Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

فَخَّ, aor. ـِ {يَفْخِخُ}, inf. n. فَخِيخٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and فَخٌّ; and soافتخّ↓, (Ḳ, TA,) inf. n. اِفْتِخَاخٌ; (TA;) said of one sleeping, He snored; or made a sound in breathing, audible by persons around him; syn. غَطَّ: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) or فَخٌّ in sleep is [the making a sound] less than what is termed غَطِيطٌ [inf. n. of غَطَّ]: and it signifies also a man's sleeping, and blowing in sleep. (L.)

فَخٌّ A snare, trap, gin, or net, for catching game or any kind of wild animals or birds; syn. مِصْيَدَةٌ: (Ṣ, A, L, Mṣb,* Ḳ:) said to be a Pers., or foreign, word, arabicized: (TA:) [from the Pers. فَخْ:] AM says that the Arabs called it طَرْقٌ [q. v.; and see also طِبْقٌ]: (TA:) andفَخَّةٌ↓ signifies the same: (L:) pl. of the former فِخَاخٌ (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ) and فُخُوخٌ. (Ṣ, A, Ḳ.) وَثَبَ فُلَانٌ مِنْ فَخِّ إِبْلِيسَ ‡ [lit. Such a one leaped from the snare of Iblees] means such a one repented. (A.)

فَخَّةٌ A sleep in which the sleeper snores, or makes a sound in breathing audible by persons around him: (Ṣ: [see 1:]) or a sleep in which the sleeper blows: (L:) or a sleep after coïtus: (Ḳ:) or a sleep in which the sleeper rests on the back of his head, (IAạr, L, Ḳ,) and blows by reason of satiety: (IAạr, L:) or a sleep in the early part of the morning or of the forenoon, between the time of the prayer of daybreak and sunrise or after sunrise: and, when tired. (A.) One says, هُوَ يَنَامُ الفَخَّةَ [He sleeps the sleep termed فَخَّة]. (A.)

See also فَخٌّ.