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فسد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَفْسَدُ ذ is [a noun denoting the comparative and superlative degrees] from الفَسَادُ; as in the prov., أَفْسَدُ مِنْ بَيْضَةِ البَلَدِ i. e. [ More corrupt, or unsound, &c.,] than the egg that the ostrich leaves in the desert, not returning to it, in consequence of which it becomes corrupt, or unsound, &c.: and, anomalously, from الاـِفْسَادُ; as in the prov., أَفْسَدَ مِنَ الجَرَادِ [i. e. More corrupting, or marring, &c., than the locust ], because it strips the trees and the herbage; and as in other provs. (Meyd.)

Derived headwords

أَفْسَدُ
  1. 1.
أَفْسَدُ مِنْ بَيْضَةِ البَلَدِ
مِنَ الجَرَادِ