فءفء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root describes a speech impediment characterized by excessive repetition of the letter 'fa' (ف). It refers to someone who stutters or has difficulty articulating, specifically with this sound, and the condition itself.

Derived headwords

الفَأْفَاءadjective

1.
one who stutters 'fa'both
A person who frequently repeats the letter 'fa' (ف) when speaking.

فَأْفَأَverb

1.
to stutter 'fa'both
To speak with a stutter or impediment, characterized by the excessive repetition of the letter 'fa' (ف).

الفَأْفَأَةnoun

1.
stuttering 'fa'both
A speech impediment characterized by a blockage in the tongue or a dominance of the letter 'fa' (ف) in speech.
2.
repetition of 'fa'classical
The act of repeating the letter 'fa' (ف) excessively while speaking.

فَأْفَأadjective

1.
stuttererboth
A man who stutters, specifically with the letter 'fa' (ف). This term can be elongated or shortened.

فَأْفَأَةnoun

1.
stutteringboth
The condition of stuttering, particularly the tendency to repeat the letter 'fa' (ف).

فَأْفَأَةadjective

1.
stuttering womanboth
A woman who exhibits the speech impediment of repeating the letter 'fa' (ف).

Parallel reading

الفَأْفَاء، على فَعْفَال: الذي يكثر ترداد الفاء إذا تكلم.

Al-fa'faa', on the pattern of fa'faal: one who frequently repeats the 'fa' when he speaks.

والفَأْفَأَة: حبسة في اللسان وغلبة الفاء على الكلام.

And al-fa'fa'ah: a blockage in the tongue and the dominance of the 'fa' over speech.

وقد فَأْفَأَ.

And he has stuttered.

ورجلٌ فَأْفَأٌ وفَأْفَاءٌ، يمد ويقصر، وامرأةٌ فَأْفَأَةٌ، وفيه فَأْفَأَةٌ.

And a man is fa'fa' and fa'faa', elongated and shortened, and a woman is fa'fa'ah, and in him/her is fa'fa'ah.

الفَأْفَأَة في الكلام، كأن الفاء يغلب على اللسان، فتقول: فَأْفَأَ فلانٌ في كلامه فَأْفَأَةً.

Al-fa'fa'ah in speech, as if the 'fa' dominates the tongue, so you say: So-and-so fa'fa'ah in his speech with fa'fa'ah.

وقال المبرد: الفَأْفَأَة: الترديد في الفاء، وهو أن يتردد في الفاء إذا تكلم.

And Al-Mubarrad said: Al-fa'fa'ah: the repetition of the 'fa', which is to hesitate on the 'fa' when speaking.