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فض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فِضَّةٌ ذ [ Silver; ] a certain thing well known: (S, O, K:) or wrought silver: (IAar, T and K voce تِبْرٌ, q. v.:) pl. فِضَضٌ. (TA.) The phrase قَوَارِيرَ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ, in the Kur [lxxvi. 16], means Such [ flasks ] as, notwithstanding their clearness, or transparency, will be secure from being broken, and capable of being restored to a sound state if broken, (Az, O, K,) like silver: (Az, O,) being, as Zj says, originally of silver, yet transparent, so that what will be within them will be seen from without; whereas the قوارير of this world are originally from sand. (Az, O.) [See also art. قر.] -A2- Also An elevated [ stony tract such as is termed ] حَرَّة; and so ↓ فَضَّةٌ: pl. فِضَضٌ and فِضَاضٌ. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b2- And فِضَاضُ الجِبَالِ signifies Rocks scattered (مَنْثُور, in the CK مَنْشُور), one upon another: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) sing. ↓ فَضَّةٌ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

فِضَّةٌ
  1. 1.
مِنْ فِضَّةٍ
فِضَاضُ الجِبَالِ