فلح

1 فَلَحَ ذ , aor. فَلَحَ , inf. n. فَلْحٌ, He clave, split, slit, or cracked; and he cut: (K: [compare فَلَجَ, and فَلَقَ, and فَلَذَ:]) he clave, and cut, iron. (T, Msb.) Hence, the saying of a poet, (T, TA,) اـِنَّ الحَدِيدَ بِالحَدِيدِ يُفْلَحُ Verily iron with iron is cloven, and cut. (T, S, Mgh, * K. *) And فَلَحَ رَأْسَهُ, inf. n. as above, He clave, split, or cracked, his head. (TA.) And فَلَحَ شَفَتَهُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, He slit, or cracked, his lip. (L.) And فَلَحَ الأَرْضَ, (S, Msb,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Msb.) He furrowed, or ploughed, the land, to cultivate it; he tilled the ground. (S, Msb. [And فَلَجَهَا has a similar meaning.]) -A2- Also, aor. and inf. n. as above, He acted with artifice, fraud, or guile; (K, TA;) and so ↓ فلّح, inf. n. تَفْلِيحٌ. (K, TA.) You say, بِهِمْ ↓ فلّح He acted with artifice, fraud, or guile, towards them, and said what was not true. (TA.) And بِهِ ↓ فلّح He mocked at him, or derided him, and acted with artifice, fraud, or guile, towards him. (L, K. *) ― -b2- And, aor. as above, inf. n. فَلْحٌ and فَلَاحَةٌ, He defrauded him in a sale; syn. of the inf. n. بَخْسٌ فِى بَيْعٍ: (so in the CK:) or he bade high for an article of merchandise in order to inveigh another into purchasing it at a high price: syn. of the inf. n. نَجْشٌ فِى بَيْعٍ. (So in other copies of the K, and in the L and TA.) You say, فَلَحَ بِهِ [ He so acted towards him in a sale ]: this is when one trusts to thee, and says to thee, “ Sell to me a slave, ” or “ an article of merchandise, ” or “ buy it for me, ” and thou comest to the merchants, and buyest it at a high price, and sellest by defrauding, and obtainest something from the merchant: or, accord. to the T, فَلْحٌ signifies a hirer's exceeding [ in an offer ] in order that another may do so; thus inciting him. (L.) -A3- فَلِحَتْ شَفَتُهُ السُّفْلَى, [aor. فَلَحَ ,] inf. n. فَلَحٌ, His under lip was slit, or cracked. (MA.) See also فَلَحٌ below.