فرج

فَرَجٌ ذ inf. n. of فَرِجَ [q. v.]. (S, TA.) ― -b2- And [app. as such also, or] as a simple subst., The having the pudendum (الفَرْج) constantly uncovered, (K, TA,) when sitting. (TA.) ― -b3- Also a subst. [or quasi-inf. n.] from فَرَجَ الغَمَّ; (Msb;) [as such signifying] The removal, or clearing away, of grief, or sorrow: or freedom from grief, or sorrow: (S, * O, * KL:) or i. q. رَاحَةٌ [i. e. rest, repose, or ease; or cessation of trouble, or inconvenience, and of toil, or fatigue; or freedom therefrom ]: (MA:) and ↓ فَرْجَةٌ and ↓ فُرْجَةٌ accord. to ISk, and ↓ فِرْجَةٌ: also accord. to Az, signify the same as فَرَجٌ: (Msb:) one says, مَا لِهٰذَا الغَمِّ مِنْ ↓ فَرْجَةٍ and ↓ فُرْجَةٍ and ↓ فِرْجَةٍ [ There is not for this grief any removal, or clearing away ]: (T, TA:) and ↓ لِكُلِّ غَمِّ فُرْجَةٌ i. e. كَشْفَةٌ [ For every grief there is a removal, clearing away, or dispel-ling ]: (A:) or ↓ فَرْجَةٌ, of which فُرُوجٌ may be a pl., (see 7, in two places,) signifies rest from grief, or mourning, or from disease: (TA:) or freedom from difficulty, distress, or straitness; as also ↓ فُرْجَةٌ: (Msb:) or freedom from anxiety; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ فُرْجَةٌ and ↓ فِرْجَةٌ: (O, K:) or ↓ فَرْجَةٌ, with fet-h, is an inf. n. [app. of unity]; and ↓ فُرْجَةٌ, with damm, is a simple subst.: (IAar, Msb:) or ↓ فَرْجَةٌ relates to an affair or event; and ↓ فُرْجَةٌ, [which see expl. below,] to a wall, and a door; but the two [primary] significations are nearly the same: the authority for the three [syn.] forms of the word is taken by the author of the K from the statement in the T, cited above, that one says, مَا لِهٰذَا الغَمِّ مِنْ فَرْجَةٍ and فُرجَةٍ and فِرْجَةٍ. (TA.) ― -b4- [Hence,] أُمُّ الفَرَجِ is a name of The جُوذَابَة [n. un. of جُوذَابٌ: see art. جذب]. (Har p. 227.)