فوح

1 فَاحَ المِسْكُ, (Msb, K,) aor. ـُ and يَفِيحُ; (Msb;) or فَاحَتْ رِيحُ المِسْكِ, aor. ـُ and تَفِيحُ; (S;) inf. n. فَوْحٌ (S, Msb, K) and فُؤُوحٌ and فَوَحَانُ, (S, K,) and فَيْحٌ (S, Msb, K) and فَيَحَانٌ; (S, K;) The musk diffused [or exhaled] its odour; (Msb, K;) or the odour of the musk diffused itself [or became exhaled]; and فاح الطِّيبُ the perfume diffused [or exhaled] its odour; (S;) or this last signifies the perfume became perceptible; or it clung and remained; [in a garment or person;] syn. عَبِقَ: (Msb in art. فيح:) the verb is not used in relation to a foul, or disagreeable odour or thing: (S, A, Msb, K:) of such an odour one says هَبَّتْ: (Msb:) or the former verb is common to both: (K:) but this assertion is outweighed [by the other]: (TA:) فَوْخٌ signifies the giving forth, and exhaling, a sweet, or pleasant, odour: (KL:) and the perceiving such an odour: Fr says that فَاحَتْ رِيحُهُ and فَاخَتْ are syn.; but Az says the فَوْخٌ is attended by sound. (TA.) b2: For other significations of this verb, see art. فيح.4 افاح: for this verb, see art. فيح.6 نَزَلْنَا فِى بُسْتَانٍ تَنَاوَحَتْ أَطْيَارُهُ وَتَفَاوَحَتْ أَنْوَارُهُ [We alighted in a garden the birds of which warbled plaintively, one to another, and the flowers of which exhaled sweet odours, one with another]. (A.) فَوْحٌ الحَيْضِ The chief and first portion of the menstrual discharge. (L.) فَوْحَةٌ [A spreading, or an exhalation], of perfume. (TA in art. عصر.)