فوج
1 فَاجَ, [aor. ـُ said of musk, i. q. فَاحَ [i. e. It diffused, or exhaled, its odour]. (O, K.) b2: And, said of the day, (tropical:) It became cool. (O, K, TA.) And one says, فَاجَتِ الشَّمْسُ عِنْدَ بَرْدِ النَّهَارِ (assumed tropical:) [The sun became moderated at the cool time of the day]. (O.) 2 لَسْتُ بِرَائِحٍ حَتَّى أُفَوِّجَ means [I am not going in the evening] until I refresh myself by the coolness of the air. (K: there expl. by the words أَىْأُبَرِّدَ عَنْ نَفْسِى [in which, for أُبَرِّدَ, I read أُبْرِدَ]: in some copies [erroneously] عَلَى نفسى.) 4 افاج, (K,) inf. n. إِفَاجَةٌ, (S,) He hastened, or went quickly; (S, K, and O and Msb in art. فيج:) and he ran. (S, K.) b2: And افاج القَوْمُ فِى الأَرْضِ The people, or party, went away, and spread, or dispersed themselves, in the land. (L in art. فيج.) b3: And افاج فِى عَدْوِهِ He was slow in his running. (L in art. فيج.) [Thus افاج has two contr. significations.]
A2: Also He sent the camels to the watering-trough, or tank, drove by drove. (O, * K.) 10 اُسْتُفِيجَ فُلَانٌ Such a one was desired, or incited, to be [quick, or] brisk, or prompt; syn. اُسْتُخِفَّ. (K, and O in art. فيج.) فَوْجٌ A company, congregated body, party, or group, of men; (S, A, O, L, Msb, K; *) as also ↓ فَائِجٌ, (L,) and ↓ فَائِجَةٌ, (K,) and ↓ فَيْجٌ, (O, K, and Msb in art. فيج, q. v.,) which last is said by Az to be originally فَيِّجٌ, from فَاجَ, aor. ـُ like هَيِّنٌ from هَانَ, aor. ـُ for which they say also هَيْنْ: (O, and Msb * in art. فيج:) or a crowd, or dense company &c.: (so accord. to an explanation of the first of the following pls. by Z in the Ksh and by Bd, both in Kur cx. 2:) or a company, &c., of the followers, or dependants, of chiefs: or a great crowd of men: (L:) [and app. (assumed tropical:) a multitude of things: (see an ex. voce
أَفْكَلُ, in art. فكل:)] pl. [of pauc.] أَفْوَاجٌ [also used as a pl. of mult.] (S, O, Msb, K) and [of mult.] فُؤُوجٌ and pl. pl. أَفَاوِيجُ (S, O, Msb, K) and أَفَاوِجُ (S, O, K) and أَفَائِجُ, as though pl. of أَفِيجَةٌ. (O.) فَيْجٌ: see the next preceding paragraph: A2: and see also art. فيج.
فَائِجٌ: see فَوْجٌ. One says, مَرَّ بِنَا فَائِجُ وَلِيمَةِ فُلَانٍ, meaning The company (فَوْج) of those that were at the repast of such a one [passed by us]. (TA.) A2: It is said that فَائِجٌ, applied to a she-camel, signifies Fat: or such as is termed حَائِل, and fat: but the word commonly known [thus used] is فَائِجٌ [q. v.]. (TA.) فَائِجَةٌ: see فَوْجٌ: A2: and see also art. فيج.
