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فيش

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فَيَّاشٌ ذ A man who glories, or boasts, and magnifies himself, imagining [ in himself ] what he does not possess; (K;) vainly boastful, without merit; (TA;) who contends for superiority in that which he does not possess; (K;) and [in like manner] ↓ فَيُوشٌ one who pretends to possess a thing, not being as he pretends; (TA;) both signify one who glories, or boasts, vainly, and praises himself for that which is not in him: (AHeyth, in L, art. طرمذ:) and ↓ the latter is said to signify a cowardly and weak man. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, A chief, or lord, abounding in excellence, or generosity, or bounty, (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) who vies with others in glory. (TA.)

Derived headwords

فَيَّاشٌ
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