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فج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فَجٌّ ذ A wide road between two mountains; (S, A, O, K;) and ↓ فُجَاجٌ signifies the same: (O, K:) or, in a mountain: (AHeyth, TA:) or, in the anterior part of a mountain, wider than a شِعْب [q. v.]: (TA:) or a depressed road: (Th, TA:) or a conspicuous and wide road: (Msb:) or a far-extending beaten track or road: (AHeyth, TA: [see an ex. in a verse cited voce عِمْقٌ:]) or, accord. to ISh, [ a track ] as though it were a road; and sometimes it is a road between two mountains, (L, TA,) or having on either side what is termed a فَأْو [a word variously explained], (so in the L,) or between two walls (حَائِطَيْنِ), (so in the TA,) and extending to the distance of two days' journey, or three, if a road or not a road; and if a road, abounding with herbage: (L, TA:) pl. [of mult.] فِجَاجٌ (Th, S, O, Msb) and [of pauc.] أَفِجَّةٌ, which is extr. [with respect to analogy], (Th, TA,) and أَفُجٌّ. (Msb.) -A2- See also the next paragraph, in two places.

Derived headwords

فَجٌّ
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