Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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فيه فيهج ق


فَيْهَجٌ

فَيْهَجٌ A wine-measure: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ:) a Pers. word arabicized [and therefore all its letters are regarded as radical]. (Ṣ.)

Root: فيهج - Entry: فَيْهَجٌ Signification: A2

And A strainer (O, Ḳ, TA) for wine. (TA.)

Root: فيهج - Entry: فَيْهَجٌ Signification: A3

And (sometimes, Ṣ, O) a name for Wine: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or clear wine: (O, TA:) or an epithet applied to wine [app. signifying clear]: (TA:) or wine such as is مختلق [app. a mistranscription for مُخَلَّق, a word now used as signifying aromatized]; like قِنْدِيدٌ [q. v.] and أُمٌّ زَنْبَقٍ. (IAmb, TA.)


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