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إِِفْكٌ أفك إِفك افك فك وفى [an inf. n. used as a subst.;] A lie; a falsehood; (S, TA;) as also ↓ أَفِيكَةٌ : pl. (of the latter, K) أَفَائِكُ. (S, K.) You say, ↓ يَا لَلْأَفِيكَةِ , and ↓ يَا لِلْأَفِيكَةِ ; [and ↓ لَلْأَفَيِّكَةِ , using the dim. form for the purpose of enhancement; i. e. O the lie! and O the great lie!] the ل with fet-h denoting calling to aid; and with kesr denoting wonder, as though the meaning were, O man, wonder thou at this great lie. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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