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أَفَجُّ ذ A man having his legs wide apart; who straddles; (S, * O, * L, K, * TA;) as also ↓ مُفِجُّ السَّاقَيْنِ; (L, TA;) [and ↓ مُفَاجٌّ , for] one says يَمْشِى مُفَاجًّا he walks with his legs wide apart, or straddling: (S, A, K:) or أَفَجُّ signifies having his thighs wide apart. (IAar, TA.) ― -b2- And قَوْسٌ فَجَّآءُ A bow of which the curved ends are elevated so that its string is distant from the part where it is grasped by the hand: (L:) or of which the string is distant from its كَبِد [q. v.]; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ مُنْفَجَّةٌ : (A, O, K:) and so قَوْسٌ فَجْوَآءُ. (S, O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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