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فسخ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

7 انفسخ ذ It (a limb, L, such as an arm, or a hand, A, L) became dislocated, luxated, or disjointed; (A, L;) as also ↓ تفسّخ. (L.) One says, وَقَعَ فُلَانٌ فَا@نْفَسَخَتْ قَدَمُهُ Such a one fell, and his foot became dislocated. (L. [And the like is said in the A.]) ― -b2- It (a stick, or twig, or branch,) became removed from its place by the hand. (Msb.) ― -b3- It (flesh) became dissundered by putrefaction; as also ↓ تفسّخ. (L.) ― -b4- And, said of a sale, (S, A, K,) and a determination, resolution, or decision, (S, K,) and a marriage, (S, A, K,) [and a contract, compact, or covenant, (see 1,)] and an affair, (L,) (tropical:) It became undone, dissolved, or annulled. (S, A, L, K.) ― -b5- Also said of a weak man, [app. as meaning (assumed tropical:) He became unnerved, ] on an occasion of difficulty. (L: see فَسِيخٌ.)

Derived headwords

انفسخverb
  1. 1.
وَقَعَ فُلَانٌ فَا@نْفَسَخَتْ قَدَمُهُ