Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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فدع فدغ فدم


1. ⇒ فدغ

فَدَغَهُ, aor. ـَ {يَفْدَغُ}, inf. n. فَدْغٌ, He broke it, (Ṣ, O, Mṣb, Ḳ,) or crushed it; (Ṣ, O, Ḳ;) or (Ḳ) it is said when the object is a hollow thing, (Ṣ, O, Mṣb, Ḳ, TA,) or a moist, or soft, thing, (TA,) a person's head, (Ṣ, O, TA,) and a grape, and the like: (O, TA:) and he bruised, brayed, or pounded, it coarsely: and he clave, split, or rent, it slightly. (TA.)

Root: فدغ - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

And فَدَغَ الطَّعَامَ He put much clarified butter into the food. (O,* Ḳ,* TA.)

Root: فدغ - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

And one says also, فَدَغَ الكَمْأَةَ فِى السَّمْنِ [app. meaning He preserved the truffles in clarified butter]. (O.)


7. ⇒ انفدغ

انفدغ It (anything dry, or rigid,) became soft, or supple. (O, Ḳ.*)


فَدَغٌ

فَدَغٌ Distortion in the foot: (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O, Ḳ:) like فَدَعٌ, which is more common. (O.) [See فَدَعٌ.]


مِفْدَغٌ

مِفْدَغٌ An instrument for breaking, or crushing. (Ḳ, TA.) And applied to a man; like مِدَقٌّ [q. v.]. (TA.)


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