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 أَىْ
أُبَرِّدَ 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.
