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.)
