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فجو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 فَجَا بَابَهُ ذ , (K,) [aor. يَفْجُو,] inf. n. فَجْوٌ, (TA,) He opened his door. (K.) ― -b2- And فَجَا القَوْسَ, (S, K,) inf. n. as above, (S,) He raised the string of the bow [or made it distant ] from the part called its كَبِد: (S, K:) and so فَجَّهَا. (S and K in art. فج.) ― -b3- And فَجَا رِجْلَيْهِ, or مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ, He parted his legs wide, or straddled; or did so to make water: and so فَجَّ. (TA in art. فج.) -A2- فَجِيَتْ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK, and in one of my copies of the S, erroneously, فَجِئَت,]) aor. تَفْجَى, inf. n. فَجًا, (S, TA,) The bow had its string raised [or distant ] from the part called its كَبِد; (S, K;) and so ↓ اِنْفَجَت. (ISd, TA.) ― -b2- And فَجِىَ, [in the CK, erroneously, فَجِئَ,] aor. as above, (K, TA,) and so the inf. n., i. e. فَجًا, (K, * TA,) He (a man, TA) was wide between the thighs, or between the knees, or between the shanks. (K, TA.) [And it is implied in the S * and K that it is also said of a camel, meaning He was wide between the hocks. ] ― -b3- And فَجِيَتْ said of a she-camel, inf. n. فَجًا, She was, or became, large in the belly: (K, TA:) mentioned by ISd, but with an expression of uncertainty as to its correctness. (TA.)

Derived headwords

فَجَا بَابَهُverb
  1. 1.
فَجَا القَوْسَ
فَجَا رِجْلَيْهِ
مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ