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فسد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

10 استفسد ذ contr. of اِسْتَصْلَحَ. (S, O, L, K.) [Hence, He regarded, or esteemed, a thing, or man, as bad, evil, corrupt, unsound, wrong, wrongful, improper, unrighteous, wicked, vitious, depraved, or dishonest; &c.: see 1. ― -b2- And] He wished, or desired, [a thing, or man,] to be bad, evil, corrupt, &c. (KL.) ― -b3- [And He sought to render bad, evil, corrupt, &c. ― -b4- And hence, He treated in such a manner as to render disaffected, or rebellious. ] One says, الأَمِيرُ يَسْتَفْسِدُ رَعِيَّتَهُ [ The prince, or governor, treats his subjects in such a manner as to render them disaffected, or rebel-lious ]. (A.) And استفسدالسُّلْطَانُ قَائِدَهُ The Sultán provoked the leader of his forces to rebel-lion by his evil conduct to him. (L.) ― -b5- [And He sought to act in a bad, an evil, or a corrupt, manner; to act ill, corruptly, wrongly, wrongfully, improperly, unrighteously, or dishonestly. ] One says, استفسد فُلَانٌ اـِلَى فُلَانٍ [ Such a one sought to act in a bad, an evil, or a corrupt, manner, or to act ill, &c., to such a one ]. (M.) ― -b6- [And He sought discord, or dissension. ― -b7- And It (an event) happened in a bad, or an evil, manner. ] ― -b8- See also 1.

Derived headwords

استفسدverb
  1. 1.
الأَمِيرُ يَسْتَفْسِدُ رَعِيَّتَهُ
استفسدالسُّلْطَانُ قَائِدَهُ
استفسد فُلَانٌ اـِلَى فُلَانٍ