broaden, widen

, (MA, Msb, K, [in the CK فَسَحَ, a misprint,]) with damm, (Msb,) like كَرُمَ, (K,) [aor. ,] inf. n. فُسَاحَةٌ, (L,) or فَسَاحَةٌ [for which the former is app. a mistranscription] and فُسْحَةٌ, (MA,) It (a place) was, or became, spacious, roomy, wide, or ample; (MA, Msb, K;) as also ↓ افسح, (Msb, K,) and ↓ تفسّح, and ↓ انفسح. (K.) -A2- فَسَحَ لَهُ, (S, MA, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. فَسْحٌ (MA, Msb, TA) and فُسُوحٌ; (TA;) as also ↓ تفسّح, (A, K,) and ↓ افسح; (A;) He made room, or ample room, for him, (S, MA, Msb, K,) فِى المَجْلِسِ (S, MA, Msb) in the sitting-place, or in the assembly. (MA.) You say, فِى المَجْلِسِ ↓ تَفَسَّحُوا, (S, Msb, *) and ↓ تَفَا سَحُوا, (S, K,) Make ye room, or ample space, [in the sitting-place, or in the assembly,] syn. تَوَسَّعُوا: (S, K:) both of these verbs have nearly the same signification: [each may be rendered, but the latter more properly, make ye room, or ample space, one for another:] the latter occurs, accord. to the reading of El-Hasan, and the former accord. to that of others, in the Kur lviii. 12. (Fr, TA.) ― -b2- And اِفْسَحْ عَنِّى Remove thou, withdraw, or retire to a distance, from me. (Ksh and Bd in lviii. 12.) ― -b3- فَسْحٌ [as inf. n. of فَسَحَ] also signifies The making wide steps; and so فَيْسَحَى. (K.) [Hence,] اِفْسَحِ الخُطَى, said by an Arab of the Desert, of the Benoo-'Okeyl, to one who was sewing for him a water-skin, and mentioned in the T, as heard by its author, meaning (assumed tropical:) Make wide the spaces between each two punctures of the needle, lest the punctures should rend. (L.) ― -b4- And فَسَحَ لَهُ الأَمِيرُ فِى السَّفَرِ means The commander, or governor, wrote for him a فَسْح [q. v.]. (K.)

He made a place spacious, roomy, wide, or ample. (Msb.)

see 1, first and second sentences.

see 1, in three places. ― -b2- [تفسّح also signifies He expatiated, or ranged at large: and he had ample room or scope: see مُتَفَسَّحٌ.]

see 1, third sentence.

see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- [Hence,] انفسح مُرَاحُهُمْ [lit. The nightly resting-place of their camels was, or became, spacious,] means (assumed tropical:) their camels became numerous. (TA.) ― -b3- And انفسح صَدْرُهُ (assumed tropical:) His bosom became dilated [with joy]. (S, A.) ― -b4- And انفسح طَرْفُهُ (assumed tropical:) His eye had an unobstructed view, nothing hindering its seeing far. (L.)

: see تَفَيْحَسَ, in art. فحس.

A writing like a جَوَاز [or traveller's pass]. (K.) [See 1, last sentence.]

: see فَسِيحٌ, in three places.

Spaciousness, roominess, width, or ampleness; (S, A, L, K;) [particularly, or generally,] with respect to the ground. (L.) [In the MA it is mentioned as an inf. n. of فَسُحَ.] ― -b2- And [Ample scope for action &c.] in an affair. (Msb in art. رخو.) [And A state in which is ample scope for acting &c.: see نَفَسٌ.] ― -b3- الفُسْحَتَانِ signifies The two spaces without hair on the two sides of the hair that grows immediately beneath the middle of the lower lip. (L.)

: see فَسِيحٌ, in two places. ― -b2- فُلَانٌ ٱبْنُ فُسْحُمٍ is a phrase mentioned by Lh, thought by him to be from الفُسْحَةُ and الاِنْفِسَاحُ, but the meaning is unknown. (L.) -A2- Also The glans of the penis. (K in art. فسحم; where the word is mentioned again in the S likewise.)

: see the paragraph here following.