humiliation, scandal

, (S, A, &c.,) aor. , inf. n. فَضْحٌ, (Msb,) He exposed his vices, faults, or evil qualities or actions; disgraced him; or put him to shame. (S, A, L, Msb, * K.) لَا تَفْضَحْنَا بَيْنَ خَلْقِكِ, occurring in a prayer, means Expose not Thou our vices, or faults, among thy creatures: or the meaning may be, protect Thou us, that we may not be disobedient, and so deserve to have our vices, or faults, exposed among thy creatures. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] فَضَحَ القَمَرُ النُّجُومَ (tropical:) [The moon put to shame the stars; i. e.] the light of the moon predominated over that of the stars, (A, TA,) so that they were not apparent, or distinct: (TA:) and in like manner, الصُّبْحُ the dawn. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And فَضَحَكَ الصُّبْحُ, said to a person sleeping at daybreak, (TA,) (tropical:) Daybreak has shone forth, so as to discover thee to him who may see thee, and to expose thee to shame: (L, TA:) or i. q. فَصَحَكَ [i. e. daybreak has become apparent to thee, and its light has overcome thee: or daybreak has come upon thee suddenly]. (K.) ― -b4- And فَضَحَ الصُّبْحُ, (so in the S, and in some copies of the K,) or ↓ فضّح, (so in other copies of the K,) and ↓ افضح, (S, K,) (assumed tropical:) The daybreak appeared, (S, K, TA,) and shone forth. (TA.) -A2- فَضِحَ, aor. , (K,) inf. n. فَضَحٌ, (TK.) It was, or became, of the colour termed فُضْحَةٌ [q. v.]. (K.)

see the last sentence but one above.

[He exposed his vices, faults, or evil qualities or actions, the other doing the like to him: see also 6]. (A.)

see 1, last sentence but one. ― -b2- افضح البُسْرُ (assumed tropical:) The full-grown unripe dates showed in them a redness. (S.) And افضح النَّخْلُ (assumed tropical:) The palm-trees became red and yellow [in their fruit]. (K.)

[The two composers, or reciters, of verses of the metre termed رَجَز exposed each other's vices, faults, or evil qualities or actions]. (A.) And أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَتَنَاصَحُوا فَتَفَاضَحُوا [They desired, or meant, to give sincere, or faithful, advice or counsel, one to another, and they exposed one another's vices, faults, or evil qualities or actions]. (A.)

His vices, faults, or evil qualities or actions, became exposed; he became disgraced, or put to shame: (S, L, K:) he did evil, and became disgraced thereby. (L.) ― -b2- And [hence] اِفْتَضَحْنَا فِيكَ We have been negligent, or have failed of our duty, in respect of visiting thee, and seeking for thee. (A, TA.)

The dawn that is overspread with redness: (K, TA:) because of its shining forth. (TA.) -A2- See also what next follows.

, a subst from فَضِحَ, (L, K, TA,) and ↓ فَضَحٌ, (S, L, TA,) the inf. n. of فَضِح, (TK,) Whiteness, but not in an intense degree: (K, TA: [and the same is implied in the S:]) or, as some say, dust-colour inclining to طُحْلَة [which is a hue between that of dust and whiteness, with a little blackness, or between that of dust and blackness, with a little whiteness], (S, L, TA,) intermixed with an ugly hue; one of the colours of camels and of pigeons: the epithet is ↓ أَفْضَحُ; fem. فَضْحَآءُ: said by an Arab of the desert, in answer to a question of AA respecting it, to be the colour of cooked flesh-meat. (L, TA.) فُضْحَةُ الصُّبْحِ means The whiteness of the dawn. (TA.)

: see فَضِيحَةٌ.

One who exposes [much, or habitually, or often,] the vices, faults, or evil qualities or actions, of others; who [so] disgraces them, or puts them to shame; as also ↓ فَضَّاحٌ. (TA.) One says, الخَمْرُ فَضُوحٌ لِشَارِبِهَا [Wine is a thing that exposes much the vices, faults, or evil qualities or actions, of the drinker thereof]. (A.) ― -b2- يَا فَضُوحُ means O thou who act rendered notorious by thy evil character or conduct. (K, * TA.)

: see فَضِيحَةٌ, in two places.

He is a bad manager of property, or cattle; (K, TA;) not taking good care thereof. (TA.)