فجو

1 فَجَا بَابَهُ, (K,) [aor. ـْ inf. n. فَجْوٌ, (TA,) He opened his door. (K.) b2: And فَجَا القَوْسَ, (S, K,) inf. n. as above, (S,) He raised the string of the bow [or made it distant] from the part called its كَبِد: (S, K:) and so فَجَّهَا. (S and K in art. فج.) b3: And فَجَا رِجْلَيْهِ, or مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ, He parted his legs wide, or straddled; or did so to make water: and so فَجَّ. (TA in art. فج.) A2: فَجِيَتْ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK, and in one of my copies of the S, erroneously, فَجِئَت,]) aor. ـْ inf. n. فَجًا, (S, TA,) The bow had its string raised [or distant] from the part called its كَبِد; (S, K;) and so ↓ اِنْفَجَت. (ISd, TA.) b2: And فَجِىَ, [in the CK, erroneously, فَجِئَ,] aor. as above, (K, TA,) and so the inf. n., i. e. فَجًا, (K, * TA,) He (a man, TA) was wide between the thighs, or between the knees, or between the shanks. (K, TA.) [And it is implied in the S * and K that it is also said of a camel, meaning He was wide between the hocks.] b3: And فَجِيَتْ said of a she-camel, inf. n. فَجًا, She was, or became, large in the belly: (K, TA:) mentioned by ISd, but with an expression of uncertainty as to its correctness. (TA.) 2 فجّى, (TA,) inf. n. تَفْجِيَةٌ, (K, TA,) He removed; put away, or at a distance; (K, * TA;) and pushed, thrust, or drove, away; persons from others; (TA;) syn. of the inf. n. كَشْفٌ; and تَنْحِيَةٌ; (K, TA;) and دَفْعٌ. (TA.) 4 افجى He expended amply, or largely, upon his family, or household. (Az, K.) A2: And He found his friend to be guilty of a vice, or a disgraceful, or shameful, action. (Az, TA.) 6 تفاجى It (a thing) had [an opening, or intermediate wide space, such as is termed] a فَجْوَة. (S, TA.) [Comp. تَفَاجَّ, in art. فج.]7 انفجى It (a door) opened. (K.) b2: See also 1.

فَجًا inf. n. of فَجِيَتْ [q. v.] said of a bow: (S, TA:) b2: and of فَجِىَ [q. v.] said of a man, (K, * TA,) or of a camel: (S, * K, TA:) b3: and of فَجِيَتْ [q. v.] said of a she-camel. (K, TA.) فَجْوَةٌ An opening, or intervening space, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) in a place, (M, TA,) and an intermediate wide space, (S, Mgh,) between two things. (S, Mgh, Msb, K. *) And A wide tract of land or ground; as also ↓ فَجْوَآءُ: (K:) or a wide and depressed tract thereof; and thus, accord. to Th, the word means in the Kur xviii. 16. (TA.) And The court, or yard, of a house. (S, Msb, K.) And The part between the two sides of the solid hoof. (ISd, K, TA.) The pl. is فَجَوَاتٌ (Msb, K, TA) and فِجَآءٌ. (K, TA. [To these pls. the CK strangely adds, as another, فَجَأٌ.]) فَجْوَآءُ [as a subst.]: see the next preceding paragraph. [It is originally the fem. of the epithet أَفْجَى, q. v.]

فَجُوْءٌ: see the following paragraph.

أَفْجَى an epithet, of which the fem. is فَجْوَآءُ. (K, TA.) The latter, applied to a bow, Having its string distant from the part called its كَبِد; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ فَجُوْءٌ; and so فَجَّآءُ [mentioned in art. فج]. (Er-Rághib, TA.) b2: and the former, (K, TA,) applied to a man, (TA,) Wide between the thighs, or between the knees, or between the shanks: or, applied to a camel, wide between the hocks: (K, TA:) or, accord. to Az, it signifies having the thighs very wide apart. (TA.) [Freytag adds “ Ventrosus,” applied to a camel, as from the K, in which I do not find it.] [Accord. to the TA, some of the words of this art. have ى for the final radical; but for this distinction there is no reason.]

اما

أَمَا, used to denote an interrogation, is a compound of the interrogative hemzeh and the negative مَا: (M:) it is a mere interrogative [respecting a negative, like أَلَا]; as in the saying, أَمَا تَسْتَحْيِى مِنَ اللّٰهِ [Art not thou ashamed for thyself, or of thyself, with respect to God?]. (Lth, T.) b2: [IHsh says, after explaining two other usages of أَمَا which we have yet to mention,] El-Málakee adds a third meaning of أَمَا, saying that it is a particle denoting عَرْضٌ [or the asking, or requiring, a thing in a gentle manner], like [أَلَا (q. v.) and]

لَوْلَا; and is connected peculiarly with a verb; as in أَمَا تَقُومُ [Wherefore wilt not thou do stand?], and أَمَا تَفْعَلُ [Wherefore wilt not thou do such a thing?]; which may be explained by saying that the hemzeh is used as an interrogative to make one confess, or acknowledge, a thing, as it is in أَلَمْ and أَلَا, and that مَا is a negative. (Mughnee.) b3: It is also an inceptive word, used in the manner of أَلَا: (M:) followed by أَلَا, it is syn. with أَلَا: (S:) [meaning Now: or now surely: or] both of these meaning verily, or truly; i. c. حَقًّا: and for this reason Sb allows one's saying, أَمَا إنَّه مُنْطَلقٌ and أَمَا أَنَّهُ مُنْطَلقٌ [Verily, or truly, he is going away]; with kesr after the manner of أَلَا إِنَّهُ, and with fet-h after the manner of حَقًّا أَنَّهُ: and هَمَا وَاللّٰهِ لَقَدْ كَانَ كَذَا is mentioned as meaning أَمَا وَ اللّٰهِ [&c., i. e. Verily, or truly, by God, such a thing did indeed happen]; the ه being a substitute for the hemzeh: (M:) so too حَمَى واللّٰه [or حَمَا واللّٰه]: (Sgh and K in art. حمى:) it denotes the truth of the words which follow it; as when you say, أَمَا إِنَّ زَيْدًا عَاقِلٌ, meaning Truly, or properly speaking, not tropically, Zeyd is intelligent; and أَمَّا و اللّٰه قَد ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا [Truly, &c., by God, Zeyd beat, or struck, Amr]: (S in art. امو:) [in other words,] it corroborates an oath and a sentence; as in أَمَا وَ اللّٰه لَئِنْ سْهَرْتُ لَكَ لَيْلَةً لَأَ دَعَنَّكَ نَادِمًا [Verily, or now surely, by God, if I remain awake for thee a night, then will I indeed leave thee repenting]; and أَمَا لَو عَلِمْتُ مَكَانَكَ لَأَزْعَجْتُكَ مِنْهُ [Verily, or now surely, if I had known thy place of being, then had I unsettled thee, or removed thee, from it]; and أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَرَجُلٌ كَرِيمٌ [Verily, or now surely, he is (emphatically) a generous man]: (T:) or it is an inceptive particle, used in the manner of أَلَا; [meaning now: or now surely:] (Mughnee:) or a particle used to give notice of what is about to be said: only put before a proposition [as in exs. mentioned above]: (TA:) and often occurring before an oath [as in exs. mentioned above]: and sometimes its hemzeh is changed into ه or ع, before the oath; each with the ا remaining; [written هَمَا or عَمَا;] and with the ا elided; [written هَمَ or عَمَ;] or with the ا elided, but without the substitution; [written أَمَ;] and when انَّ occurs after أَمَا, it is with kesr, as it is after أَلَا: and it also means حَقًّا [verily, or truly]: or أَحقًّا [verily? or truly?]: accord. to different opinions: and in this case, انَّ after it is with fet-h, as it is after حَقَّا: accord. to Ibn-Kharoof, this is a particle: but some say that it is a noun in the sense of حَقًّا: and others, that it consists of two words, namely, the interrogative hemzeh and مَا as a noun in the sense of شَىْءٌ; i. e. أَذالِكَ الشَّىْءُ حَقٌّ [is that thing ture?]; so that the meaning is أَحَقًّا: [if so, أَمَا أَنَّه مُنْطَلقٌ means Verily, or truly, is he going away?] and this, which is what Sb says, is the correct opinion: مَا is virtually in the accus. case, as an adverbial noun, like as حَقًّا is literally: and أَنَّ with its complement is an inchoative, of which the adverbial noun is the enunciative: but Mbr says that حَقًّا is the inf. n. of يَحِقُّ, which is suppressed, and that أنَّ with its complement is an agent. (Mughnee.) أَمَّا is a conditional and partitive and corroborative particle; and is sometimes written أَيْمَا, by the change of the first م into ى. (Mughnee, K.) b2: It is used as a conditional particle in the words of the Kur [ii.24], فأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فَيَعْلَمُونَ

أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ مَا ذَا أَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهذَا مَثَلاً [For as for those who have believed, they know that it is the truth from their Lord; but as for those who have disbelieved, they say, What is it that God meaneth by this as a parable?]. (Mughnee,* K,* TA.) That it denotes a condition is shown by the necessary occurrence of ف after it; for if this ف were a conjunction, it would not be prefixed to the enunciative; and if it were redundant, it might be dispensed with; but it may not be dispensed with except in a case of necessity in poetry or in a case of an ellipsis. b3: In most cases, (Mughnee, K,) it is used as a partitive, (S, Mughnee, K,) implying the meaning of a condition; (S; [in which it is mentioned with أَمَا;]) and thus it is used in the passage of the Kur cited above; (Mughnee;) and in the following exs. [in the Kur xviii. 78 and 79 and 81], أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِى البَحْرِ and وَأَمَا الْغُلَامُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنِينَ and وأَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغلَامَينِ يَتَيمَيْنِ [As for the ship, it belonged to poor men who worked on the sea . . . and as for the boy, his two parents were believers . . . and as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys]. (Mughnee, * K, * TA.) [It is a partitive also in the phrase أَمَّابَعْدُ, which see in art. بعد.] b4: Few have mentioned its use as a corroborative: (Mughnee:) it is thus used in the phrase أَمَّا زَيْدٌ فَذَاهِبٌ [Whatever be the case, or happen what will or what may, or at all events, Zeyd is going away], when you mean that Zeyd is inevitably going away, and determined, or decided, upon doing so: (Z cited in the Mughnee, and K:) therefore Sb explains it as meaning, in this case, مَهْمَا يَكُنْ مِنْ شَىْءٍ [whatever be the case, &c., as above, or, in some instances, happen what would or what might]; thereby showing it to be a corroborative, and to have a conditional meaning: (Z cited in the Mughnee: [and the same explanation of it is given, with a similar ex., in the S, in art. امو:]) the فَ, in this case, is transferred from its proper place before the inchoative, and put before the enunciative. (I 'AK p. 306.) Ks says that أَمَّا is used in commanding and forbidding and announcing: you say, أَمَّا اللّٰهَ فَاعْبُدْ [Whatever be the case, or happen what will, &c., God worship thou]: and أَمَّا الخَمْرَ فَلَا تَشْرَبْهَا [i. e. أَمَّا الخَمْرَ فَلَا تَشْرَبْهَا (as is shown in the case of a similar ex. in the Mughnee, though you may say أَمَّا الخَمْرُ فَلَا تَشْرَبْهَا, without an ellipsis, like as you say أمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ as well as أَمَّا ثَمُودَ, in the Kur xli. 16, accord. to different readers,) Whatever be the case, &c., wine (drink not), drink not thou it]: and أَمَّا زَيْدٌ فَخَرَجَ [Whatever be the case, &c., with respect to other things, Zeyd has gone forth; or whatever be the case with respect to others, as for Zeyd, he has gone forth]: whereas إِمَّا [which see in the next paragraph] is used in expressing a condition and in expressing doubt and in giving option and in taking option. (T.) b5: [IHsh says that in his opinion,] in the phrase أَمَّا العَبِيدَ فَذُو عَبِيدٍ, thus heard, with العبيد in the accus. case, the meaning is, مَهَما ذَكَرْتَ [&c., i. e. Whenever thou mentionest the slaves, he is a possessor of slaves: but I would rather say that the meaning is, أَمَّا ذِكْرُكَ العَبِيدَ, &c., i. e. as for thy mentioning the slaves, &c.]: and so in similar phrases which have been heard. (Mughnee.) A2: Distinct from the foregoing is أَمَّا in the saying in the Kur [xxvii. 86], أَمَّا ذاكُنْتُمْ تَعمَلُونَ [Or rather, what is it that ye were doing?]: for here it is a compound of the unconnected أَمْ and the interrogative مَا (Mughnee.) A3: So too in the saying of the poet, أَبَا خُرَاشَةَ أَمَّا أَنْتَ ذَا نَسفَرٍ

فَإنَّ قُوْمِىَ لَمْ تَأكُلْهُمُ الضَّبُعُ [O Aboo-Khurásheh, because thou wast possessor of a number of men dost thou boast? Verily, my people, the year of dearth, or of sterility, hath not consumed them]: for here it is a compound of the أَنْ termed مَصُدَرِيَّة [which combines with a verb following it to form an equivalent to an inf. n.] and the redundant مَا: أَمَّا أَنْتَ is for لِأَنْ كُنْتَ; the preposition and the verb are suppressed for the sake of abridgment, so that the pronoun [تَ in كُنْتَ] becomes separate; and مَا is substituted for the verb [thus deprived of its affixed pronoun], and the ن [of ان] is incorporated into the م [of ما]. (Mughnee.) [See another reading of this verse voce إِمَّا; and there also, immediately after, another ex. (accord. to the Mughnee) of أَمَّا used in the manner explained above. See also أَنْ as a conditional particle, like إِنْ.]

A4: Also i. q. إِمَّا, q. v. (Mughnee, K.) إِمَّا is sometimes written أَمَّا, and sometimes its first م is changed into ى, [forming أَيْمَا or إِيْمَا or both, as will be shown below,] (Mughnee, [in my copy of which it is written أَيْمَا, and so in some copies of the K,] and K, [in some copies of which it is written إيمَا,]) and it is held by Sb to be a compound of إِنْ and مَا, (Mughnee,) or as denoting the complement of a condition it is a compound of إِنْ and مَا. (M, K.) b2: It denotes doubt; (Ks, T, Mughnee, K;) as in مَا أَدْرِى مَنْ قَامَ إِمَّا زَيْدٌوإِمَّا عَمْرٌو [I know not who stood: either Zeyd or 'Amr]: (Ks, T:) and جَآءَنِى إِمَّا زَيْدٌ وَإِمَّا عَمْرٌو [There came to me either Zeyd or 'Amr], said when one knows not which of them came. (Mughnee, K.) b3: It also denotes vagueness of meaning; as in [the Kur ix. 107,] إِمَّا يُعَذِّبُهُم وأمَّا يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ [Either He will punish them or He will turn unto them with forgiveness]. (Mughnee, K.) b4: It also denotes giving option; as in [the Kur xviii. 85,] إِمَّا أَن تُعَذِّبَ وإِمَّا أَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فِيِهِمْ حُسْناً [Either do thou punish, or do thou what is good to them]. (Mughnee, K.) b5: It also denotes the making a thing allowable; as in تَعَلَّمْ إِمَّا فِقْهًا وإِمَّا نَحْوًا [Learn thou either low or syntax; (an ex. given in the T, on the authority of Ks, as an instance of the usage of إِمَّا to denote giving option;)] but its use with this intent is disputed by some, (Mughnee, K,) while they assert it of أَوْ. (Mughnee.) b6: It is also used as a partitive; as in [the Kur lxxvi. 3,] إمَّا شَاكِراً و إمَّا كَفُورًا [Either, or whether, being thankful or being unthankful]; (Mughnee, K;) the two epithets being here in the accus. case as denotatives of state: or, accord. to the Koofees, إمَّا may be here [a compound of] the conditional إِنْ and the redundant مَا; كَانَ, accord. to Ibn-EshShejeree, being understood after it: (Mughnee:) and Fr says that the meaning is, إِنْ شَكَرَ وَإِنْ كَفَرَ [if he be thankful and if he be unthankful]. (T.) b7: It also denotes taking option; as in the saying, لِى دَارٌ بِالكُوفَةِ فَأنَا خَارِجٌ إلَيْهَا فَإمَّا أَنْ أَسْكُنَهَا وإِمَّا أَنْ

أَبِيعَهَا [I have a house in El-Koofeh, and I am going forth to it, and either I will inhabit it or I will sell it: but this is similar to the usage first mentioned above]. (Ks, T.) b8: It is a conjunction, (S in art. امو, and Mughnee,) accord. to most authorities, i. e., the second إِمَّا in the like of the saying, جَاءَنِى إمَّا زَيْدٌ وإِمَّا عَمْرٌو [mentioned above]; (Mughnee;) used in the manner of أَوْ in all its cases except this one, that in the use of او you begin with assurance, and then doubt comes upon you; whereas you begin with إِمَّا in doubt, and must repeat it; as in the saying last mentioned: (S: [and the like is said in the Mughnee, after the explanations of the meanings:]) but some assert that it is like the first إِمَّا, not a conjunction; because it is generally preceded by the conjunction و: and some assert that إِمَّا conjoins the noun with the noun, and the و conjoins إِمَّا with إِمَّا; but the conjoining of a particle with a particle is strange. (Mughnee.) b9: Sometimes the و is suppressed; as in the following verse, (Mughnee,) of El-Ahwas; (S;) يَا لَيْتَمَا أُمُّنِا شَالَتْ نَعَامَتُهَا

أَيْمَا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ أَيْمَا إِلَى نَارِ [O, would that our mother took her departure, either to Paradise or Hell-fire!]; (S,* Mughnee, K;) cited by Ks, with ايما for إِمَّا: (T:) and sometimes it is with kesr [i. e. إِيمَا]: (S:) IB says that it is correctly إِمَّا, with kesr; asserting the original to be إِمَّا, with kesr, only. (TA.) b10: And sometimes the former مَا is dispensed with; as in the following verse, (Mughnee,) which shows also that مَا is sometimes suppressed; سَقَتْهُ ارَّوَاعِدُ مِنْ صَيِّفٍ

وَإِنْ مِنْ خَرِيفٍ فَلَنْ يَعْدَمَا [The thundering clouds of summer-rain watered him, or of autumn-rain; so he will not want sufficient drink]: i. e. إِمَّا مِنْ صَيِّفٍ وَإِمَّا مِنْ خَرِيفٍ. (Mughnee, K.) Mbr and As say that إِنْ is here conditional, and that the ف is its complement: but this assertion is of no weight; for the object is the description of a mountain-goat as having sufficient drink in every case: AO says that إِنْ in this verse is redundant. (Mughnee.) b11: Sometimes, also, one does not require to mention the second إِمَّا, by mentioning what supplies its place; as in the saying, إِمَّا أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ بِخَيْرٍ

وَإِلَّا فاسْكُتْ [Either do thou speak what is good or else be silent]. (Mughnee.) [See art. الا, near its end.]

A2: Distinct from the foregoing is إِمَّا in the saying in the Kur [xix. 26], فَإِمَّأِتَريِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًاِ [And if thou see, of mankind, any one]: for this is [a compound of] the conditional إِن and the redundant مَا. (S * in art. امو, and Mughnee.) [In like manner,] you say, in expressing a condition, إِمَّا تَشْتِمَنَّ زْيدًا فَإِنَّهُ يَحْلُمُ عَنْكَ [If thou revile Zeyd, he will treat thee with forbearance]. (Ks, T.) And إِمَّا تَأْتِنِي أُكِْرِمْكَ [If thou come to me, I will treat thee with honour]. (S.) b2: In the following saying, إِمَّا أَنْتَ مُنْطَلِقًا انْطَلَقْتُ [If thou be going away, I go away], the مَا is not that which restrains the particle to which it is subjoined from governing, but is a substitute for a verb; (K and TA in art. مَا;) as though the speaker said, إِذَا صِرْتَ مُنْطَلِقًا [or rather إِنْ صِرْتَ]. (TA in that art.) And hence the saying of the poet, [of which a reading different from that here following has been given voce أَمَّا,] أَبَا خُرَاشَةَ إِمَّا أَنْتَ ذَا نَسفَرٍ

فَإنَّ قَوْمِىَ لَمْ تَإْكُلْهُمُ الضَّبُغُ [O Aboo-Khurásheh, if thou be possessor of a number of men, verily, my people, the year of dearth, or of sterility, hath not consumed them]; as though he said, إِنْ كُنْتُ ذَا نَفَرٍ. (TA in that art.) [But IHsh states the case differently; saying,] An instance of أَمَّا أَنْتَ مُنطَلِقًا انْطَلَقْتُ not used to restrain from governing, but as a substitute for a verb, occurs in the saying, أَمَّا أَنْتَ مُنطَلِقًا اِنْطَلَقْتُ [ Because thou wast going away, I went away]; originally, اِنْطَلَقْتُ لِأَنْ كُنْتَ مُنطَلِقاً: [for an explanation of which, see what is said of أَمَّا أَنْتَ in a reading of the verse commencing with أَبَا خُرَاشَة voce أَمَّا:] but accord. to El-Fárisee and IJ, the government belongs to مَا; not to كَانَ [or كُنْتَ]. (Mughnee in art. مَا.) b3: So too in the saying, اِفْعَلْ هذَا

إِمَّالَا, meaning إِنْ كُنْتَ لَاتَفْعَلُ غَيْرَهُ [i. e. Do thou this if thou wilt not do another thing; or do thou this at least]; (Mughnee and K, each in art. مَا;) indicating a person's refusal to do [fully] that which he is ordered to do: (TA in that art.:) or إِمَّالَا فَافْعَلْ كَذَا, meaning if thou wilt not do that, then do thou this; the three particles [إِنْ and مَا and لَا] being made as one word: so says Lth: (T:) [J says,] إِمَّالَا فَافْعَلْ كَذَا is pronounced with imáleh, [i. e. “ immá-lè,”] and is originally إِن لَا with مَا as a connective; and the meaning is, if that thing will not be, then do thou thus: (S in art. لَا:) [but] AHát [ disallows this pronunciation, and] says, sometimes the vulgar, in the place of اِفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ إِمَّالَا, say, اِفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ بَارِى

[Do thou that at least]; but this is Persian, and is rejected as wrong: and they say also, أُمَّالَىْ, with damm to the ا [and with imáleh in the case of the final vowel, and thus it is vulgarly pronounced in the present day]; but this too is wrong; for it is correctly إِمَّالَا, [with kesr, and] not pronounced with imáleh, for particles [in general] are not thus pronounced: (T:) and the vulgar also convert the hemzeh into ه with damm [saying هُمَّالَىْ]. (TA in art. مَا.) [Fei says,] لَا is a substitute for the verb in the saying, إِمَّالَا فَافْعَلْ هٰذَا, the meaning being If thou do not that, then [at least] do thou this: the origin thereof is this; that certain things are incumbent on a man to do, and he is required to do them, but refuses; and then one is content with his doing some, or a part, of them, and says to him thus: i. e., if thou wilt not do all, then do thou this: then the verb is suppressed, on account of the frequency of the usage of the phrase, and مَا is added to give force to the meaning: and some say that it is for this reason that لَا is here pronounced with imáleh; because it serves for the verb; like as بَلَى is, and the vocative يَا: but it is said that it is correctly pronounced without imáleh; because particles [in general] are not pronounced therewith; as Az says. (Msb in art. لَا.) [El-Hareeree says that]

إِمَّالَا is properly [a compound of] three particles, which are إِنْ and مَا and لَا, made as one word, and the ا at the end thereof is like the ا of حُبَارَى

[in which it is written ى, agreeably with rule]; wherefore it is pronounced with imáleh, like as is the ا of this latter word. (Durrat el-Ghowwás, in De Sacy's Anthol. Gr. Ar. p. 57 of the Arabic text.) In the Lubáb it is said that لَا is used as a negative of the future, as in لا تَفْعَلْ; and the verb [in إِمَّالَا] is suppressed; so it [لا] serves as a substitute in the saying, اِفْعَلْ هٰذَا إِمَّالَا; therefore they pronounce its ا with imáleh: and IAth says that the Arabs sometimes pronounced لَا with a slight imáleh; and the vulgar make the imáleh thereof full, so that its ا becomes ى; but this is wrong. (TA.) You say also, خُذْ هٰذَا إِمَّالَا, meaning Take thou this if thou take not that. (T.) It is related that the Prophet saw a runaway camel, and said, “To whom belongeth this camel? ”

when, lo, some young men of the Ansár said, “ We have drawn water upon him during twenty years, and yet he has in him fat; so we desired to slaughter him; but he escaped from us. ” He said, “Will ye sell him? ” They answered, “No: but he is thine. ” And he said, إِمَّالَا فأَحْسِنُوا إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يأْــتِيَهُ أَجَلُهُ, meaning If ye will not sell him, act well to him until his term of life come to him. (T.)

رث

ى1 رَثَيْتُ المَيِّتَ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. ـْ (Msb,) inf. n. مَرْثِيَةٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and مَرْثَاةٌ and رِثَايَةٌ and رِثَآءٌ and رَثْىٌ; (M, K;) and رَثَوْتُهُ; (S, M in art. رثو, * and K;) I wept for, or over, [or bewailed,] the dead man, and [eulogized him, or] enumerated his good qualities or actions; (S, K;) as also ↓ رَثَّيْــتُيهُ, inf. n. تَرْثِيَةٌ; and ↓ تَرَثَّيْتُهُ: (K:) and also I composed verses on the dead man; (S, K;) [composed an elegy, a dirge, or an epicedium, on him;] eulogized him in verse: (TA:) or I eulogized the dead man, and wept for him or over him; as also ↓ رَثَّيْتُهُ: (M:) or, accord. to Lth, رَثَى فُلَانًا, aor. ـْ inf. n. رَثْىٌ and مَرْثِيَةٌ, signifies he wept for, or over, such a one after his death; and ↓ رثّاهُ, inf. n. ترْثِيَةٌ, he eulogized him after his death: (T:) or رَثَيْتُ المَيِّتَ and لَهُ ↓ تَرَثَّيْتُ signify I felt, or expressed, pity, or compassion, for the dead man. (Msb. [See also رَثَى لَهُ, in what follows.]) You say also, رَثَتِ المَرْأَةُ زَوْجَهَا, (IAar, T,) or بَعْلَهَا, (M,) aor. ـْ (IAar, T, M) and تَرْثُوهُ, (IAar, T, and M in art. رثو,) inf. n. رِثَايَةٌ [&c.]; (T;) and رَثِيَتْهُ, aor. ـْ inf. n. رثَايَةٌ [&c.]; (Lh, M;) and ↓ تَرَثَّتْهُ; (M;) [The woman wept for, or over, her husband, &c, he being dead:] and ISk mentions an Arab woman's saying رَثَأْتُ زَوْجِى بِأَبْيَاتٍ; pronouncing the verb with ء (S. [See 1 (last sentence) in art. رثأ.]) And you say, رَثَى لَهُ He was, or became, tender, pitiful, or compassionate, towards him. (S, M, K.) And مَا يَرْثِى فُلَانٌ لِى Such a one does not lament, complain, or express pain or grief, for me; nor does he care for me: and إِنِّى لَا أَرْثِى لَهُ [Verily I do not lament, &c., for him], inf. n. مَرْثَاةٌ and رَثْىٌ. (T.) b2: رَثَيْتُ عَنْهُ حَدِيثًا, (AA, Lh, T, S, M, K,) aor. ـْ inf. n. رِثَايَةٌ, (AA, T, S, K,) I mentioned a story, or tradition, received from him: (AA, T, S, K:) and (K) I retained in my memory a story, or tradition, received from him: (Lh, M, K:) but the phrase that is well known is نَثَيْتُ عَنْهُ خَبَرًا, meaning “ I bore information, or tidings, from him: ” (M:) and رَثَوْتُ عَنْهُ حَدِيثًا also has the second of these meanings; (M and K * in art. رثو;) or the first of them: (K in that art.:) but the phrase that is well known is نَثَوْتُ عَنْهُ خَبَرًا: (M in that art.:) accord. to E-'Okeylee, you say, رَثَوْنَا بَيْنَنَا حَدِيثًا and رَثَيْنَاهُ [i. e. We mentioned among us a story, or tradition]; and تَنَاثَيْنَاهُ means the like thereof. (T.) A2: رَثِىَ, (IAar, M, K, [and accord. to the TA, رُثِىَ, but it appears from the context that this is taken from a copy of the M, and is wrong,]) inf. n. رَثْىٌ, by rule رَثًى, (IAar, M,) He was, or became, affected with what is termed رَثْيَةٌ, (IAar, M, K,) in all the senses of this word. (K.) A3: [A meaning assigned to رَثَا by Golius belongs to رَثَأَ, q. v.]2 رَثَّىَ see 1, in three places.5 تَرَثَّىَ see 1, in three places.8 ارتثى. The meanings assigned to this verb by Golius belong to ارتثأ, q. v.]

رَثْيَةٌ A pain in the knees and [other] joints: (S:) or a pain in the joints, and in the arms and legs, or hands and feet, or fore and hind legs: (M, K:) or a swelling, (M, K,) and a [malady such as is termed] ظُلَاع, (M,) in the legs of a beast: (M, K:) or anything that prevents a person from rising and going away, or going quickly, occasioned by old age or pain: (M, K, * TA: الاِلْتِفَات in the K is a mistake for الاِنْبِعَاث: TA:) pl. رَثَيَاتٌ. (S.) b2: Also, and ↓ رَثِيَّةٌ, Weakness. (Th, M, K. [او ضَعْفٍ in the CK is a mistake for وَالضَّعْفُ.]) b3: And Foolishness, or stupidity. (Th, M, K.) And you say, فِى أَمْرِهِ رَثْيَةٌ In his affair is a flagging, or remissness, or languor. (M.) رَثِيَّةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

رَثَّآءَةٌ and ↓ رَثَّايَةٌ, epithets applied to a woman, (T, S, K,) Who wails much (T, * K, TA) for her husband: or who weeps much for, or over, another, of those whom she holds in honour. (TA.) رَثَّايَةٌ: see what next precedes.

أَرْثَى A man who does not perform an affair firmly, soundly, or thoroughly, (M, K, TA,) by reason of his weakness. (TA.) مَرْثَاةٌ (M, K) and ↓ مَرْثِيَةٌ (S, M, Msb, K) [see 1: used as simple substs., A lamentation for one dead; an elegy; a dirge; an epicedium: pl. مِرَاثٍ].

مَرْثِيَةٌ: see what next precedes.

خص

ى1 خَصَاهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ـْ (JK, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. خِصَآءٌ (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K) and خَصَآءٌ, mentioned, by MF, from Expositions of the Fs, (TA,) and خَصْىٌ, agreeably with analogy, occurs in a trad. of Esh-Shaabee, though we have not heard it, (Mgh,) He drew forth, or extracted, his testicles; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) [he gelded, or castrated, him;] namely, a stallion, (S,) a sheep or goat, or a horse or similar beast, (Lth, JK, TA,) and a man or boy, (TA,) or a slave. (Msb.) One says, بَرِئْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الخِصَآءِ [I am irresponsible to thee for castration]. (S.) b2: [Hence,] كَانَ جَوَادًا فَخُصِىَ [lit. He was a fleet and excellent horse, and he was gelded]; meaning (tropical:) he was rich, and he became poor. (TA.) b3: The poets term satire, and the act of overcoming, خِصَآء: one of them says, خَصَيْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ حَمْزَةَ بِالقَوَافِى

كَمَا يُخْصَى مِنَ الحَلَقِ الحِمَارُ [(tropical:) I have emasculated thee, O son of Hamzeh, with rhymes, like as the he-ass is emasculated in consequence of the disease termed حَلَق; for which, it is asserted, (as is said in the TA, art. حلق,) there is no remedy but gelding]. (IB, TA.) 4 اخصى [as though meaning (assumed tropical:) He did away with that which rendered him like one emasculated; the ا, app., having a privative property;] (tropical:) he learned one science. (Sgh, K, TA.) b2: The use of إِخْصَآءٌ [its inf. n.] in the sense of خِصَآءٌ inf. n. of خَصَى is a mistake. (Mgh.) 8 اختصى He castrated himself; or made himself a eunuch. (KL.) خَصٍ Having a complaint of his خُصَى [or testicles]. (K.) خُصْىٌ; and the dual خُصْيَانِ: see خُصْيَةٌ, in five places.

خِصْىٌ: see what next follows.

خُصْيَةٌ A testicle; (El-Umawee, S;) sing. of خُصًى; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) it is [one] of the organs of generation; (K;) well known; (Msb;) and ↓ خِصْيَةٌ signifies the same, (S, K,) and so does ↓ خُصْىٌ, (Msb, K,) and ↓ خِصْىٌ; (K;) and خُصْوَةٌ is a dial. var., occurring in a trad., but is extr.: (Sh, TA:) accord. to some, (Msb,) the sing. is خُصْيَةٌ [alone], (T, Msb,) of the fem. gender; (T, TA;) and the dual is ↓ خُصْيَانِ, (ElUmawee, T, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) of the masc. gender, (T, TA,) without ت, (El-Umawee, S, Mgh, Msb,) irreg., (El-Umawee, S, Msb,) like

أَلْيَانِ dual of أَلْيَةٌ, (El-Umawee, S,) and خُصْيَتَانِ also, (T, Mgh, K,) this latter being sometimes used, (T, Mgh,) though rarely, (MF on the authority of the Expositions of the Fs,) both mentioned by ISh: (T, TA:) AO says, I have heard خُصْيَة, with damm, but I have not heard ↓ خِصْيَة, with kesr; and I have heard ↓ خُصْيَاهُ [as the dual], though they did not use ↓ خُصْىٌ as the sing.; (S;) IB, however, cites exs. of this last as a sing.: (TA:) AA says that الخُصْيَتَانِ signifies the two testicles; and ↓ اَخُصْيَانِ, the two skins [which compose the scrotum, i. e.,] in which are the two testicles; citing an ex. in which the latter dual is used in this sense; (S;) and ISk says the like; whereas IKoot makes الخُصْيَةُ to signify [the scrotum, i. e.] the skin containing the testicle. (Msb.) b2: Also (tropical:) An earring (قُرْطٌ) in the ear: (JK, Sgh, K:) thus called by way of comparison: (TA:) pl. خُصًى. (JK.) خِصْيَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

خَصِىٌّ Whose testicles have been drawn forth, or extracted; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) [gelded, or castrated; a eunuch;] applied to a sheep or goat, and a horse or similar beast, (TA,) and a man (S, TA) or boy, (TA,) or a slave; (Msb;) as also ↓ مَخْصِىٌّ: (K:) pl. خِصْيَانٌ (S, Mgh, K) and خِصْيَةٌ: (S, K:) in giving it the former pl., they liken it to a subst., like ظَلِيمٌ, of which the pl. is ظِلْمَانٌ: so says Sb; meaning that فِعْلَانٌ is generally the pl. of فَعِيلٌ as a subst. (TA.) One says also خَصِىٌّ نَصِىٌّ; using the latter word as an imitative sequent. (Lh, TA.) b2: Also (tropical:) Poetry in which is no amatory effusion. (K, TA.) خَاصٍ [act. part. n. of 1]. They say, جَآءَ كَخَاصِى

العَيْرِ [lit. He came like the gelder of the ass], meaning he came ashamed: (JK, and TA in art. جوج:) and also, disappointed, or unsuccessful. (TA in that art.) مَخْصًى The place of cutting [or gelding or castration]. (S.) مَخْصِىٌّ: see خَصِىٌّ.

صلف

1 صَلِفَ السَّحَابُ, [aor. ـَ inf. n. صَلَفٌ, The clouds had in them no water: (M:) or صَلِفَتِ السَّحَابَةُ the cloud had little water. (A, TA. [It is implied in the TA that this is tropical; but I doubt its being so.]) See also its part. n., صَلِفٌ. b2: صَلِفَ said of a man's حَرْث [or seed-produce], It did not increase, or multiply, or become plentiful or abundant. (TA.) b3: صَلَفٌ as a quality of طَعَام [or wheat] signifies Its having little increase (نُزْل, S, or نَزَل, L, or نَمَآء and بَرَكَة, K) and little goodness. (L, TA: said in the latter to be tropical.) b4: [Hence, app., or from the verb as used in the sense expl. in the next sentence below,] مَنْ يَبْغِ, فِى الدِّينِ يَصْلَفْ, (S, M, Meyd, &c.,) a prov., (S, Meyd, O, K,) relating to the holding fast to religion, (S,) or used in urging to the mixing in social intercourse with the holding fast to religion, (O, K,) or, accord. to IAth, a trad., (TA,) i. e., accord. to As, He who exceeds the right bounds in religion (Meyd) will not be in favour with men, or beloved by them; (S, Meyd;) or will have little increase therein: (M:) or he who finds fault with men in respect of religion, (O, K,) and regards it as an excellence [that he possesses] above them, will have little goodness in their estimation, and (O) will not be in favour with them, or beloved by them: (O, K:) or the meaning is, he who seeks worldly good by means of religion, his share of the former will be little: (Meyd:) or he who seeks, in respect of religion, more than he has had revealed to him, his share will be little. (IAth.) b5: صَلِفَتْ, (S, M, O,) aor. ـَ (S, O,) inf. n. صَلَفٌ, said of a woman, means She was not in favour with, or was not beloved by, (S, M, O, K, *) her husband, (S, O, K,) or him by whom she was supported; (M;) and was hated by him. (S, O.) b6: صَلَفٌ, (O, K,) in a man and in a woman, (O,) signifies also The saying that which one's companion dislikes, or hates. (O, K.) b7: And, (O, K,) likewise in a man and in a woman, (O,) (assumed tropical:) The commending, or praising, oneself for, or the boasting of, or glorying in, that which one does not possess: (O, K:) or, (K,) as Kh asserts, (S, O,) the overpassing the due limits in الظَّرْف [here meaning elegance of mind, manners, address, speech, person, attire, and the like], (S, M, O, K,) and in excellence in knowledge or courage or other qualities, (TA,) and arrogating to oneself more than is due, through pride: (S, O, K:) but some say that this is post-classical: (M, TA:) [see an ex. voce آفَةٌ, in art. اوف; mentioned here in the TA as occurring in a trad.:] one says, of a man, صَلِفَ, (M, MA,) inf. n. صَلَفٌ, (M,) meaning (assumed tropical:) He commended, or praised, himself [&c.]; (MA;) and ↓ تصلّف, (S, MA, O,) meaning the same; (MA;) or this latter means تَكَلَّفَ الصَّلَفَ, (K, TA,) i. e. [he affected the overpassing of the due limits in الظَّرْف (meaning as expl. above); or he took upon himself as a task] the arrogating to himself more than was due, through pride: (TA:) [you say, تصلّف بِمَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ (assumed tropical:) He commended, or praised, himself for, or he boasted of, or gloried in, that which he did not possess:] the epithet from the former verb is ↓ صَلِفٌ, (Az, S, M, O, K,) applied to a man, (Az, S, M, O,) and صَلِفَةٌ applied to a woman; (M;) and the pl. of صَلِفٌ is صَلَافَى (Az, M, K) and صُلَفَآءُ and صَلِفُونَ: (Az, O, K:) it is said to be from صَلِفٌ applied to a vessel, accord. to IAar as meaning “ that takes little water; ” but rather, as others say, as meaning “ thick and heavy: ” the vulgar misapply it [app. by using it in the sense assigned to it by IAar]. (TA.) A2: See also the next paragraph.4 اصلف i. q. قَلَّ خَيْرُهُ [His good things became few; or his wealth, or his goodness or beneficence, became little]: (IAar, O, K:) and (TA) so ↓ تصلّف. (M, TA.) b2: And His soul, or spirit, (رُوحُهُ,) became heavy; (IAar, O, K;) and he became oppressed as though by the nightmare. (TK.) b3: And He became one whose wife was not in favour with him, or not beloved by him. (M.) A2: اصلفها He hated her, namely, his wife; (M;) as also ↓ صَلِفَهَا, (so in a copy of the M,) or صَلَفَهَا, aor. ـِ (so in the L and TA;) the latter mentioned by IAmb: (L,TA:) or اصلفهُ he hated him, namely, another man. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) b2: And اصلف نِسَآءَهُ He divorced his wives: and he made their share of his favours to be small. (A, TA.) b3: And one says to a woman, أَصْلَفَ اللّٰهُ رُفْغَكِ, meaning May God make thee [or thy فَرْج or the like] to be hated by thy husband. (EshSheybánee, S, O, K.) A3: اصلف القَوْمُ, (thus in the O, on the authority of Ibn-'Abbád, [like أَحْزَنَ, and its contr. أَسْهَلَ, &c.,]) or ↓ تصلّف, (thus in the K, [but the former is preferable on the ground of analogy, and the latter I think a mistake,]) The people, or party, became in the [kind of tract termed] صَلْفَآء. (O, K.) 5 تصلّف: see 4, first sentence. b2: And see 1, latter part. b3: Also He behaved in a loving, or an affectionate, and a blandishing, or coaxing, manner. (O, K.) b4: And, said of a camel, He loathed, or turned away with disgust from, the [pasturage termed] خُلَّة, and inclined to the حَمْض. (O, K.) A2: See also 4, last sentence.

الصَّلْفُ The branches of the heart of the palmtree that are next belong the قِلَبَة: [in the CK, خَواءٌ فى قُلْبِ النَّخْلَةِ is erroneously put for خَوَافِى; قلبِ النّخلةِ; and the same mistake was originally made in my MS. copy of the K:] n. un. with ة. (IAar, O, K, * TA. [See خَافِيَةٌ, last sentence.]

صَلِفٌ, applied to clouds (سَحَاب, S, M, O, K), Containing no water: (M:) or having little water and much thunder. (S, O, K. [Said in the TA to be tropical; but I doubt its being so.]) It is said in a prov., رُبَّ صَلِفٍ تَحْتَ الرَّاعِدَةِ, (S, and so in some copies of the K,) or ↓ رُبَّ صَلَفٍ, (M, O, and so in some copies of the K, [with an inf. n. in the place of an epithet,]) i. e. Many a cloud is there, [or many clouds are there, lacking rain, or] having much thunder with little rain, [beneath that which thunders:] (A'Obeyd, O:) applied to the wealthy niggard: (A'Obeyd, O, K:) or to him who threatens, and does not perform what he threatens: (S, O, K:) or to him who commends himself much, (M, O, K,) and is loquacious, (M, O,) but is destitute of good. (M, O, K.) b2: And A vessel that takes little water: (IAar, S, M, O, K:) a small vessel: one that leaks; that will not hold water. (IAar, TA. [This, also, is said in the TA to be tropical.]) And A heavy (K, TA) and thick (TA) vessel. (K, TA.) b3: Also High ground (قُفّ), or a hard plain, that produces no plants or herbage: (TA:) and so the fem., with ة, applied to land (أَرْض). (M, TA.) b4: Wheat (طَعَام) having little increase (قَلِيلُ النَّزَلِ and الرَّيْعِ): (M:) or tasteless: (M, O, K:) and ↓ صَلِيفٌ signifies the same, in the former sense or in the latter. (M.) b5: And [A man] heavy in soul, or spirit; syn. ثَقِيلُ الرُّوحِ. (TA. [See 4, second sentence, which shows that مُصْلِفٌ has this meaning: but the epithet thus expl. in the TA is there said to be like كَتِفٌ.]) b6: And صَلِفَةٌ signifies A woman not in favour with, or not beloved by, (S, M, O, K,) her husband, (S, O, K,) or him by whom she is supported; (M;) and hated by him: (S, O:) pl. صَلَائِفُ, (S, M, O, K,) which is extr. [in respect of analogy], (M,) and صَلِفَاتٌ. (O, K.) b7: See also 1, near the end.

صَلْفَآء and صِلْفَآء, and each with ة: see أَصْلَفُ, in five places.

صَلِيفٌ The side (عُرْض [in one of my copies of the S عَرْض, and in the other copy عِرق,]) of the neck; the two being called صَلِيفَانِ; (S, O, K;) [i. e.] الصَّلِيفَانِ signifies the two sides of the neck (جَانِبَا العُنُقِ): or this signifies what are between the لِيت [or part beneath the earring] and the قَصَرَة [or base of the neck, on the two sides]: (M:) or the two heads of the vertebra that is next to the head, in the two sides of the neck. (Az, O, * K, * TA.) In this last explanation, in the copies of the K, رأس is put for رأسا. (TA. [And in some copies of the K, شِقَّيْهِمَا is there erroneously put for شِقَّيْهَا, which, as is said in the TA, refers to the neck.]) أَخَذَ بِصَلِيفِهِ and ↓ بِصَلِيفَتِهِ mean, accord. to As, He took hold of the back of his neck: (O, TA:) and one says also, ↓ أَخَذَهُ بِصَلِيفَتِهِ meaning He took him, or it, altogether. (TA. [But I think it not improbable that ↓ بِصَلِيفَتِهِ in these two instances may be a mistranscription for بِصَلِيفَيْهِ.]) b2: الصَّلِيفَانِ signifies also Two staves, or pieces of wood, which are placed across [horizontally] upon the [camel's saddle called] غَبِيط, by means of which the مَحَامِل [pl. of مَحْمِلٌ, q. v.,] are bound. (S, O, K.) And (TA) صَلِيفَا الإِكَافِ signifies The two [similar] pieces of wood that are bound upon the upper part of the [saddle called]

إِكَاف. (M, TA.) A2: See also صَلِفٌ, latter half.

صَلِيفَةٌ: see صَلِيفٌ, in three places.

صَلَنْفًى and صَلَنْفَآءٌ A loquacious man. (M, TA.) أَصْلَفُ Hard, applied to a place; and so [the fem.] ↓ صَلْفَآءُ applied to land (أَرْض): (S, O:) or both signify hard ground (M, K) containing stones; (M;) or hard and rugged ground; (As, O;) and the pl. is صَلَافٍ, (M, O, K, * [in the last, erroneously, صَلَافِى, and in the O, correctly, الصَّلَافِى, being made determinate,]) thus pluralized in the same manner as صَحْرَآء because the quality of a subst. is predominant therein, (M,) and [ for the same reason] أَصَالِفُ also; (O, K;) [the former pl. of صلفآء, and the latter of اصلف:] or ↓ صَلْفَآء (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K) and ↓ صِلْفَآء, [each, app., with tenween, the latter because of the measure فِعْلَآء, and each because receiving the affix ة, for it is added,] and likewise ↓ صَلْفَآءَةٌ (K) and ↓ صِلْفَآءَةٌ, (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) rugged, hard ground: (K:) or a smooth rock, or a hard, smooth, bare rock, even with the ground. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) مُصْلِفٌ A man whose wife is not in favour with him or not beloved by him. (IAar, M, O, K.)