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 ↓ فَجْوَاءُ: (K:) or a wide and depressed tract thereof; and thus, according to Th, the word means in the Qur'an, 18:16. (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 plural is فَجَوَاتٌ (Msb, K, TA) and فِجَاءٌ. (K, TA. [To these pls. the CK strangely adds, as another, فَجَأٌ.])