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Form 1فَاهَ بِهِ3 senses · 2 main
maṣdarفَوْهٌ فُوُوهٌ فَوَهٌmuḍāriʿيَفُوهُ يَفْوَهُ

Core sense — he uttered it, he pronounced a saying; he was wide in the mouthgenerated

1.1he uttered it, he pronounced it, namely a sayingتفوّه

and also يَفِيهُ [and ism waḥda فَوْهَةٌ].

I did not open my mouth with a wordمَا فُهْتُ بِكَلِمَةٍ
I did not open my mouth with a wordما تَفَوَّهْتُ

فَاهَ لِسَانٌ is a phrase used by El-Hareeree; the Arabs did not say it. They only said فاه الرَّجُلُ بِكَذَا [The man opened his mouth with such a thing, i.e. with such a saying].

this is a thing, or an affair, which I did not mentionهٰذَا أَمْرٌ مَا فُهْتُ عَنْهُ

[or فُؤُوهٌ?]. A saying mentioned by Fr.

1.1.1

See also form 2.

1.2he (a man) was wide in the mouthفَوِهَ

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فَوَهٌ means width and largeness of the mouth; or protrusion and length of the upper central incisors; or length of all the teeth. Length of the upper central incisors is termed رَوَقٌ; or the word means protrusion of the teeth from the lips, together with length of them.

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, (S, Msb, K,) aor. يَفُوهُ (S, Msb) and يَفِيهُ also, (ISd, TA,) inf. n. فَوْهٌ , (MA,) [and inf. n. of unity فَوْهَةٌ , (see Har p. 434,)] He uttered it, or pronounced it, (S, Msb, K,) namely, a saying; (S;) as also تفوّه . (S, K.) One says, مَا فُهْتُ بِكَلِمَةٍ , and ما تَفَوَّهْتُ , i. e. I opened not my mouth with a word, or sentence. (S.) فَاهَ لِسَانٌ , a phrase used by El-Hareeree, the Arabs did not say: they only said, فاه الرَّجُلُ بِكَذَا [The man opened his mouth with such a thing, i. e., with such a saying, &c.]. (Har p. 191.) And هٰذَا أَمْرٌ مَا فُهْتُ عَنْهُ , inf. n. فُوُوهٌ [or فُؤُوهٌ ?], is a saying mentioned by Fr, as meaning This is a thing, or an affair, which I mentioned not, or have not mentioned. (TA.) See also 2. فَوِهَ , aor. يَفْوَهُ , [inf. n. فَوَهٌ ,] He (a man) had what is termed فَوَهٌ , (S, TA,) which means width of the mouth, (S, K, TA,) and largeness thereof: (TA:) or protrusion and length of the upper central incisors: (S, TA:) or length of all the teeth; length of the upper central incisors being termed رَوَقٌ : (IB, TA:) or protrusion of the teeth from the lips, with length thereof. (K, TA.)
Form 2فوّههُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — He made him wide in the mouth; you ate much of the foodgenerated

2.1He (God) made him wide in the mouthأَفْوَه
2.1.1you have indeed eaten a great deal of this foodشَدَّ مَا فَوَّهْتَ فِى هٰذَا الطَّعَامِ

This is the reading in the TA, but an explanation of مُفَوَّهٌ seems to show that the right reading is فُوِّهْتَ, in the passive form.

you have indeed eaten a great deal of this foodتَفَوَّهْتَ
you have indeed eaten a great deal of this foodفُهْتَ

The explanation given is شَدَّ مَا أَكَلْتَ; see شَدَّ, and see also form 10.

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He (i. e. God) made him to be أَفْوَه [or wide in the mouth, &c.]. (S, K.) شَدَّ مَا فَوَّهْتَ فِى هٰذَا الطَّعَامِ , [thus accord. to the TA, but an explanation of مُفَوَّهٌ seems to show that the right reading is فُوِّهْتَ , in the pass. form,] and تَفَوَّهْتَ , and فُهْتَ , means شَدَّ مَا أَكَلْتَ [app. Much indeed, or greatly indeed, didst thou eat, or hast thou eaten, of this food; see شَدَّ : and see also 10]. (TA.)
Form 3فاوههُ1 sense
maṣdarمُفَاوَهَةٌ

Core sense — he talked with him; he contended with him for superiority in glorygenerated

3.1he talked, or discoursed, with himفَاهَاهُ

It also means: he contended with him for superiority in glory, or excellence.

the variant formed from it by transposition has the maṣdar مُفَاهَاةٌ. See also form 6.

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, (K, TA,) inf. n. مُفَاوَهَةٌ ; (TA;) and فَاهَاهُ , [formed from the former by transposition,] (K, TA,) inf. n. مُفَاهَاةٌ ; (TA;) He talked, or discoursed, with him: [see also 6:] and he contended with him for superiority in glory, or excellence. (K, TA.)
Form 5تفوّه3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he spoke; he entered the mouth of the placegenerated

5.1

He spoke.

See also form 1, its first two senses.

5.1.1

And see form 2.

5.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe entered the mouth of the placeتفوّه المَكَانَ

The فُوَّهَة of a place is its mouth, likened to the فَم [properly so called] as being the first way in to the inside.

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He spoke. (KL.) See also 1, first and second sentences. And see 2. تفوّه المَكَانَ He entered the فُوَّهَة of the place; (K, TA;) i. e., the mouth thereof; likened to the فَم [properly thus called] as being the first place of ingress to the interior thereof. (TA.)
Form 6تفاوهوا1 sense

Core sense — they talked with one anothergenerated

6.1

They talked, apparently one to another. See form 3.

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They talked [app. one to another: see 3]. (K.)
Form 10استفاه2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarاِسْتِفَاهَةٌ

Core sense — he ate, or drank, violently after scantiness; he quenched his thirstgenerated

10.1he ate much of the foodاستفاه فِى الطَّعَامِ

He (a man) ate, or drank, violently after scantiness, or after weakness; but the word is seldom used of drinking. The maṣdar is اِسْتِفَاهَةٌ and اِسْتِفَاهٌ, the latter mentioned by Lh.

So says IAar, without specifying that the act follows scarcity or not. See also form 2.

10.1.1

He quenched his thirst by drinking.

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, (S, K,) inf. n. اِسْتِفَاهَةٌ and اِسْتِفَاهٌ , (K,) the latter mentioned by Lh, (TA,) He (a man, S) ate, (S, K,) or drank, (K,) vehemently, after scantiness, (S, K,) or after weakness; (so in a copy of the S;) but seldom used in relation to drinking: or you say, استفاه فِى الطَّعَامِ , meaning he ate much of the food: so says IAar, not particularizing the act as being after scarcity or not. (TA.) [See also 2.] And He quenched his thirst by drinking. (K.)

Derived nouns 12

Nounفَاهٌ2 senses

Core sense — the mouthgenerated

1

See what next follows, and see the next entry again in its later half.

2

This same word, and فَاهٍ (the latter in two places): see فَاوُوهَةٌ.

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: see what next follows: and see the next paragraph again, in the latter half: and the same word, and فَاهٍ , (the latter in two places,) see voce فَاوُوهَةٌ .
Nounفُوهٌ11 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the mouth; perfume, or an odoriferous substancegenerated

1the mouthفَاهٌ
the mouthفِيهٌ

The copies of the K give فُوهَةٌ [or, as in the CK, فَوْهَة], but the correct forms are those that follow.

the mouthفُوَّهَةٌ
the mouthفَمٌ

The plural is أَفْوَاهٌ. As a plural of فُوهٌ its formation is plain; as a plural of فِيهٌ it is like أَرْوَاحٌ as plural of رِيحٌ; as a plural of فَاهٌ it is allowable, since it has و for its original medial radical; but as a plural of فُوَّهَةٌ it is irregular.

Another plural is أَفْمَامٌ, said by some to be the plural of فُمٌّ, or of فَمٌّ with teshdeed, of which an example occurs in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. فم; but some disallow this plural.

According to some it has no singular formed by rule, for فَمٌ is originally فَوَهٌ, with the و given fet-h, or [فَوْهٌ, as in some copies of the S] with the و sākin, on the authority of IJ; the ه is dropped, and the و becomes a final letter with a vowel, so it must be changed into ا because of the fet-hah before it, and the word becomes فا.

But a noun may not consist of two letters one of which is [the ن of] the tenween — so the passage runs in the M, though MF remarks that we should rather say one of which is the ا; and therefore a hard letter of the same kind is put in its place, namely م, for both are labials, and in the م there is a sort of humming sound in the mouth, [or rather in the nose,] like the drawing out of the و.

Several similar discussions added in the TA about the change from فوه to فم I omit as needless; what is said on this subject in the S, in art. فم, I have mentioned in that article.

In the present article J says that the م of فم is a substitute for the ه, not for the و of فوه; but this is a mistake.

The dual of فَمٌ is فَمَانِ and فَمَوَانِ and فَمَيَانِ, the second and third of which are irregular. Of the second, which occurs in a verse of El-Farezdak [about which see the first paragraph of art. فم], Sb says that it is used by poetic licence.

In using it as a prefixed noun, in the phrase هٰذَا فُوهُهُ, they found the two ه s hard to pronounce together; so they dropped the radical ه [in this case, and then in other like cases] and said هٰذَا فُوهُ and فُو زَيْدٍ and رَأَيْتُ فَا زَيْدٍ and مَرَرْتُ بِفِى زَيْدٍ.

When prefixing it to the pronoun of the first person you say هٰذَا فِىَّ, and you do this alike in the nominative, the accusative and the genitive, because the و [of فُو] is changed into ى and is then assimilated [into the pronominal ى].

Sometimes, though rarely, they did the like in other cases, when not prefixing it: for instance فَا occurs at the end of a verse of El-'Ajjáj, with no affix, standing here for فَاهَا.

1.1I spoke to him, his mouth being near to my mouthكَلَّمْتُهُ فَاهُ إِلَى فِىَّ

فاه is in the accusative case as a denotative of state; or because of an understood derivative [مُكَلِّمًا].

Or, as Sb says, it is one of the nouns that are put in the place of a maṣdar, and it is not to be separated from what should follow it, so that you may not say كَلَّمْتُهُ فَاهَ by itself, for you are telling of your nearness to the person and that there is no one between you and him.

If you wish, you may use the nominative case, meaning وَهٰذِهِ حَالُهُ [this being his state], that is, فُوهُ إِلَى فِىَّ [his mouth was near to my mouth], the clause [following كلّمته] standing in the place of a denotative of state.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredMay God make the mouth of misfortune cleave to your mouthفَاهَا لِفِيكَ

A proverb (Meyd). Literally it says only: her, or its, mouth to your mouth; and it is likewise one of the nouns used in the manner of a maṣdar in an imprecation, the verb not being mentioned.

Sb says that فاها is without tenween, meaning فَا الدَّاهِيَةِ, as is shown by the saying:

shāhid 1
وَدَاهِيَةٍ مِنْ دَوَاهِى المَنُونِ يَرْهَبُهَا النَّاسُ لَا فَا لَهَا

[Many a misfortune is there, of the misfortunes of time, which men fear, that has no mouth to bite with].

A'Obeyd says that its primary meaning is: may God put the ground in your mouth; that it is like the sayings بِفِيكَ الحَجَرُ and بِفِيكَ الأَثْلَبُ; and hence it means disappointment cleave to you.

A man of Belhujeym, cited by A'Obeyd, addressing a wolf that sought to get his she-camel, says:

shāhid 2
فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَاهَا لِفِيكَ فَإِنَّهَاقَلُوصُ ٱمْرِئٍ قَارِيكَ مَا أَنْتَ حَاذِرُهُ

[And I said to him, فاها لفيك, for she is the youthful she-camel of a man who will entertain you as a guest with what you fear] — that is, with the shooting of arrows. In the S, as IB has observed, فَإِنَّهُ is wrongly put for فَإِنَّهَا. By قَارِيكَ he means يَقْرِيكَ, from قِرَى الضَّيْفِ.

It is also said that فَاهَا is used metonymically for the dust of the earth, which is called the mouth of the earth because it drinks the water; so the saying would mean: dust be in your mouth. (Meyd)

Sh is reported to have said: I heard IAar say فَاهًا لِفِيكَ, with tenween, meaning may God make your mouth cleave to the ground [or rather, ground to your mouth; literally, simply, a mouth to your mouth]. And some say فَاهَا لِفِيكَ, without tenween, as an imprecation meaning may God break your فَم [i.e. your teeth, to which فَم is often applied metonymically, as is also فُوه].

1.3figurative · مجازSuch a one drew water for his camels when they came to it, while they were drinkingسَقَى فُلَانٌ إِبِلَهُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهَا
Such a one let his camels pasture while going alongجَرَّ فُلَانٌ إِبِلَهُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهَا

He had not stored it up for them in the drinking-trough.

That is, by driving them gently: see art. جر. So says As, and so it is in the A and other lexicons; but the author of the K, by an omission, has assigned this explanation to the former phrase.

1.4

لَوْ وَجَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَا كَرِشٍ, meaning أَدْنَى طَرِيقٍ, has been explained, with other similar phrases, in art. كرش.

1.5a name given to one whose breath stinksفُو فَرَسٍ حَمِرٍ

Literally, mouth of a horse suffering indigestion from having eaten barley and so made it stink. An example occurs in a verse of Imra-el-Keys cited in the TA in art. حمر, as in Ahlwardt's “Divans of the Six Ancient Arabic Poets,” p. 125; and differently in De Slane's “Diwan d'Amro-'kaïs,” p. 36 of the Arabic text.

1.6a nickname for a little manفُو جُرَدٍ
a nickname for a little manفُو دَبًا

Literally, mouth of a large field-rat.

Literally, mouth of a sort of small wingless locust; or perhaps correctly فُو دَبَاةٍ, mouth of a small wingless locust.

1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredMay his teeth, or front teeth, not be brokenلَا فُضُّ فُوهُ
his teeth fell outسَقَطَ فُوهُ

See the TA in art. فض.

1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredhe died upon his face, proneمَاتَ لِفِيهِ

That is, لِوَجْهِهِ; like سَقَطَ لِوَجْهِهِ, he fell upon his face — the ل in both being used in the sense of عَلَى, as it is in the phrase خَرُّوا لِأَذْقَانِهِمْ (explained in art. خر), and so on.

The explanation in the TK, though correct, is somewhat ambiguous, and has misled Freytag here.

May God cause him to die; or prostrate him upon his faceكبَّهُ ٱللّٰهُ لِفِيهِ

Here too لِ is used in the sense of على. One of their forms of imprecation; كَبَّهُ لِوَجْهِهِ is used in the same way.

1.9

See also فُوَّهَةٌ, which is synonymous with فُوهٌ and, like it, has أَفْوَاهٌ for a plural.

2perfume, or an odoriferous substanceفُوهٌ

Its plural is أَفْوَاهٌ, and the plural of that plural is أَفَاوِيهُ, which last occurs very often.

Or a thing, or substance, with which a perfume, or an odoriferous substance, is compounded or prepared, just as تَوَابِلُ means the substances with which sorts of food are compounded or prepared.

Or the تَوَابِل [or seeds used in cooking] with which food is compounded or prepared are also called أَفْوَاهُ الطِّيبِ. [The plural, and the plural of the plural, are now generally applied to spices, or aromatics.]

Or الأَفْوَاهُ, the plural mentioned above, means [the seeds called] التَّوَابِلُ, and also those perfumes, or odoriferous substances, that give off fragrance. [I read نَوَافِحُ, as in my MS. copy of the K, plural of نَافِحٌ, instead of نَوَافِجُ, the only reading that I find in other copies of the K, which I regard as certainly a mistranscription.]

And the sorts, or species, of flowers; so says AHn, who in one place says that الافواح means what is prepared for perfume, of sweet-smelling flowers, and that these are sometimes of herbs, or leguminous plants. It also means the sorts, or species, of a thing [apparently of any kind].

it is of the sorts, and of the mixtures, of perfume and of herbsهُوَ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِ الطيب
it is of the sorts, and of the mixtures, of perfume and of herbsأَفْوَاهِ البُقُولِ

But فُوهٌ is not applied to anything that is termed عَقَّارٌ.

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and فَاهٌ and فِيهٌ (K, TA) and, accord. to the copies of the K, فُوهَةٌ , [or, as in the CK, فَوْهَة ,] but correctly فُوَّهَةٌ , (TA,) and فَمٌ , all signify the same [i. e. The mouth]: (K, TA:) the pl. is أَفْوَاهٌ , (S, K, TA,) pl. of فُوهٌ , (S, TA,) and as such its case is plain; as pl. of فِيهٌ , it is like أَرْوَاحٌ as pl. of رِيحٌ ; as pl of فَاهٌ , it is allowable as having و for its original medial radical; but as pl. of فُوَّهَةٌ , it is anomalous: (TA:) and another pl. is أَفْمَامٌ , (K, TA,) said by some to be pl. of فُمٌّ or فَمٌّ , with teshdeed, of which an ex. occurs in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. فم ; but some disallow this pl.; and accord. to some, (TA,) it has no sing. (K, TA) agreeable with rule, (TA,) for فَمٌ is originally فَوَهٌ , (K, TA,) with the و movent by fet-h, or [ فَوْهٌ , as in some copies of the S,] with the و quiescent, on the authority of IJ; (TA;) the ه is elided, and the و becomes a movent final, therefore it must be changed into ا , because of the fet-hah preceding it, so the word becomes فا ; but a noun may not be of two letters whereof one is [the ن of] the tenween, (K, TA,) thus the passage is expressed in the M, but MF remarks that correctly we should say whereof one is the ا , (TA,) and therefore a hard letter is substituted for it, one similar to it in kind, which is م , for they are both labials, and in the م is a sort of humming sound ( هَوِىٌّ , in the CK هُوِىٌّ ,) in the mouth, [or rather in the nose,] resembling [the sound of] the prolongation of the و : (K, TA:) [several similar disquisitions, added in the TA, respecting the change from فوه to فم , I omit, regarding them as needless: what is said on this subject in the S, in art. فم , I have mentioned in that art.:] in the present art., J says that the م of فم is a substitute for the ه , not for the و , of فوه ; but this is a mistake: (IB, TA:) the dual of فَمٌ is فَمَانِ and فَمَوَانِ (IAar, S, Msb, K) and فَمَيَانِ , the second and third of which are anomalous: (IAar, K:) of the second, which occurs in a verse of ElFarezdak, [and respecting which see the first paragraph of art. فم ,] Sb says that it is used by poetic license. (TA.) In using it as a prefixed noun, in the phrase هٰذَا فُوهُهُ , they deemed the combination of the two ه s difficult in respect of utterance; therefore they suppressed the [radical] ه thereof [in this case, and then in other, similar, cases], and said, هٰذَا فُوهُ , and فُو زَيْدٍ , and رَأَيْتُ فَا زَيْدٍ , and مَرَرْتُ بِفِى زَيْدٍ : and when prefixing it to [the pronoun denoting] thyself, thou sayest, هٰذَا فِىَّ ; and this thou dost alike in using it in the nom. case and in the accus. and in the gen., because the و [of فُو ] is changed into ى and is then incorporated [into the pronominal ى ]: (S, and the like is said in the Msb:) and sometimes, though rarely, they did the like in other cases, when not prefixing it; for instance, فَا occurs at the end of a verse of El-'Ajjáj, without an affix, in this case for فَاهَا . (S.) In the saying كَلَّمْتُهُ فَاهُ إِلَى فِىَّ , meaning I spoke to him, his mouth being near to my mouth, فاه is in the accus. case as a denotative of state: (S, TA: *) or by reason of the derivative [ مُكَلِّمًا ] meant to be understood: or, as Sb says, it is an instance of one of the nouns that are put in the place of inf. ns., and it is not to be separated from what should follow it, so that you may not say كَلَّمْتُهُ فَاهَ [alone], for you tell of your nearness to the person, and that there is not any one between you and him: and if you will, you may use the nom. case, meaning وَهٰذِهِ حَالُهُ [this being his state], (Sb, TA,) i. e. فُوهُ إِلَى فِىَّ [his mouth was near to my mouth], the clause [following كلّمته ] occupying the place of a denotative of state. (TA.) The saying فَاهَا لِفِيكَ , (Meyd, K, TA,) which is a prov., (Meyd, TA,) means May God make the mouth of misfortune to cleave to thy mouth; (Meyd, K, * TA;) [but lit. signifies, only, her, or its, mouth to thy mouth; and is [likewise] an instance of one of the nouns that are used in the manner of inf. ns. expressive of imprecation, by reason of a verb not mentioned: Sb says, فاها is without tenween, meaning فَا الدَّاهِيَةِ , as is shown by the saying, 1 [Many a misfortune is there, of the misfortunes of time, which men fear, that has no mouth, wherewith to bite]: (Sb, TA:) A'Obeyd says that its primary meaning is, may God make the ground to be in thy mouth; that it is like the sayings بِفِيكَ الحَجَرُ and بِفِيكَ الأَثْلَبُ ; (S, Meyd;) and [hence] it means disappointment [cleave] to thee: (S, * Meyd:) a man of Belhujeym, (S, Meyd,) cited by A'Obeyd, (S,) addressing a wolf that sought to get his she-camel, (Meyd,) says, 2 [And I said to him, فاها لفيك , for she is the youthful she-camel of a man who will give thee as a guest's entertainment that which thou fearest]; (S, Meyd; but in the S, as IB has observed, فَإِنَّهُ is erroneously put for فَإِنَّهَا ;) i. e. [who will entertain thee with] the shooting of arrows; (Meyd;) [by قَارِيكَ ] he means يَقْرِيكَ , from قِرَى الضَّيْفِ : (S:) it is also said that فَاهَا is metonymically used as meaning the dust of the earth, which is termed the mouth of the earth because it drinks the water; and it is as though the saying meant the dust be in thy mouth: (Meyd:) Sh is related to have said, I heard IAar say فَاهًا لِفِيكَ , with tenween, meaning may God make thy mouth to cleave to the ground; [or rather, ground to thy mouth; lit., simply, a mouth to thy mouth;] and some say فَاهَا لِفِيكَ , without tenween, as an imprecation meaning may God break thy فَم [i. e. thy teeth, to which فَم is often metonymically applied, as is also فُوه ]. (TA.) وَدَاهِيَةٍ مِنْ دَوَاهِى المَنُو | نِ يَرْهَبُهَا النَّاسُ لَا فَا لَهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَاهَا لِفِيكَ فَإِنَّهَا | قَلُوصُ ٱمْرِئٍ قَارِيكَ مَا أَنْتَ حَاذِرُهُ One says also, سَقَى فُلَانٌ إِبِلَهُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهَا , meaning Such a one drew for his camels the water when they came to it, while they were drinking; not having stored it for them in the drinking-trough: and جَرَّ فُلَانٌ إِبِلَهُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهَا Such a one suffered his camels to pasture while going along [by his driving them gently: see art. جر ]: so says As: and so accord. to the A and other lexicons; but the author of the K, by an omission, has assigned the latter explanation to the former phrase. (TA.) لَوْ وَجَدْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَا كَرِشٍ , meaning أَدْنَى طَرِيقٍ , (K, TA,) has [with other, similar, phrases] been explained in art. كرش [q. v.]. (TA.) فُو فَرَسٍ حَمِرٍ [Mouth of a horse that is suffering indigestion in consequence of his having eaten barley and so made it to stink] is an appellation applied to him who has stinking breath. (TA. [An ex. of it occurs in a verse of Imra-el-keys cited in the TA in art. حمر as in Ahlwardt's “ Divans of the Six Ancient Arabic Poets, ” p. 125; and differently in De Slane's “ Diwan d'Amro-'kaïs, ” p. 36 of the Arabic text.]) And فُو جُرَدٍ [Mouth of a large fieldrat] and فُو دَبًا [Mouth of a sort of small wingless locust, or perhaps correctly فُو دَبَاةٍ mouth of a small wingless locust,] are nicknames applied to a little man. (TA.) One says also, لَا فُضُّ فُوهُ , meaning May his teeth, or front teeth, not be broken. (K, * TA.) And سَقَطَ فُوهُ His teeth fell out. (TA in art. فض [q. v.]) And مَاتَ لِفِيهِ i. e. لِوَجْهِهِ [meaning He died upon his face; prone: like سَقَطَ لِوَجْهِهِ He fell upon his face: the ل in both being used in the sense of عَلَى ; as it is in the phrase خَرُّوا لِأَذْقَانِهِمْ (expl. in art. خر ), &c.]. (A, K, TA. [The explanation in the TK, being somewhat ambiguous (though correct), has misled Freytag in this case.]) And [in like manner, using لِ in the sense of على ,] كبَّهُ ٱللّٰهُ لِفِيهِ , one of their forms of imprecation, meaning May God cause him to die: or prostrate him [upon his face; as also كَبَّهُ لِوَجْهِهِ ]. (TA.) [See also فُوَّهَةٌ as syn. with فُوهٌ ; like which it has أَفْوَاهٌ for a pl.] فُوهٌ also, having for its pl. أَفْوَاهٌ , and pl. pl. أَفَاوِيهُ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) [which last is of very frequent occurrence,] signifies Perfume, or an odoriferous substance: (Mgh, Msb:) or a thing, or substance, with which a perfume, or an odoriferous substance, is compounded or prepared ( يُعَالَجُ ); like as تَوَابِلُ signifies things, or substances, with which sorts of food are compounded or prepared: (S, Mgh:) or the تَوَابِل [or seeds used in cooking] with which food is compounded or prepared ( يُعَالَجُ ) are also called أَفْوَاهُ الطِّيبِ : (Msb:) [the pl. and pl. pl. are now generally applied to spices, or aromatics:] or الأَفْوَاهُ , the pl. mentioned above, signifies [the seeds called] التَّوَابِلُ : and also what diffuse fragrance [I read نَوَافِحُ , as in my MS. copy of the K, pl. of نَافِحٌ , q. v., instead of نَوَافِجُ (with جِيم ), the only reading that I find in other copies of the K, regarding the latter as indubitably a mistranscription,] of perfumes, or odoriferous substances: (K:) and the sorts, or species, of flowers; (K, TA;) thus says AHn; and in one place he says that الافواح signifies what are prepared for perfume, of sweetsmelling flowers; and sometimes they are of herbs, or leguminous plants: (TA:) and also sorts, or species, of a thing [app. of any kind]: (K:) and one says, هُوَ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِ الطيب , and أَفْوَاهِ البُقُولِ , meaning It is of the sorts, or species, and of the mixtures, or compounds, of perfume, and of herbs, or leguminous plants: (Mgh:) but فُوهٌ is not applied to anything that is termed عَقَّارٌ . (AHeyth, TA in art. عقر .)
Nounفَوَهٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — width of the mouth; length or protrusion of the front teethgenerated

1

See form 1, its last sense.

1.1

Also the quality of a مَحَالَة [or large sheave of a pulley] such as is termed فَوْهَآء, the feminine of أَفْوَهُ.

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: see 1, last sentence. Also The quality of a مَحَالَة [or large sheave of a pulley] such as is termed فَوْهَآء , fem. of أَفْوَهُ , q. v. (TA.)
Nounفِيهِ1 sense

Core sense — the mouthgenerated

1

See its synonym فُوهٌ.

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: see its syn. فُوهٌ .
Nounفُوهَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the mouth, or opening, of a placegenerated

1

See فُوَّهَةٌ, in five places.

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: see فُوَّهَةٌ , in five places.
Nounفُوَّهٌ2 senses

Core sense — slender, long, red roots used in dyeing; maddergenerated

1

Certain slender, long, red roots with which one dyes; good for the liver, the spleen, the نَسَا [apparently sciatica, or the sciatic nerve], and pain of the hip and of the flank; strongly diuretic; and, kneaded with vinegar and applied as an ointment, it cures the leprosy termed بَرَص.

Az did not know the word in this sense, which is the only meaning I find assigned to it, apart from one that I think doubtful. It is said to be the فُوَّة [see art. فو, i.e. madder].

2

See also فُوَّهَةٌ.

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Certain slender, long, red roots, with which one dyes; beneficial for the liver and the spleen and the نَسَا [app. as meaning sciatica or the sciatic nerve] and pain of the hip and of the flank, powerfully diuretic, and kneaded with vinegar and applied as a liniment it cures the [leprosy termed] بَرَص : (K, TA:) but the word was not known to Az in this sense, [which is the only meaning, except one which I think doubtful, that I find assigned to it;] and it is said to be the فُوَّة [which see in art. فو , i. e. madder]. (TA.) See also فُوَّهَةٌ .
Nounفَيِّهُ1 sense

Core sense — eloquent, an able speakergenerated

1

Originally فَيْوِهٌ: see مُفَوَّهٌ.

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, originally فَيْوِهٌ : see مُفَوَّهٌ .
Nounفُوَّهَةٌ7 senses · 3 main

Core sense — the mouth of a place; a saying, or speech; milk still tasting sweetgenerated

1

See its synonym فُوهٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازthe first, or foremost, portion of your camels came to usطَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا فُوَّهَةُ إِبِلِكَ

It also means the فَم [i.e. mouth] of a place, likened to the فَم [properly so called] as being the first place of entrance to the inside — and equally as being the place of exit from the inside.

It is used of a river or rivulet, of a valley or water-course or torrent-bed, of a street and of a road, meaning the فَم [or mouth]; and so also فُوهَةٌ, without teshdeed, mentioned by IAar.

Or it means this of a river or rivulet: the foremost part of it; or, as some say, the place where it pours into the كِظَامَة.

According to Lth, of a valley or water-course or torrent-bed it is its رَأْس [or head — as though the word here had one, or each, of two opposite meanings, unless, as I believe, the mouth or outlet of a valley or water-course or torrent-bed is sometimes called its رأس as being its foremost part].

Of a street it is the place of exit, its foremost part; and of a road it is the فَم [or mouth], which is the upper part of it. [Thus in my copy; but I think that اعلاه is a mistranscription, in my copy, for أَوَّلُهُ, and that the correct meaning is therefore the foremost part of it, in agreement with what is said above of a road and of a river or rivulet.]

But according to some, فُوهَةٌ, without teshdeed, is not allowable; one should say الطَّرِيقِ قَعَدَ عَلَى فُوَّهَةٍ and فُوَّهِهِ [probably, I think, a mistranscription for فوهِهِ, with the و sākin, both meaning He sat at the mouth of the road], not فُوهَتِهِ without teshdeed.

فُوَّهَةٌ also means the first, or foremost, part of a thing, like that of a street and that of a river or rivulet.

Like the phrase فُوَّهَةُ الطَّرِيقِ.

The plural of فُوَّهَةٌ is أَفْوَاهٌ, which is irregular, and فُوَّهَاتٌ [in the CK فُوْهاتٌ] and فَوَائِهُ.

they entered the foremost parts of the country and went out from its hindermost partsدَخَلُوا فِى أَفْوَاهِ البَلَدِ وَخَرَجُوا مِنْ أَرْجُلِهِ

In the copies of the K, أَرْجُلِهَا, which is wrong. The singular of أَفْوَاه as used here is فُوَّهَةٌ.

2Retracting what has been said is difficultإِنَّ رَدَّ الفُوَّهَةِ لَشَدِيدٌ
He fears the talk of menهُوَ يَخَافُ فُوَّهَةَ النَّاسِ

on this sense It also means a say, or saying, or speech; from form 1 in the first of the senses given to it above.

2.1the Muslims' tearing of one another's reputation by evil speech, or by backbitingفُوهَةً
2.2He is strong in speech, and free, or unrestrained, in tongueإِنَّهُ لَذُو فُوَّهَةٍ
2.3How hard your camel eats this herbage!مَا أَشَدَّ فُوَّهَةَ بَعِيرِكَ فِى هٰذَا الكَلَأِ
the violent eating of your horseفُوَّهَةَ فَرَسِكَ
Their good eating shows you their fatness, so that you need not feel them to test their conditionأَفْوَاهُهَا مَجَاسُّهَا

This saying may be well rendered as it has been in art. جس.

3milk, as long as the taste of sweetness remains in itفُوهَةٌ

It is sometimes correctly said with ق, that is, قُوهَةٌ, without teshdeed.

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: see its syn. فُوهٌ . [Hence] it signifies also The فَم [i. e. mouth] of a place; likened to the فَم [properly so called] as being the first place of ingress, or entrance, to the interior: (TA:) [and so too as being the place of egress, or exit, from the interior:] it is of a river, or rivulet, (Lth, S, Msb, TA,) and of a valley, or water-course, or torrent-bed, (K, TA,) and of a street, and of a road; (S, Msb, K, TA;) signifying the فَم [or mouth]; as also فُوهَةٌ , (K, TA,) without teshdeed; mentioned by IAar: (TA:) or it signifies thus in relation to a river, or rivulet; (Lth, Msb, TA;) the foremost part thereof: or, as some say, the place of its pouring into the كِظَامَة [q. v.]: and accord. to Lth, in relation to a valley, or water-course, or torrent-bed, its رَأْس [or head, as though in this case having one, or each, of two contr. meanings, unless, as I believe it to be, the mouth, or outlet, of a valley or water-course or torrent-bed be sometimes called its رأس as being its foremost part]: (TA:) and of a street, it is the place of egress, or exit; (Msb;) the foremost part thereof: (TA:) and of a road, it is the فَم [or mouth], which is the upper part thereof ( اعلاه ): (Msb: [thus in my copy; but I think that اعلاه is a mistranscription, in my copy, for أَوَّلُهُ , and that the correct meaning is therefore the foremost part thereof, agreeably with what is said above in relation to a road and to a river or rivulet:]) but accord. to some, فُوهَةٌ , without teshdeed, is not allowable; and one should say, الطَّرِيقِ قَعَدَ عَلَى فُوَّهَةٍ , and فُوَّهِهِ [probably, I think, a mistranscription for فوهِهِ , with the و quiescent, both meaning He sat at the mouth of the road]; not فُوهَتِهِ , without teshdeed: (TA:) and فُوَّهَةٌ signifies also the first, or foremost, part, of a thing; (K, TA;) like that of the street and that of the river or rivulet: [whence] one says, طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا فُوَّهَةُ إِبِلِكَ i. e. The first, or foremost, portion of thy camels [came to us, or came forth upon us]; like the phrase فُوَّهَةُ الطَّرِيقِ : (TA:) the pl. of فُوَّهَةٌ is أَفْوَاهٌ , (Ks, S, Msb, TA,) which is anomalous, (S, Msb, TA,) and (TA) فُوَّهَاتٌ [in the CK فُوْهاتٌ ] and فَوَائِهُ . (K, TA.) [Hence] one says, دَخَلُوا فِى أَفْوَاهِ البَلَدِ وَخَرَجُوا مِنْ أَرْجُلِهِ , (A, K, * TA,) in the copies of the K أَرْجُلِهَا , which is wrong, (TA,) i. e. They entered into the foremost parts of the country, or town, and went forth from the hindermost parts thereof: (A, K, TA:) the sing. of أَفْوَاه as here used is فُوَّهَةٌ . (TA.) It signifies also A say, or saying, or speech; (S, K, TA;) from 1 in the first of the senses assigned to it above: hence one says, إِنَّ رَدَّ الفُوَّهَةِ لَشَدِيدٌ (S, TA) Verily the retracting of that which has been said is difficult: (Har p. 434:) and [hence] one says also, هُوَ يَخَافُ فُوَّهَةَ النَّاسِ [He fears the say, or speech, of men]. (TA.) And The Muslims' rending one another's reputation by evil speech, or by backbiting; (K, TA;) as also فُوهَةً . (TA.) إِنَّهُ لَذُو فُوَّهَةٍ means Verily he is strong in speech, and free, or unconstrained, in tongue. (TA.) And one says, مَا أَشَدَّ فُوَّهَةَ بَعِيرِكَ فِى هٰذَا الكَلَأِ , meaning [How vehement is] thy camel's eating [of this herbage]! and in like manner, فُوَّهَةَ فَرَسِكَ [the vehement eating of thy horse]: whence their saying أَفْوَاهُهَا مَجَاسُّهَا [which may be well rendered as it has been in art. جس , q. v.], meaning Their good eating shows thee their fatness, causing thee to be in no need of feeling them to test their condition. (TA.) And Milk, as long as there remains in it the taste of sweetness; (K, * TA;) as also فُوهَةٌ ; and sometimes correctly said with ق , i. e. [ قُوهَةٌ ,] without teshdeed. (TA.)
Nounفَاوُوهَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man who discloses everything that is in his mindgenerated

1a man who reveals, or discloses, everything that is in his mindفَاهٍ
a man who reveals, or discloses, everything that is in his mindفَاهٌ
one who reveals his hungerفَاهٍ بِجُوعِهِ

Mentioned by Fr, though omitted in one of my copies of the S.

Originally فَائِهٌ, just as they said هَارٍ and هَائِرٌ.

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A man who reveals, or discloses, everything that is in his mind; as also فَاهٍ , (Fr, S, TA, [but omitted in one of my copies of the S,]) and فَاهٌ : (Fr, TA:) and فَاهٍ بِجُوعِهِ one who reveals his hunger; originally فَائِهٌ , like as they said هَارٍ and هَائِرٌ . (TA.)
Nounأَفْوَهُ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — wide in the mouth, said of a man, a woman, or a horsegenerated

1wide-mouthed and ugly, said of a womanفَوْهَآءُ شَوْهَآءُ

Having what is termed فَوَهٌ, as explained in the last sense of form 1 [i.e. width of the mouth, and the like].

The feminine is فَوْهَآءُ; the first is applied to a man and the second to a woman, and both in like manner to horses.

Said of a mare: wide-mouthed and long-headed; or sharp in spirit.

1.1a wide-mouthed wellبِئْرٌ فَوْهَآءُ
1.2a wide wound made by piercingطَعْنَةٌ فَوْهَآءُ
1.3a large, wide sheave of a pulleyمَحَالَةٌ فَوْهَآءُ

Its teeth, between which the well-rope runs, are long. See also مَحَالَةٌ فَوْقَآءُ in art. فوق.

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Having what is termed فَوَهٌ , meaning as expl. in the last sentence of the first paragraph [i. e. width of the mouth, &c.]; fem. فَوْهَآءُ ; (S, K, TA;) the former applied to a man, and the latter to a woman; (S, TA;) and in like manner to horses. (TA.) فَوْهَآءُ شَوْهَآءُ , applied to a woman, means Wide-mouthed, ugly: and, applied to a mare, wide-mouthed, long-headed: or sharp in spirit. (TA.) [Hence,] بِئْرٌ فَوْهَآءُ A widemouthed well. (K.) And طَعْنَةٌ فَوْهَآءُ A wide wound made by piercing. (K.) And مَحَالَةٌ فَوْهَآءُ [A large sheave of a pulley] (S, K, TA) that is wide (K, TA) and (TA) whereof the teeth between which runs the well-rope are long. (S, TA.) [See also مَحَالَةٌ فَوْقَآءُ , in art. فوق .]
Nounمُفَوَّهٌ3 senses

Core sense — eloquent, an able speaker; a violent eatergenerated

1eloquent; able in speech, an able speakerفَيِّهٌ

This word is originally فَيْوِهٌ.

eloquent, said of a womanفَيِّهَةٌ

Or فَيِّهٌ means good in speech, a good speaker; or both mean good and eloquent in speech, as though taken from الفَوَهُ, meaning “width of the mouth.”

Or having an excessive appetite for food; a violent eater; applied to a man and to other than man. And فَيِّهٌ: having an excessive and insatiable appetite for food; this also means a man who eats much, synonymous with أَكُولٌ, as is مُسْتَفِيهٌ. [In some copies of the K, كوفى is strangely put in the place of اكول in the explanation given here.]

Or مُسْتَفِيهٌ means a man eating violently after scantiness, or after weakness (thus in a copy of the S); and مُفَوَّهٌ is also explained as meaning a man who eats violently.

very eloquent in speechمِنْطِيقٌ مُفَوَّهٌ
good, or excellent, speechمَنْطِقٌ مُفَوَّهٌ
2beverage, or wine, perfumed with odoriferous substancesشَرَابٌ مُفَوَّهٌ

The substances are those called أَفَاوِيهُ [plural of the plural of فُوهُ].

3a garment, or piece of cloth, dyed with madderثَوْبٌ مُفَوَّهٌ
a garment, or piece of cloth, dyed with madderمُفَوًّى

Dyed with فُوَّه [or فُوَّة, i.e. madder].

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and فَيِّهٌ , (S, K,) the latter originally فَيْوِهٌ , (S,) Eloquent; (S, K, TA;) and so فَيِّهَةٌ applied to a woman; (S, TA;) able in speech; an able speaker: or فَيِّهٌ signifies good in speech; a good speaker: (TA:) or both signify good and eloquent in speech; as though taken from الفَوَهُ meaning “ width of the mouth: ” (IAar, TA:) or having an inordinate desire, or appetite, for food; a vehement eater; (K, TA;) applied to a man and to other than man: (TA:) and the latter ( فَيِّهٌ ), having an inordinate and insatiable desire, or appetite, for food: (TA:) and this also signifies a man who eats much; syn. أَكُولٌ ; (S, K;) and so does مُسْتَفِيهٌ : (K [in some copies of which, كوفى is strangely put in the place of اكول in the explanation here given]:) or مُسْتَفِيهٌ signifies a man eating vehemently after scantiness, (S,) or after weakness: (thus in a copy of the S:) and مُفَوَّهٌ is also expl. as meaning a man who eats vehemently. (TA.) And one says مِنْطِيقٌ مُفَوَّهٌ (K, TA) meaning [Very] eloquent in speech: (TA:) and مَنْطِقٌ مُفَوَّهٌ (K, TA) Good, or excel-lent, speech, or diction. (TA.) شَرَابٌ مُفَوَّهٌ means [Beverage, or wine,] perfumed (K, TA.) with [the odoriferous substances called] أَفَاوِيهُ [pl. pl. of فُوهُ , q. v.]. (TA.) And ثَوْبٌ مُفَوَّهٌ (Lth, K) and مُفَوًّى (K) A garment, or piece of cloth, dyed with فُوَّه [or فُوَّة , i. e. madder]. (Lth, K.)
Nounمُسْتَفِيهٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man who eats violently after scantiness or weaknessgenerated

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See the preceding entry, in two places.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.