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فَرِحَ , (S, A, L, Msb, K, &c.,) [aor.
فَرَحَ ,] inf. n.
فَرَحٌ, (S, * L, * Msb, &c.,) He rejoiced; was joyful, or glad; or was happy; (S, A, L, Msb, K,
&c.;) syn. سُرَّ: (S, A, Msb, * &c.:) or he experienced a sensation of lightness in his heart: (Th,
TA:) or his bosom became dilated with delight,
or pleasure, of short continuance, transitory, or
fleeting, not lasting, as is the case in bodily and
worldly pleasures; فَرَحٌ differing from سُرُورٌ in the
manner expl. below, though each is sometimes
used as syn. with the other. (Er-Rághib, TA.)
You say, فَرِحَ بِهِ He rejoiced, was joyful, or glad,
or was happy, by reason of him, or it; syn. سُرَّ.
(S, A, Msb. *) ―
2-b2- And He was, or became, well
pleased, or content. ―
2-b3- And He exulted, or rejoiced above measure; or he exulted greatly, and
behaved insolently and unthankfully, or ungratefully. (S, Msb, K.) The verb is used in this
sense in the Kur xxviii. 76. (TA.)