فخت

فَخْتٌ ذ The light of the moon; moonlight: (S, A, O, K:) or the light of the moon when it first appears: and hence [as some say] the derivation of فَاخِتَةٌ [as the name of a certain bird], because of its colour: (Msb: [see, however, what follows:]) you say, جَلَسْنَا فِى الفَخْتِ [as though meaning We sat in the moonlight ]: (A 'Obeyd, S, O:) but Sh says, I have not heard الفِخْت except in this instance; and Aboo-Is-hák states that some one of the lexicologists says, I know not whether it be a name of the light of the moon or of its darkness: Abu-l-'Abbás says that the meaning [in the saying above mentioned] is, in the shade of the moon [i. e. in the shade of a moonlight-night; and to this the colour of the فَاخِتَة may be likened]. (TA.) -A2- Also The [ snare, or trap, &c., called ] فَخّ, (K, TA,) of the sportsman: (TA:) or [ a thing ] nearly resembling the فَخّ. (O.) -A3- And Holes, or perforations, of a round form, in a roof. (O, K.)