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فض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فَضْفَاضٌ ذ Wide, or ample: (S, O, K:) in this sense applied to a garment; (S, O;) and to a دِرْع; (O, K;) the درع [or shift] of a woman, and the درع [i. e. coat of mail] used in war; (O;) as also فَضْفَاضَةٌ, (S, A, O, K,) and ↓ فُضَافِضَةٌ; (TA;) and (assumed tropical:) to the means of subsistence: (S:) also much, or abundant, and ample: (TA:) and [in this sense] applied to water. (TA.) فَضْفَاضُ الرِّدَاآءِ وَالبَدَنِ, in a trad. of Sateeh, means (tropical:) Liberal, or generous, in disposition: or a large giver: (TA:) and رَجُلٌ فَضْفَاضٌ means (tropical:) a man who gives much; likened to water to which the same epithet is applied. (TA.) You say also, جَارِيَةٌ فَضْفَاضَةٌ A fleshy, corpulent, tall, girl. (O, K.) And سَحَابَةٌ فَضْفَاضَةٌ A cloud abounding with rain. (TA.) And أَرْضٌ فَضْفَاضٌ Land overspread with water from abundance of rain. (O, TA.)

Derived headwords

فَضْفَاضٌ
  1. 1.
الرِّدَاآءِ وَالبَدَنِ
رَجُلٌ فَضْفَاضٌ
جَارِيَةٌ فَضْفَاضَةٌ
سَحَابَةٌ فَضْفَاضَةٌ
أَرْضٌ فَضْفَاضٌ