فرص

1 فَرَصَهُ ذ , (M, K,) aor. فَرُصَ , (TA,) or فَرِصَ , (O in art. فرس,) inf. n. فَرْصٌ, (S, M,) He cut it; (S, M, K;) namely, skin, or a skin, (M,) [and metal; (see مِفْرَصٌ;)] or it signifies, (TA,) or signifies also, (S, K,) sometimes, (S,) he slit it, or cut or divided it lengthwise: and he made a hole in it: (S, K, TA:) namely, skin, or a skin: (TA:) or he slit it, namely, a skin, with an iron instrument having a wide end, like as the maker of sandals slits the two ears of the sandal at the heel, to put into them the شِرَاك [or the two arms of the شراك]: (Lth, TA:) or فَرَصْتُ النَّعْلَ signifies I made a hole in each of the two ears of the sandal, for the شراك [or for the two arms of the شراك]. (S.) -A2- Also, (S, M, K,) aor. فَرِصَ , [so in a copy of the M, but accord. to a rule of the K it should rather be فَرُصَ ,] inf. n. as above, (M,) He hit, or hurt, his فَرِيصَة [q. v.]; (M, K; and so in a copy of the S;) or, accord. to [other copies of] the S, his فَرِيص [q. v.]; (TA;) which is a place where a wound causes death. (S.) ― -b2- And فَرِصَ, [aor. فَرَصَ ,] inf. n. فَرَصٌ; and فُرِصَ, inf. n. فَرْصٌ; He had a complaint of his فَرِيصَة. (M.) -A3- فَرَصَ الفُرْصَةَ: see 8.