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فجو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَفْجَى ذ an epithet, of which the fem. is فَجْوَاآءُ. (K, TA.) The latter, applied to a bow, Having its string distant from the part called its كَبِد; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ فَجُوْءٌ; and so فَجَّاآءُ [mentioned in art. فج]. (Er-Rághib, TA.) ― -b2- And the former, (K, TA,) applied to a man, (TA,) Wide between the thighs, or between the knees, or between the shanks: or, applied to a camel, wide between the hocks: (K, TA:) or, accord. to Az, it signifies having the thighs very wide apart. (TA.) [ Freytag adds “ Ventrosus, ” applied to a camel, as from the K, in which I do not find it.] [Accord. to the TA, some of the words of this art. have ى for the final radical; but for this distinction there is no reason.]

Derived headwords

أَفْجَى
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