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فش

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فَشٌّ ذ The fruit of the يَنْبُوت [q. v., a kind of trees, of which one species is said to be also called خَرُّوب; but see the next sentence]; (S, O, K;) not mentioned by AHn in the Book of Plants: (O, TA:) n. un. فَشَّةٌ: and pl. فِشَاشٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And The [ species of trees called ] خَرُّوب [which name is now commonly applied to the carob, or locust-tree; ceratonia siliqua ]; as also ↓ فَشُوشٌ, (O, K,) and ↓ فَشْفَشَةٌ, (TA as from the K, but not in the CK nor in my MS. copy of the K,) or this last signifies a خَرُّوبَة [n. un. of خَرُّوبٌ], accord. to AA. (O.) -A2- Also Foolish, or stupid. (IAar, O, K.) -A3- And Places in which water collects and remains: and a depressed piece of ground into which water pours and where it remains: (O, K:) so says Ibn-'Abbád: [but] ISh says that هَجْلٌ فَشٌّ means [ a wide, depressed, piece of ground, ] such as is not very deep. (O.) -A4- Also, and ↓ فَشُوشٌ, and ↓ فَشْفَاشٌ, [this last said in the TA to be written by Sgh with kesr, but it is not so in the O,] A [ garment of the kind called ] كِسَاآء such as is thick (IAar, O, K, TA) in texture, (TA,) fine in the yarn; (IAar, O, K, TA;) called by the vulgar ↓ فَشَّاشٌ; (O; in the TA فِشّاش;) or, as some say, ↓ فَشَّاشٌ signifies a thick كساآء; and ↓ فَشُوشٌ, a thin, or flimsy, كساآء, such as is scanty in the yarn. (TA.)

Derived headwords

فَشٌّ
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هَجْلٌ فَشٌّ