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فسد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 افسد ذ , (S, M, O, L, Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. اـفْسَادٌ and [quasi-inf.n.] فَسَادٌ; (L;) and ↓ فسّد, (O, L, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَفْسِيدٌ; (O, K;) He, or it, made, or rendered, bad, evil, corrupt, unsound, wrong, wrongful, improper, unrighteous, wicked, vitious, depraved, or dishonest; deprived of virtue, or efficacy; corrupted, vitiated, perverted, marred, spoiled, injured, impaired, deteriorated, tainted, or infected; [ constituted, disposed, arranged, or qualified, ill, wrongly, or improperly; ] disordered, or disturbed, [ disorganized, ] destroyed, annihilated, consumed, wasted, or ruined; (MA, KL, &c.;) contr. of أصْلَحَ. (M, L, K.) One says, افسد المَالَ [ He rendered the property in a bad state; marred, impaired, consumed, or wasted, it ]. (L.) [And افسد عَلَيْهِمْ He corrupted, perverted, or marred, their state, case, affair, scheme, plot, or the like; أَمْرَهُمْ, or the like, being understood. And افسدهُ عَلَىَّ He corrupted him and rendered him disaffected towards me. ] اـِفْسَادُ صَبِىٍّ, occurring in a trad., means The injuring a child by rendering its mother pregnant while she is suckling it and so vitiating her milk: which act is also termed الغِيلَهُ. (L.) [And افسد as contr. of أَصْلَحَ signifies also He acted in a bad, an evil, or a corrupt, manner; acted ill, corruptly, wrongly, wrongfully, improperly, unrighteously, wickedly, vitiously, or dishonestly; or did evil, or mischief; اـِلَيْهِ to him: and he created, or excited, disorder, disturbance, disagreement, discord, dissension, strife, or quarrel-ling; or made, or did, mischief; بَيْنَ القَوْمِ between, or among, the people, or party. (See also 10.)]

Derived headwords

افسدverb
  1. 1.
افسد المَالَ
افسد عَلَيْهِمْ
اـِفْسَادُ صَبِىٍّ
بَيْنَ القَوْمِ