُوبٌ.

مُفَازِعٌ has the same meaning.

Plural فَزَعَةٌ and مَفْزُوعٌ.

Also: in a state of disquiet, disturbance, or agitation. Hence the unusual reading of four readers in the Qur'ān 28:9, [ فَزِعًا ] for فَارِغًا, said of the heart of the mother of Moses, meaning in a state of disquiet, almost leaving its pericardium.

It has no broken plural; its only plural is فَزِعُونَ.

Qur’ān 28:9 approximate — somewhere between 28:1 and 28:45 Lane cites “Kur xxviii. 9”
1.1

Also: seeking, or demanding, aid, or succour; and Sgh explains it so as used in the verse mentioned above.

But Er-Rāghib says that this states the intended meaning, not the literal one.

It also has the opposite meaning, aiding, or succouring, and is then transitive, though of the measure فَعِلٌ. But it may be altered from فَازِعٌ, as حَذِرٌ is [said to be] altered from حَاذِرٌ.

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Fearing; being afraid or frightened or terrified; (Er-Rághib, MA, Msb, TA;) thus in a verse cited voce ظُنْبُوبٌ ; (Er-Rághib, TA;) and مُفَازِعٌ is syn. therewith: (O, K:) and one says also رَجُلٌ فَازِعٌ , pl. فَزَعَةٌ ; and مَفْزُوعٌ ; meaning a man put in fear; made afraid; frightened, or terrified. (TA.) And In a state of disquiet, disturbance, or agitation: whence an extraordinary reading, of four readers, in the Kur xxviii. 9, [i. e. فَزِعًا ] for فَارِغًا , relating to the heart of the mother of Moses, meaning in a state of disquiet, &c., almost quitting its pericardium. (TA.) It has no broken pl.; its only pl. being فَزِعُونَ . (TA.) Also Seeking, or demanding, aid, or succour; and Sgh thus explains it [in the O] as used in the verse above mentioned; but Er-Rághib says that this is an explanation of the intended meaning, not of the literal signification: (TA:) and it has also the contr. meaning, aiding, or succouring; thus being trans., though of the measure فَعِلٌ ; but it may be altered from فَازِعٌ , like as حَذِرٌ is [said to be] altered from حَاذِرٌ . (IB, TA,)
Nounفَزْعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a fright, an instance of feargenerated

1

See فَزَعَةٌ.

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: see فَزَعَةٌ .
Nounفُزْعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man whom one is made to fear, or by whom one is frightenedgenerated

1

A man whom one is made to fear, of whom one is made afraid, or at whom one is frightened. [Like مَفْزَعَةٌ, as explained by Lth and others.]

Also: one by whom, or by means of whom, one is made afraid, or frightened.

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A man whom one is made to fear, of whom one is made afraid, or at whom one is frightened: (O, K:) [like مَفْزَعَةٌ as expl. by Lth and others:] and by whom, or by means of whom, one is made afraid, or frightened. (O.)
Nounفَزَعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a fear, a frightgenerated

1

Singular of فَزَعَات in the phrase فَزَعَاتُ الرُّوعِ [apparently meaning the fears, or frights, of the heart].

The singular, as well as the plural, is given there as بِالتَّحْرِيك; but if the singular is, as I think it is, an ism waḥda of a maṣdar, it should by rule be فَزْعَةٌ.

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sing. of فَزَعَات in the phrase فَزَعَاتُ الرُّوعِ [app. meaning The fears, or frights, of the heart]. (TA. [The sing., as well as the pl., is there said to be thus, بِالتَّحْرِيك ; but if the former be, as I think it is, an inf. n. un., it should by rule be فَزْعَةٌ .])
Nounفُزَعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who fears men; one who fears, or is frightened, muchgenerated

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One who fears men, or is frightened at them; or one who fears, or is frightened, much, or often; so too فَزَّاعَةٌ.

But compare what follows.

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One who fears men, or is frightened at them: (K:) or one who fears, or is frightened, much, or often; (O;) [and] so فَزَّاعَةٌ . (TA. [But see what next follows.])
Nounفَزَّاعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who frightens men much, or oftengenerated

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One who makes men fear, or frightens them, much, or often.

See also فُزَعَةٌ.

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One who makes men to fear, or frightens them, much, or often. (O, K.) See also فُزَعَةٌ .
Nounفَازِغٌ1 sense

Core sense — fearing, frightenedgenerated

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See فَزِعٌ, in two places.

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Nounمَفْزَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a refuge when a calamity befalls; also a cause of feargenerated

1Such a one is a refuge to men when an event comes upon them suddenly—فُلَانٌ مَفْزَعٌ لِلنَّاسِ

The same as مَلْجَأْ [meaning a refuge, that is, a place to which, or a person to whom, one has recourse for refuge, protection, or preservation] when an affliction or a calamity befalls; used of a singular, a plural, a dual, a masculine and a feminine.

One says also هُمَامَفْزَعٌ لِلنَّاسِ and هُمْ مَفْزَعٌ and the like.

مَفْزَعَةٌ is the same in meaning and in its applications. IF explains it as a place to which one who is in fear, or frightened, has recourse for refuge, protection, or preservation.

Or مَفْزَعٌ means one of whom aid, or succour, is sought, or demanded.

And مَفْزَعَةٌ [a cause of fear or fright, a word of the class of مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ, that is,] 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 whose sake, one is made to fear.

[Such a one is to us a person whom we are made to fear]—فُلَانٌ لَنَا مَفْزَعَةٌ

The like is said of a female, and of a plural number.

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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,] (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) on the occasion of the befalling of an affliction or a calamity; (TA;) applied to a sing. and a pl. (S, O, K) and a dual (S, O) and a masc. and a fem.; (S, O, K;) 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.; (S, O;) and مَفْزَعَةٌ is the same in signification and in its applications; (K;) 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: (TA:) or مَفْزَعٌ signifies one of whom aid, or succour, is sought, or demanded: (K:) 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; (S;) 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: (Lth, O, K:) 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. (O.)
Nounمَفْزَعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a refuge; a cause of fear, or frightgenerated

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See the entry above, in two places.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.
Nounمُفَزَّعٌ1 sense

Core sense — cowardly; also courageous, secure from being overcome by feargenerated

1secure from being overcome by fear, or fright, and [therefore] not lax so as to break wind—مُفَزَّعَةٌ

Fr: cowardly, as being made to fear, or be frightened at, everything; and also courageous, as being one the like of whom has fearful events brought upon him.

But what follows suggests another and, I think, a better reason for the second meaning.

Applied by ʿAmr Ibn-Maʿdī-Kerib as an adjective to his اِسْت, in reply to a threat of El-Ashʿath, who had said to him لَوْ دَنَوْتَ لَأُضَرِّطَنَّكَ.

It is from فَزَّعَ عَنْهُ, meaning he removed fear, or fright, from him; or it may be for the same reason for which مُفَزَّعٌ is applied to a courageous man.

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Cowardly; (Fr, O, K;) as being made to fear, or to be frightened at, everything: (Fr, O:) and courageous; (Fr, O, K;) as being one the like of whom fearful events are made to befall ( بِمِثْلِهِ تُنْزَلُ الأَفْزَاعُ ). (Fr, O. [But what here follows suggests another reason, and I think a better, for the latter meaning.]) مُفَزَّعَةٌ applied by 'Amr Ibn-Maadee-Kerib as an epithet to his اِسْت , in replying to a threat of El-Ash-'ath, who had said to him, لَوْ دَنَوْتَ لَأُضَرِّطَنَّكَ , means Secure from being overcome by fear, or fright, and [therefore] not lax so as to break wind [in consequence of fear]; being from فَزَّعَ عَنْهُ meaning “ he removed fear, or fright, from him; ” or it may be for the same reason as that for which مُفَزَّعٌ is applied to a courageous man. (O.)
Nounمَفْزُوعٌ1 sense

Core sense — put in fear, frightened, terrifiedgenerated

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See فَزِعٌ, first sentence.

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Nounمُفَازِعٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who vies with another in fear, or frightgenerated

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See فَزِعٌ, first sentence.

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: see فَزِعٌ , first sentence.