فرع

1 فَرَعَ ذ [ He, or it, overtopped, or surpassed in height or tallness: this seems to be the primary signification]. It is said in a trad., يَكَادُ يَفْرَعُ النَّاسَ طُولًا (O, TA) He is, or was, near to overtopping the people, or surpassing them in tallness. (TA.) And one says, فَرَعَ فِى قَوْمِهِ i. e. طَالَ [app. meaning He surpassed in tallness among his people or party ]; as also ↓ افرع. (TA.) And فَرَعَ القَوْمَ, (K,) or فَرَعْتُ قَوْمِى, (S, O,) inf. n. فَرْعٌ and فُرُوعٌ, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, superior to the people or party, (K,) or I was, or became, superior to my people or party, (S, O,) in eminence, or nobility, or in beauty, or goodliness. (S, O, K.) And فَرَعَ صَاحِبَهُ (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, superior to his companion; he excelled him. (IAar, TA in art. برع.) [See also 5.] ― -b2- And فَرَعَ, (O, K,) aor. فَرَعَ , (K,) inf. n. فَرْعٌ (TK [as is indicated in the K, and, in the former of the two senses here following, فُرُوعٌ also, said in the TA to be syn. with صُعُودٌ]), (tropical:) He (a man, O) ascended: and also he descended: thus having two contr. significations: (O, K, TA:) or, accord. to IAar, it has the former meaning, and ↓ افرع has the latter meaning: (TA: [but see what follows:]) you say, فَرَعْتُ الجَبَلَ (S, TA) and فِى الجَبَلِ, (TA,) I ascended the mountain; (S, TA;) as also ↓ فَرَّعْتُهُ, (S, O, * K, *) inf. n. تَفْرِيعٌ: (S, O, K:) and فِى الجَبَلِ ↓ فَرَّعْتُ I descended the mountain; as also فِيهِ ↓ أَفْرَعْتُ: (S, O, K:) or, as IB says, on the authority of A 'Obeyd, فِى الجَبَلِ ↓ افرع means he ascended the mountain: and مِنْهُ ↓ افرع he descended it. (TA.) ― -b3- And فَرَعْتُ رَأْسَهُ بِالعَصَا, (S, O, K, * TA, *) inf. n. فَرْعٌ; (O, TA;) as also قَرَعْتُهُ, (S, O,) inf. n. قَرْعٌ; (O;) (tropical:) I smote his head, [or assailed it, smiting, ] syn. عَلَوْتُهُ (S, O, K, * TA) بِهَا (K, TA) ضَرْبًا, (TA,) [ with the staff, or stick ], and بِالسَّيْفِ [ with the sword ]. (TA.) ― -b4- فَرَعْتُ فَرَسِى بِاللِّجَامِ, (S, O, K, *) aor. فَرَعَ , inf. n. فَرْعٌ, (S, O,) (assumed tropical:) I pulled in my horse by the bridle and bit, to stop him. (S, O, K.) ― -b5- فَرَعْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا, (S, O,) or بَيْنَهُمْ, (K, TA,) aor. فَرَعَ , inf. n. فَرْعٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) I interposed, or intervened as a barrier, (S, O, K, TA,) between them two, (S, O, TA,) or between them, (K, TA,) and restrained (S, O, K, TA) them two, (S, O, TA,) or them, and made peace, or effected a reconciliation, between them: (K, TA:) and ↓ فرّع بَيْنَ القَوْمِ, inf. n. تَفْرِيعٌ, (assumed tropical:) He made a separation, and interposed, or intervened as a barrier, between the people, or party: and hence the saying in a trad., بَيْنَ الغَنَمِ ↓ كَانَ يُفَرِّعُ i. e. He was making a separation between the sheep, or goats: IAth says that Hr has mentioned it as with ق; but, he adds, Aboo-Moosà says, it is one of his mistakes. (TA.) -A2- هٰذَا أَوَّلُ صَيْدٍ فَرَعَهُ means This is the first object of the chase of which he shed, or has shed, the blood. (TA. [See also 4.]) ― -b2- See also 8. -A3- فَرَعَ الأَرْضَ: see 4. -A4- فَرِعَ, [aor. فَرَعَ ,] (TA,) inf. n. فَرَعٌ, (S, O, K, TA,) He (a man) was, or became, abundant, (TA,) or free from deficiency, (S, O, K,) in respect of the hair [ of the head ]. (S, O, K, TA.) [See أَفْرَعُ.]