فى

فِى ذ is a particle governing the gen. case [and used in the manners and senses expl in what here follows]. (T, S, M, Mughnee, K.) ― -b2- It relates to a receptacle; (Sb, S, M;) and, when used in a wider sense, to that which has some near resemblance thereto; (Sb, M;) [i. e.,] and also to what is considered as a receptacle: (S:) [in other words,] it denotes inclusion, or inbeing, (Msb, Mughnee, K, TA,) either in relation to place or in relation to time: (Mughnee, K, TA;) properly and tropically. (Msb, Mughnee, TA.) غُلِبَتِ ا@لرُّومُ فِى أَدْنَى ا@لْأَرْضِ وَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ فِى بِضْعِ سِنِينَ [ The Greeks have been overcome in the nearer, or nearest, part of the land, and they, after the overcoming of them, shall overcome in some few years ], in the Kur [xxx. 1 — 3], is an ex. of its relation to place and to time. (Mughnee.) And وَلَكُمْ فِى ا@لْقِصَاصِ حَيٰوةٌ (tropical:) [ And there is, to you, in retaliation, life, or an advantage, (respecting the meaning of which see art. حى,) in the Kur ii. 175,] is an ex. of its being used tropically, (Mughnee.) أَدْخَلْتُ الخَاتَمَ فِى أُصْبَعِى is an ex. of its relation to place, but the proposition is inverted [i. e. the meaning is I inserted my finger into the signet-ring ]. (Mughnee.) [Using it properly,] you say, المَاآءُ فِى الاـِنَاآءِ [ The water is in the vessel ]: (S:) and هُوَ فِى الجِرَابِ [ It is in the wallet, ] and فِى الكِيسِ [ in the purse ]: and هُوَ فِى بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ [ He is in the belly of his mother ]: and هُوَ فِى الغُلِّ [ He is in the shackle for the neck ]: (M:) and زَيْدٌ فِى الدَّارِ [ Zeyd is in the house ], (S, M, * Msb,) or within the house, and in the midst of it, for فِى الدَّارِ, means دَاخِلِهَا, and وَسْطَهَا: (T:) and [using it tropically, you say,] الشَّكُّ فِى الخَبَرِ (assumed tropical:) [ Doubt, or uncertainty, is in the information ]. (S.) The saying فِيهِ عَيْبٌ [ In him is a fault, or blemish ], if relating to a real عَيْب, is proper; and if relating to an ideal عَيْب, tropical: the former is such as the amputation of the hand of the thief, and the redundance of a hand; and the latter, such as the runningaway of a slave. (Msb.) [When relating to time, it may in some cases be rendered In, or during; as in the phrase فِى أَيَّامٍ مَعْدُودَاتٍ, in the Kur ii. 139, i. e. In, or during, certain numbered days. اـِنَّ أَصْحَابَ ا@لْجَنَّةِ ا@لْيَوْمَ فِى شُغُلٍ فَاكِهُونَ, in the Kur xxxvi. 55, may be rendered (assumed tropical:) Verily the inmates of Paradise this day shall be in the midst of diverting occupation, cheerful, or happy. The phrase أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ كَذَا فِيهِ مَا فِيهِ, lit. (assumed tropical:) As to his saying thus, in it is what is in it, is used as a polite expression of objection, or contradiction; like فِيهِ تَأَمُّلٌ, q. v. In many instances, فِى may be rendered Of, or concerning, or in respect of; as in قَالَ فِيهِ كَذَا (assumed tropical:) He said of, or concerning, him, or it, thus; for قَالَ فِى ذِكْرِهِ كَذَا (assumed tropical:) He said in mentioning him, or it, thus, or فِى وَصْفِهِ in describing him, or it; or the like hence, for ex., one says كَتَبَ كِتَابًا فِى عِلْمِ اللُّغَةِ (assumed tropical:) He wrote a book of, or concerning the science of lexicology: and hence, in the Kur ii. 133, أَتُّحَاجُّونَنَا فِى ا@للّٰهِ (assumed tropical:) Do ye argue with us concerning, or in respect of, God? ] ― -b3- It also denotes concomitance, (Mughnee, K,) and (K) in this ease (Mughnee) it is syn. with مَعَ. (Msb, Mughnee, K.) Thus in the phrase, قَالَ ا@دْخُلُوا فِى أُمَمٍ [ He shall say, Enter ye with peoples ]. (Msb, Mughnee, TA,) in the Kur [vii. 36]: (Msb, TA:) or, as some say, the meaning is, فِى جَمَاعَةِ أُمَمٍ [ in the company of peoples ]. (Mughnee.) Thus. too, in the phrase, in the Kur [xlvi. 15], فِى أَصْحَابِ الجَنَّةِ [ With the inmates of Paradise ]. (Msb, TA.) [Or in these and similar instances, فِى may be rendered, more agreeably with the primary signification, as meaning Among. ] In the K, the meaning as denoting concomitance and that which is identical with مَعَ are made distinct: and it has been said that بِ denotes the continuance of concomitance and مَعَ denotes its commencement; though this is not invariably the case. (MF, TA.) [Hence it is used to denote a combination of two qualities: as in the phrase طُولٌ فِى ا@سْتِرْخَاآءٍ (assumed tropical:) Length together with laxness: (occurring in the K voce طَنَبٌ:) and سَوَادٌ فِى حُمْرَةٍ (assumed tropical:) Blackness blending with redness: and the like. And in like manner it is used to denote the combination of the length and breadth of a thing: as in the phrase طُولُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا فِى ثَلَاثِ أَذْرُعٍ عَرْضًا Its length is twenty cubits with (or as we say by ) three cubits in breadth: in which case the number of square cubits is expressed by the phrase عِشْرُونَ فِى ثَلَاثٍ as though meaning Twenty as a multiplicand with three as its multiplier; i. e. twenty multiplied by three: see ضَرَبَ as signifying “ he multiplied. ”]. ― -b4- It also denotes the assigning of a cause. (Msb, Mughnee, K.) Thus in the phrase فِى أَرْبَعِينَ شَاةٌ i. e. On account, or because, of completing [the possession of] forty sheep or goats, [the giving of] a sheep or goat [for the poor-rate] is incumbent [on the possessor: or this may be rendered, in the case of the possession of forty, a sheep or goat is to be given]. (Msb.) And thus in the saying, [in the Kur xii. 32,] فَذٰلِكُنَّ ا@لَّذِى لُمْتُنَّنِى فِيهِ [ And that is he because of whom ye blamed me ]. (Mughnee.) Thus also in the saying, in a trad., اـِنَّ ا@مْرَأَةً دَخَلَتِ النَّارَ فِى هِرَّةٍ حَبَسَتْهَا [ Verily a woman entered the fire of Hell because of a she-cat which she confined without food]. (Mughnee.) [And thus in the phrase أَسْلَفَ فِى كَذَا He paid in advance, or beforehand, for, or on account of, such a thing. ] ― -b5- It also denotes superiority; (Mughnee, K, TA;) i. e. (TA) it is used in the sense of عَلَى. (T, S, M, Msb, TA.) Thus in the [...]