فرح

1 فَرِحَ ذ , (S, A, L, Msb, K, &c.,) [aor. فَرَحَ ,] inf. n. فَرَحٌ, (S, * L, * Msb, &c.,) He rejoiced; was joyful, or glad; or was happy; (S, A, L, Msb, K, &c.;) syn. سُرَّ: (S, A, Msb, * &c.:) or he experienced a sensation of lightness in his heart: (Th, TA:) or his bosom became dilated with delight, or pleasure, of short continuance, transitory, or fleeting, not lasting, as is the case in bodily and worldly pleasures; فَرَحٌ differing from سُرُورٌ in the manner expl. below, though each is sometimes used as syn. with the other. (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say, فَرِحَ بِهِ He rejoiced, was joyful, or glad, or was happy, by reason of him, or it; syn. سُرَّ. (S, A, Msb. *) ― -b2- And He was, or became, well pleased, or content. ― -b3- And He exulted, or rejoiced above measure; or he exulted greatly, and behaved insolently and unthankfully, or ungratefully. (S, Msb, K.) The verb is used in this sense in the Kur xxviii. 76. (TA.)