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فضح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فَاضح ذ [act. part. n. of 1]. It is said in a prov., الظَّمَأُ الفَادِحُ أَهْوَنُ مِنَ الرِّىِّ الفَاضِحِ [ Oppressing thirst is easier to bear than the state of satisfaction with drinking that disgraces, or puts to shame ] and you say, اـِذَا كَانَ العُذْرُ وَاضِحًا كَانَ العِتَابُ فَاضِحًا [ When the excuse is manifest, reproof is disgracing ]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- And الفَاضِحُ signifies (assumed tropical:) The daybreak, or dawn: because it exposes and manifests everything. (Har. p. 556.)

Derived headwords

فَاضح
  1. 1.
الظَّمَأُ الفَادِحُ أَهْوَنُ مِنَ الرِّىِّ الفَاضِحِ
اـِذَا كَانَ العُذْرُ وَاضِحًا كَانَ العِتَابُ