فوت

فَوْتٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1. (S, * M, &c.) ― -b2- فَوْتَ فَمِهِ and فَوْتَ رُمْحِهِ and فَوْتَ يَدِهِ [lit. Beyond the reach of his mouth and of his spear and of his hand, or arm (in several copies of the K erroneously written فَوْتُ)] mean where he sees it but will not [ be able to ] reach it, or attain it. (K, TA.) A man said to another, reviling him, [or rather said of him,] جَعَلَ ا@للّٰهُ رِزْقَهُ فَوْتَ فَمِهِ i. e. [ May God make his sustenance to be beyond the reach of his mouth, ] where he shall see it and shall not attain it. (S, O. [And the like is said in the M and A.]) And one says, هُوَ مِنِّى فَوْتَ الرُّمْحِ [ He, or it, is ] where my spear will not reach him, or it. (S, A, O.) And هُوَ مِنِّى فَوْتَ اليَدِ [ He, or it, is ] beyond the reach of my hand, or arm: mentioned by Sb among what are peculiarly adverbial expressions. (M.) And أَفْلَتَنَا فُلَانٌ فَوْتَ اليَدِ and فَوْتَ الظُّفْرِ [ Such a one escaped from us beyond the reach of a hand, or an arm, and beyond the reach of a finger-nail ]. (A. [Golius, as on the authority of the A, has ظُفْرٍ ↓ فُوَيْتَ, which he explains as syn. with فَوْتَ يَدٍ; but it signifies A little beyond the reach of a finger-nail. ]) ― -b3- أَسْمَعُ صَوْتًا وَأَرَى فَوْتًا means I hear a sound, or voice, but I see not a deed, or no deed. (TA in art. صوت.) ― -b4- فَوْتٌ signifies also The space between two fingers [ when they are extended apart (see بُصْمٌ)]: (S, M, O, K:) pl. أَفْوَاتٌ. (S, M, O.) ― -b5- And you say, ↓ بَيْنَهُمَا فَوْتٌ فَائِتٌ like as you say بَوْنٌ بَائِنٌ [i. e. Between them two (meaning two men) is a wide distance; app. in respect of rank or estimation: the last word being in this case a corroborative, like the latter word in مَوْتٌ مَائِتٌ and لِيْلٌ لَائِلٌ]. (M.)