فه
1 فَهِهَ, (
K,) [or perhaps فَهَّ, but originally فَهِهَ], like فَرِحَ, (
K,) sec.
Pers\. فَهِهْتَ, [
aor. ـَ
inf. n. فَهَهٌ (
S,
TA) [and
app. فَهَّةٌ and فَهَاهَةٌ], He (a man,
S) lacked power or ability. (
S,
K.) And فَهَّ,
inf. n. فَهَاهَةٌ and فَهَّةٌ, He made a slip, or committed a fault, from lack of power or ability, &c. (
TA.) And فَهَّ فِى خُطْبَتِهِ, and حُجَّتِهِ, He (a man) failed of being thoroughly effective [in his discourse, or oration, or harangue, and his argument, or plea, or evidence]. (
TA.)
b2: And فَهِهْتُ الشَّىْءَ I forgot the thing. (
ISh,
K, *
TA. [In the
K the third
Pers\. is mentioned, as being فَهِهَ; but I think it should be contracted (agreeably with a general rule), as in what here follows.]) And فَهَّ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ,
inf. n. فَهٌّ [probably, I think, a mistake for فَهَّةٌ], He forgot the thing. (
TA.) See also 4.
2 فَهَّّ see what next follows.
4 افهّهُ He (i. e. God) made him to lack power or ability; as also ↓ فـ
ـهّههُ. (
S,
K. [The former is omitted in one of my copies of the
S.])
b2: and He (another person) made him to forget. (
TA.) One says, خَرَجْتُ لِحَاجَةٍ فَأَفَهَّنِى فُلَانٌ عَنْهَا حَتَّى
↓ فَهِهْتُ i. e. [I went forth for a needful affair, and such a one] made me to forget it [so that I did forget it]. (
S,
TA. [Or افهّنى may be here better rendered agreeably with the explanation next following.])
Accord. to
IDrd, أَفَهَّنِى عَنْ فَحَاجَتِى signifies He busied me so as to divert me [from my needful affair, or the object of my want]. (
TA.)
R.
Q. 1 فَهْفَهَ He fell from a high station to a lower one. (
IAar,
TA.) فَهٌّ, (
S,
K,) applied to a man. (
S.) Lacking power or ability; (
S,
K;) as also ↓ فَهِهٌ, (
CK, but omitted in other copies of the
K,) and ↓ فَهِيهٌ, (
S, *
K,) and ↓ فَهْفَهٌ, (
K,) which last is mentioned by
IDrd as signifying dull of tongue, lacking power. or ability, to accomplish the object of his want: (
TA:) and فهَّة is applied, in the sense first mentioned, to a woman (
S;) or as meaning lacking power, or ability, to accomplish the object of her want. (
TA) And كَلِمَةٌ فَهَّةٌ means[A word, or a sentence, &c.,] having فَهَاهَة [i. e. a lack of power, &c.]. (
TA.) فَهَّةٌ and ↓ فَهَاهَةٌ [each of which has been mentioned above as an
inf. n.] Lack of power or ability; (
S,
K:) as also ↓ فَهْفَهَةٌ (
K.)
b2: The first signifies also A case, or an (??), of فَهَاهَة: and [a case, or an instance, of] unmindfulness or forgetfulness: (
TA:) and a (??) fault and a case, or an instance, of ignorance; and the like thereof. (A 'Obeyd.
S.
TA. *) فَهِهٌ: see فَهٌّ.
فَهِيهٌ
i. q. فَهٌّ,
q. v.: (
S, *
K:) or unable to speak. (
KL. [See فَكِيهٌ.]) One says سَفِيهٌ فَهِيهٌ [Lightmitted, lacking power or ability] (
S,
TA.) فَهَاهَةٌ: see (??).
فَهْفَهٌ: see فَهٌّ.
فَهْفَهَةٌ: see فَهَّةْ.
هُوَ فَهْفَاهٌ عَلَى المَالِ means He is a good manager or tender or superintendent [of the camels or cattle &c.] (
K.)
