ف • ي • ج

, aor. تَفِيجُ, She (a camel) kicked with her hind legs, backwards. (TA.)

, mentioned in the O and L and Msb in this art.: see art. فوج.

A wide [expanded and even tract such as is termed] بَسَاط, of land. (AA, O in art. فوج.)

A wide tract between two elevated portions, (S, O, K, all in art. فوج,) of rugged ground, or of sand: (S, O:) or what has the form of a valley between two mountains, or between two rugged tracts containing stones and sand and earth, like a خَلِيف [q. v.], but wider: thus expl. by ISh: pl. فَوَايءِجُ. (TA in art. فوج.)

A foot-messenger; a courier who journeys on foot: (S:) or a Sultán's foot-messenger: (L, Msb:) or one who journeys with letters: (L:) or a quick courier who carries tidings, or communications, from one town, or country, to another: (Nh, TA:) originally Pers., (S, O,) arabicized, (S, O, K,) from Pَيْك: (O, K:) pl. فُيُوجٌ. (S, TA.) It is also expl. as meaning One going, or journeying, alone: thus in a verse of 'Adee Ibn-Zeyd, in which it is opposed to زَرَافَةٌ meaning “ a company [of men]. ” (TA.) And [the pl.] فُيُوجٌ, (O, K,) as used in a verse of 'Adee Ibn-Zeyd, (O,) means Men who enter the prison and go forth from it, keeping guard. (O, L, K: in some copies of the K, and keep guard.) And A company [of men]; (Msb;) syn. with فَوْجٌ: (O and K in art. فوج:) and sometimes applied to a single person: pl. [of pauc.] أَفْيَاجٌ and [of mult.] فُيُوجٌ. (Msb.) -A2- Also A low, or depressed, place, such as is termed وَهْد, of the earth, or ground. (AA, O, K.) -A3- And A state of dispersion; as also ↓ فِيجٌ. (TA. [See 4 in art. فوج.])

A she-camel that kicks with her hind legs [much or often], backwards. (TA. [See 1.])

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