Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

مَفْغَرَةٌ ذ A wide tract of land. (S, K.) ― -b2- And An opening, or a hollow, in a mountain, smaller than a كَهْف. (K.)

فَغْفُورِىٌّ ذ [ China-ware, or porcelain, ] the [ sort of ] خَزَف that is brought from China; so called from فَغْفُور, [the title of] the king of China: vulgarly فَرْفُورِى. (TA in art. فر.)

1 فَغَمَهُ الطِيبُ ذ , (S, K,) aor. فَغَمَ , inf. n. فَغْمٌ and فُغُومٌ, (K,) The perfume stopped the air-passages of his nose. (S, K.) ― -b2- And فَغَمَتِ الرَّائِحَةُ السُّدَّةَ The odour opened the obstruction of the nose: thus the verb has two contr. significations. (K.) ― -b3- See also a trad. cited in art. فعم, conj. 4. -A2- فَغَمَ said of a rose, or flower, (S, TA,) aor. فَغَمَ , inf. n. فُغُومٌ, (TA,) It opened; as also ↓ تفغّم. (S, TA.) -A3- فَغَمَ, (S, K, TA,) inf. n. فَغْمٌ; (TA;) and ↓ فاغم, (S, * K, TA,) inf. n. فِغَامٌ (S, TA) and مُفَاغَمَةٌ; (S;) He kissed (S, K, TA) him, or it, (S,) or a woman. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And فَغَمَ said of a kid, (K, TA,) inf. n. فَغْمٌ, (TA,) He sucked (K, TA) the dug of his mother. (TA.) -A4- فَغِمَ بِهِ, (S, K,) aor. فَغَمَ , (K,) inf. n. فَغَمٌ, (S,) He was, or became, attached to it, fond of it, or eagerly desirous of it. (S, K.) And فَغَمٌ الكَلْبِ signifies The dog's being attached, or accustomed, or habituated, to the chase. (TA.) ― -b2- And فَغِمَ بِالمَكَانِ, (K, TA,) inf. n. فَغَمٌ, (TA,) He resided, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the place; and kept, or clave, to it; (K, TA;) not quitting it. (TA.)

3 فَاْغَمَ see the preceding paragraph.

4 افغم ذ He filled a vessel: (K:) and so افعم. (TA.) ― -b2- And It filled its place with its odour; (K;) as also افعم [q. v.]. (TA.)

5 تَفَغَّمَ see 1.

7 انفغم ذ , said of a زُكَام [or defluxion from the head], It was, or became, removed, cleared away, or dispelled; syn. اِنْفَرَجَ; (K;) as also ↓ افتغم. (TA.)

8 اـِفْتَغَمَ see what next precedes.

فَغْمٌ ذ What one extracts from the interstices of his teeth, (K, TA,) of what has clung thereto. (TA.) It is said in a trad., كُلُوا الوَغْمَ وَا@طْرَحُوا الفَغْمَ [ Eat ye the وغم and throw ye away the فغم]; in which, accord. to IAth, by the فغم is meant what is expl. above; and by the وغم, what falls, portion after portion, of the food: but some, he adds, say that the converse is the case. (TA.)

فُغْمٌ ذ and ↓ فُغُمٌ The mouth, altogether: or the chin with the two lateral portions of its jaw; (K, TA; [i. e. بِلَحْيَيْهِ; for which the CK has بلِحْيَتِهِ;]) and so فُقْمٌ: (TA:) or, accord. to Sh, فُغْمٌ signifies the nose: but accord. to Kr, it is ↓ فَغْمٌ that has this meaning. (TA.) أَخَذَ بِفُغْمِهِ, a phrase mentioned by AZ, is expl. as meaning He took hold of his chin together with the two lateral portions of its jaw: or, accord. to Sh, it means he took hold of his nose: (TA:) or it means (assumed tropical:) he distressed, afflicted, troubled, or molested, him. (K, TA.)

فَغَمٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

هُوَ فَغِمٌ بِهِ ذ (S, TA) and بِهِ ↓ مُفْغَمٌ (K, TA) He is attached to it, fond of it, or eagerly desirous of it. (S, K, TA.) And كَلْبٌ فَغِمٌ عَلَى الصَّيْدِ [ A dog attached, &c., or accustomed, or habituated, (see 1,) to the chase ]: (S:) or كَلْبٌ فَغِمٌ [alone] a dog eagerly desirous of the chase. (TA.)

فُغُمٌ ذ : see فُغْمٌ.

فَغْمَةُ الطِّيبِ ذ The odour of perfume: (S, TA:) and so فَغْوَتُهُ. (TA.) And فَغْمَةُ رِيحِ الخَمْرِ The fragrance of the odour of wine ]. (Z, TA voce عَصْفَةٌ.)

مُفْغُومٌ ذ : see فَغِمٌ.

مَفْغُومٌ ذ A thing perfumed with aromatics. (TA.) -A2- And [A man] affected with a زُكَام [or defluxion from the head ]. (TA.)

1 فَغَا ذ , (K, TA,) inf. n. فَغْوٌ, (TA,) It (a thing) became revealed, disclosed, or divulged; syn. فَشَا. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And Its odour became perceptible, or perceived: occurring in a trad. in this sense, said of saffron: or, as some relate it, the verb in that instance is ↓ افغى, which means it flowered, or blossomed. (TA.) ― -b3- And, said of seed-produce (زَرْع), It dried, became dry, or dried up. (K.) -A2- فَغِىَ, aor. يَفْغَى, inf. n. فَغًا, said of dates (تَمْر), i. q. حشف, [app. a mistranscription, unless there be such as حَشِفَ, which seems to be not improbable, as one says تَمْرٌ حَشِفَ, and حَشَفٌ also; but it can hardly be doubted that the meaning is, They became bad, such as are termed حَشِفٌ or حَشَفٌ, or, which is nearly the same, such as are termed فَغًا]: so says Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee. (TA.)

4 افغى ذ It (a plant, S, [app., accord. to the K, the plant حِنَّاآء,]) put forth its فَاغَية [i. e. flower, or blossom ]. (S, K.) See also 1. ― -b2- افغت النَّخْلَةُ The palm-tree became in a bad, or corrupt, state [ with respect to its fruit, as is implied in the S: i. e. bore dates such as are termed غَفًا]. (S, K.) ― -b3- And [hence, app.,] افغى (said of a man, TA) He became poor after being rich: and He became ugly after being handsome: and He rebelled after being obedient: (K, TA:) all from IAar: as though his state became bad, or corrupt, like as do unripe dates. (TA.) ― -b4- And, said of a man, He kept constantly to the eating of فَغًا, (K, TA.) i. e. unripe dates in an altered state. (TA.) -A2- And افغى فُلَانًا He angered such a one. (K, TA.) One says, مَاالَّذِى أَفْغَاكَ [ What is it that angered thee? or, hath angered thee? ]. (TA.)

فَغْوٌ ذ : see فَاغِيَةٌ.

فَغًا ذ [or فَغًى] i. q. غَفًا [or غَفًى] in its several meanings (K, TA) that have been mentioned [in art. غفو and غفى]: and among these it has that of The bad of anything. (TA.) And The [ refuse termed ] حُثَالَة [q. v.] of wheat. (TA.) And A dust that comes upon unripe dates, spoiling them, and rendering them [ in the skin ] like the wings of the [ locusts, or the like, called ] جَنَادِب [pl. of جُنْدَب]. (TA.) And Unripe dates [themselves] (S, TA) such as are bad and مُغْبَرّ [i. e. of a hue like dust ]; (S;) or such as are مُتَغَيِّر [i. e. altered for the worse]. (TA.) ― -b2- And فَغَا الاـِبِلِ The small, or young, of camels. (TA.) -A2- And accord. to the K, الفَغَا signifies العلبة والجفنةوَمَيَلٌ فِي الفَمِ; but this is a mistake; correctly it signifies مَيَلٌ فِى الفَمِ وَالعُلْبَةِ وَالجَفْنَةِ, meaning فِى العُلْبَةِ وَالجَفْنَةِ [i. e. A distortion in the mouth, and in the kinds of bowl called عُلْبَة and جَفْنَة], as expl. by ISd: Kr says that it signifies a certain malady, which ISd thinks to be a distortion in the mouth, an explanation given by IAar. (TA.)

فَغْوَةُ الطِّيبِ ذ The odour of perfume; like فَغْمَتُهُ: (TA in art. فغم:) or the state of spreading of the odour of perfume. (TA in the present art.)

فَاغِيَةٌ ذ and ↓ فَغْوٌ The flower of the حِنَّاآء [i. e. Lawsonia inermis, or Egyptian privet ]; (Fr, S, K;) as also فَاعِيَةٌ: (K in art. فعو or فعى:) or both signify the flower, or blossom, of anything [i. e. of any plant, or, app., of any fragrant plant: see Ham p. 713]: or, as is said in a trad., the فاغية is the prince, or chief, of the sweet-smelling plants of Paradise: Sh says that ↓ الفَغْوُ signifies نَوْر ورَائِحَة طَيِّبَة [ a flower, or blossom; and a sweet odour: but I think that we should read نَوْرٌ ذُو رَائِحَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ a sort of flower, or blossom, having a sweet odour ]: and IAar says that the فاغية is the best and the most fragrant of sweetsmelling plants: (TA:) or it is the flower produced by a branch of the حِنَّاآء that has been planted inverted, and which is sweeter than [ that of ] the [ common ] حِنَّاآء. (K.)

1 فَقأَ العَيْنَ ذ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) aor. فَقَاَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. فَقْءٌ, (S, Mgh, O,) He put out the eye; or blinded it; or made it to sink in its socket; syn. بَخَقَهَا; (Lh, S, O, K;) as also ↓ فقّأها, (S, O, K,) inf. n. تَفْقِئَةٌ: (S, O:) or, accord. to the Msb, بَخَصَهَا; which is said by Es-Sarakustee to mean he put his finger into the eye and pulled it out; and by IKtt to mean he extinguished its light; and by some to mean he slit it, or rent it: (TA:) or he slit, or rent, the portion of the eye that is surrounded by the white thereof: (Mgh:) or i. q. قَلَهَا; (K, TA;) i. e. [ he pulled out the eye; or], as some say, he pulled out the portion of the eye which is surrounded by the white, and with which one sees: (TA: [and the like is said in the Mgh in explanation of القَلْعُ, but this is there said to differ from الفَقْءُ:]) or, as some say, he put his finger into the eye and so slit, or rent, it: (TA:) or he broke, or ruptured, the eye; syn. كَسَرَهَا; and so البَثْرَةَ [ the pimple, or the small, or purulent, pustule ]; and the like of these: (K: [and to all of these the two other explanations mentioned above as from the K are likewise there, improperly, made to relate:]) this last explanation, in the K, is said by MF to be unknown; but it is mentioned in the A and L, and by more than one of the leading lexicologists: (TA:) [accord. to Mtr,] فَقَأْتُ البَثْرَةَ means I slit the pimple, &c., or rent it [ open ]. (Mgh, Msb.) Among the Arabs in the Time of Ignorance, when a man's camels amounted to a thousand, he put out (فَقَأَ) an eye of one of them (a بَعِير), and set it free to pasture where it would, and made no use of it. (TA.) ― -b2- فَقَأَ ا@للّٰهُ عَنْكَ عَيْنَ الكَمَالِ is a tropical saying [app. meaning May God prevent from seeing thee the fatal eye: the term عين الكمال being applied to an eye believed to have the power of killing by its glance]. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And فَقَأَ نَاظِرَيْهِ, (O, K,) likewise said to be a tropical phrase, (TA,) means (tropical:) He dispelled his anger. (O, K.) ― -b4- And فَقَأعَيْنَهُ also means [sometimes] (tropical:) He struck him; or struck him vehemently with a broad thing, or with anything; or slapped him with his hand: or he was rough, rude, or ungentle, to him in speech. (TA in art. عين.) ― -b5- And فَقَأَتِ البُهْمَى, inf. n. فُقُوْءٌ, (O, K, TA,) or, accord. to the L, فَقْءٌ, (TA,) The [ barleygrass termed ] بهمى was rendered dusty by rain, or by a torrent, so that the cattle would not eat it until it became clean: (O, K, TA:) and in like manner one says of any plant. (O, TA.) [See also 1 in art. فقأ.] ― -b6- And, as some say, (TA,) or ↓ تفقّأت, (S, O, TA,) (tropical:) The envelopes [or glumes ] of the بُهْمَى burst open so as to disclose (S, O, TA) its fruit [or seeds ], (S, O,) or its flower. (TA.)

2 فَقَّاَ see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- لَا يُفَقِّئُ البَيْضَ, (IJ, TA,) or البَيْضَ ↓ لَا يَتَفَقَّأُ, (A, TA,) (assumed tropical:) [ He will not break, or burst, eggs, or the eggs, ] is said of a weak and quiet man, (IJ, TA,) or of an impotent man. (A, TA.)

4 افقأ ذ His breast, or chest, became depressed (اِنْخَسَفَ), in consequence of a malady, or an accident; (IAar, O, TA;) said of a man. (IAar, O.) [But see فَقَأٌ and أَفْقَأُ.]

5 تَفَقَّاَ see 7, in two places. ― -b2- It is also said of the corpse that has lain long upon the field of battle, meaning It rent, or burst. (Mgh.) And one says, تَفَقَّأْتُ شَحْمًا (assumed tropical:) [ I almost burst with fat ]: (S:) [and] تَفَقَّأَتِ الشَّاةُ شَحْمًا [ the sheep, or goat, almost burst with fat ]: (O:) شحما being in the accus. case as a specificative. (S, O.) And أَكَلَ حَتَّى كَادَبَطْنُهُ يَتَفَقَّأُ (assumed tropical:) He ate until his belly almost burst. (A, TA.) And ↓ أَكَلَ حَتَّى كَادَ يَنْفَقِئُ (assumed tropical:) [ He ate until he almost burst ]. (O: in the TA with بَكَى [ he wept ] in the place of اكل, and with بَطْنُهُ after ينفقئ.) ― -b3- And تَفَقَّأَتِ السَّحَابَةُ عَنْ مَائِهَا (tropical:) The cloud burst with its water. (S, * O, * TA.) ― -b4- See also 1, last sentence. -A2- And see 2.

7 انفِقأت العَيْنُ ذ and ↓ تفقّأت, quasi-pass. vs., [the former] of فَقَأَ العَيْنَ and [the latter] of فَقَّأَهَا as expl. in the first sentence of this art.; (K, TA;) [thus signifying The eye became put out; or blinded; or made to sink in its socket: &c.: or it broke; or became broken, or ruptured: ] and so البَثْرَةُ [ the pimple, or the small, or purulent, pustule ]: and the like of these: (K, TA:) the former, (Mgh,) or each, (Msb,) said of a بَثْرَة, means it [ broke, or] rent, or burst: (Mgh, Msb:) and thus ↓ تفقّأ said of [a pustule such as is termed] a دُمَّل, (S, Mgh, O,) and of [such as is termed] a قَرْح. (S, O.) ― -b2- See also 5.

8 افتقأ الخَرْزَ ذ is expl. in the K as meaning أَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الكُلْبَتَيْنِ كُلْبَةً أُخْرَى; [and in like manner in the O, except that the latte has الكُلْيَتَيْنِ and كُلْيَةً; and so have several copies of the K;] but this meaning is assigned by Lh to اقتفأ, which see for a fuller explanation. (TA.)

فَقْءٌ ذ (S, O, K) and (O, K) accord. to Ks and Fr (O) ↓ فُقْأَةٌ [in the CK فُقَأة] and ↓ فَقَأَةٌ (O, K) and in some copies of the K ↓ فُقَّاآءَة (TA) and ↓ فَاقِيَاآءُ, (K,) originally فَاقِئَاآءُ, (TA,) The [ membrane called ] سَابِيَاآء (S, O, K) which comes forth عَلَى رَأْسِ الوَلَدِ [ upon the head of the young one, meaning at the time of bringing forth, ] (S, O,) or which rends open from off the head of the young one [ at the time of bringing forth ]: (K:) pl. [of the first] فُقُوءٌ: (TA:) or a small, thin, piece of skin, which is upon the nose of the young one, and which, if not removed from it, (O, K,) at the birth, (O,) causes its death, (O, K,) is thus termed, (K,) or is termed ↓ فُقْأَةٌ, by IAar: (O:) or, accord. to As, the water [or fluid ] that is عَلَى رَأْسِ الوَلَدِ [app. meaning that is discharged at the time of the birth (see 2 in the arts. ربق and رمد)]: and accord. to IAar, the water [or fluid ] that is in the مَشِيمَة [or membrane enclosing the fœtus in the womb ] is termed فَقْءٌ and سُخْدٌ and سُخْتٌ and نُخْطٌ: (TA:) it is also said that فَقْوٌ signifies a certain white thing that comes forth from the woman or the she-camel in parturition, and which is an envelope wherein is much water or fluid; mentioned by A 'Obeyd as with hemz [i. e. written فَقْءٌ], and said by him to be the سَابِيَاآء [q. v.]. (TA in art. فقو.) ― -b2- And فَقْءٌ signifies also A small hollow, or cavity, in stone, or a rugged place, that collects water: (K:) or it is [ a hollow, or cavity, ] like a خُفْرَة or جُفْرَة, in the midst of a [ stony place such as is termed ] حَرّة, (Sh, O, TA,) or in the midst of a mountain: (TA:) and ↓ فَقِىْءٌ signifies the same: (K:) the pl. (of the former, O, or of the latter, TA) is فُقْاآنٌ. (O. TA.)

فَقَأٌ ذ A protuberance, or swelling out, (O, TA,) of the back, (O,) or of the breast, or chest. (TA.) [But see 4, and see also أَفْقَأُ.]

فُقْأَةٌ ذ : see فَقْءٌ, in two places. ― -b2- Also (tropical:) A cloud in which is neither thunder nor lightning, and the rain of which is مُتَقَارِب [app. meaning drawing near: as though likened to the membrane thus called]. (O, * TA. [In the former written, in this instance, فَقْأَةٌ, which I think to be a mistranscription by the copyist.])

فَقَأَةٌ ذ : see فَقْءٌ.

فَقْأَى ذ : see the next paragraph.

فَقِىْءٌ ذ A he-camel affected with a disease termed حَقْوَة [q. v.], in consequence of which he voids not his urine nor his dung; (O, K; *) and sometimes, or often, his veins and his flesh become choked with blood, and swollen; and if slaughtered and cooked, the cooking-pot becomes full of blood; and sometimes, or often, his stomach becomes so much inflated, or swollen, that it rends, or bursts: and it is likewise applied to a she-camel: (O:) and ↓ فَقْأَى signifies the same applied to a she-camel. (K.) ― -b2- Also (i. e. فَقِىْءٌ) The disease above- mentioned, itself. (O, K.) -A2- See also فَقْءٌ, latter sentence.

فُقَّاآءَةٌ ذ : see فَقْءٌ.

فَاقِياآءُ ذ : see فَقْءٌ.

أَفْقَأُ ذ Having a protuberant breast, or chest. (IAar, TA in art. فسأ.) [But see 4, and see also فَقَأٌ.]

مُفَقّئَةٌ ذ Valleys, or water-courses, or torrent-beds, (أَوْدِيَةٌ,) that cleave the earth. (O, K.)

1 فَقَحَ ذ : see 2. ― -b2- Said of a plant, It became tall, or full-grown, and blossomed. (K.) -A2- فَقَحَ فُلَانًا He, or it, hit, or struck, such a one in his فَقْحَة [q. v.]. (K.) -A3- And فَقَحَ الشَّىْءَ, (K,) aor. فَقَحَ , inf. n. فَقْحٌ, (TA,) i. q. سَفَّهُ [i. e. He took the thing into his mouth, not moistened, ] like as one does medicine: (K, TA:) of the dial. of ElYemen. (TA.)

2 فقّح ذ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَفْقِيحٌ, (S,) He (a whelp) opened his eyes for the first time; (S, K;) as also ↓ فَقَحَ, aor. فَقَحَ , (K,) inf. n. فَقْحٌ. (TA.) It is said in a trad., فَقَّحْنَا وَصَأْصَأْتُمْ (S, TA) (tropical:) We have opened our eyes for the first time, and ye have kept your eyes closed; (TA;) meaning the truth has become manifest to us, and ye have been blind to it; (AO, A, * TA;) or we have seen our right course, and ye have not seen [ yours ]. (IB, TA.) And فقّح الشَّجَرُ The trees burst their buds, and made the extremities of their leaves to appear. (L.)

5 تفقّح ذ It opened; syn. تَفَتَّحَ: (K:) it is said in this sense of a rose, (S, A, TA,) and of any flower, or blossom: (TA:) some say that it signifies تفتّح absolutely: others, peculiarly فى الكلام. (Az, as quoted in the L. [See تَفَتَّحَ فِى الكَلَامِ (a well-known phrase) in art. فتح: but فى كلام in the present case appears, from what precedes, to be evidently a mistranscription for فِى الكِمَامِ, i. e., in relation to calyxes. ])

6 تفاقحوا ذ They put [or turned ] their backs one towards another; (S, K;) [from فَقْحَةٌ, q. v.;] like as you say تَظَاهَرُوا [and تَدَابَرُوا] and [in the contr. sense] تَقَابَلُوا. (S, TA.)

فَقْحَةٌ ذ : see فُقَّاحٌ. ― -b2- Also The anus: (S, K:) because it opens in the case of need: (Ham p. 677:) or a wide, or an ample, anus: (K, MF:) or a wide دُبُر: or a دُبُر with what it comprises: and afterwards, by reason of frequency of usage, applied to signify any دُبُر: (L:) pl. فِقَاحٌ. (S, K.) ― -b3- And The palm of the hand; as also ↓ فَقَاحَةٌ: (K:) of the dial. of El-Yemen: so called because of its width. (TA.) ― -b4- And The napkin (مِنْدِيل) of الاـِحْرَام [i. e., which is used by one performing the rites of the حَجّ or of the عُمْرَة]: (K:) of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.)

فَقَاحَةٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

فُقَّاحٌ ذ A certain herb, (K, TA,) resembling the أُقْحُوَان [or chamomile ] in its growth and its place of growth; n. un. with ة: it is one of the plants growing in the sands; and it is said that its flower is more contracted than that of the chamomile, and that the dust, or earth, sticks to it as it does to the [ herb called ] حَمَصِيص: (TA:) or the flower of the اـِذْخِر [or juncus odoratus ]; (S, K, TA;) said by Az to be a sort of perfume, sometimes put into medicine, called فُقَّاحُ الاـِذْخِرِ; and it is the flower of the اـِذْخِر when its calyx opens: (TA:) or the flower, or blossom, of any plant, (K, TA,) when it opens, whatever be its لَوْن [i. e. colour, or kind ]; (TA;) as also ↓ فَقْحَةٌ, (K, TA,) thus with fet-h and sukoon. (TA. [Written by Golius فُقْحَةٌ.]) ― -b2- Also (tropical:) A woman of goodly, or beautiful, make, or form. (Kr, K, TA.)

عَلَى فُلَانٍ حُلَّةٌ فُقَّاحِيَّةٌ ذ Upon such a one is a حُلَّةٌ [q. v.] of the colour of the rose when it is about to open. (S.)

هُوَ مُتَفَقِّحٌ لِلشَّرِّ ذ (assumed tropical:) He is in a state of preparation for evil, or mischief.

1 فَقَدَهُ ذ , (S, A, MA, Mgh, O, L, Msb, K,) aor. فَقِدَ , (S, A, O, &c.,) inf. n. فَقْدٌ and فِقْدَانٌ (S, MA, O, L, Msb, K) and فُقْدَانٌ (S, O, F) and فُقُودٌ; (IDrd, O, L, K;) and ↓ افتقدهُ; (S, A, MA, Mgh, O;) He found it not, (L, TA,) lost it, (MA, PS, &c.,) saw it not, (JK in explanation of the latter verb,) [ missed, or failed of finding or seeing, it, ] it was, or became, absent from him, (Mgh,) or he had it not, was destitute of it, was without it, lacked it, or wanted it, syn. عَدِمَهُ; (Msb, L, K;) but accord. to Er-Rághib, الفَقْدُ has a more special signification than العَدَمُ, this latter being the contr. of الوُجُودُ; (TA;) [whereas] الفَقْدُ [as inf. n. of فُقِدَ, though often used as meaning the being non-existent, properly] signifies the thing's being absent from the range of perception by sense so that its place is not known. (Bd in xii. 71.) [فُقِدَ signifies It was not found, was lost, was not seen, &c.] It is related of Abu-dDardà that he said, يَفْقِدْ ↓ مَنْ يَتَفَقَّدْ, [lit. He who seeks will not find, ] meaning he who seeks after good in mankind will not find it; for he saw good to be rare in mankind: or he who seeks to acquaint himself with the circumstances of men will not find what will please him. (L.)

4 أَفْقَدَهُ ا@للّٰهُ اـِيَّاهُ ذ God caused him to lose, or fail of finding, him, or it. (L, K.) One says, أَفْقَدَكَ ا@للّٰهُ كُلَّ جَمِيمٍ [ May God cause thee to lose every relation, or loved and loving relation ]. (A.) [Or] الاـِفْقَادُ is not of established authority: as to the saying الجُنُونُ يُفْقِدُ شَهْوَةَ الجِمَاعِ [meaning Insanity causes to lose, or annuls, the desire of coïtus ], the correct word is يُعْدِمُ or يُزِيلُ. (Mgh.)

5 تفقّدهُ ذ He sought it, or sought for it or after it; or did so leisurely or repeatedly; (A, * Mgh, L;) as also ↓ افتقدهُ: (Mgh, L:) or he sought it, or sought for it or after it, it being absent from him; (S, O, L, Msb, K;) as also ↓ افتقدهُ: (K:) or he sought, or sought leisurely or repeatedly, to obtain knowledge of it, having lost it: so accord. to Er-Rághib and many others; but this expression and تعَهَّدَهُ are used, by some, each in the place of the other, and the latter, accord. to Er-Rághib and many others, [properly] signifies he sought, or sought leisurely or repeatedly, to obtain knowledge of it, having known it before. (MF.) You say, ↓ مَا تَفَقَّدْتُهُ مُنْذُ ا@فْتَقَدْتُهُ, meaning منذ فَقَدْتُهُ [i. e. I have not sought for, or after, him, or it, since I lost him, or it. (B, TA.) See also 1, last sentence. ― -b2- [Also He investigated it. ]