فيء

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

The root فيء primarily relates to returning, reverting, and shade. It encompasses the concept of shade that appears after the sun has moved, the act of returning to a place or state, and also refers to spoils of war or tribute obtained without direct combat. The root also extends to meanings of movement and swaying.

Derived headwords

الفيءnoun

1.
shadeboth
Shade that appears after the sun has moved from a spot, especially the shade after noon.
2.
spoils of warclassical
Wealth or property obtained from non-believers without fighting or exertion, such as tribute or land.
3.
returnclassical
The act of returning or reverting.

أفياءnoun

1.
shadesboth
Plural of الفيء, referring to multiple instances of shade.

فيوءnoun

1.
shadesboth
Plural of الفيء, referring to multiple instances of shade.

وفاءverb

1.
to returnboth
To return to a place, state, or action.

وفاء: رجع — Wafāʾ: to return.

فيئاnoun

1.
returnboth
The act of returning or reverting.

تفيأverb

1.
to take shadeboth
To seek or enjoy shade, to be shaded.
2.
to swayboth
To move back and forth, to sway or be moved by the wind.
3.
to returnclassical
To return to a state or condition.

وتفيأ فيه: تظلل — And tafaʾa fīhi: to take shade.

تفيأت الظلال أي تقلبت — Tafayyuʾ al-ẓilāl means the shades moved.

تفيأت أنا في فيئها — I enjoyed the shade of its shade.

تفيؤnoun

1.
taking shadeboth
The act of seeking or enjoying shade, especially in the afternoon.
2.
swayingboth
The movement or swaying of things, like shadows or plants.

والتفيؤ تفعل من الفيء، وهو الظل بالعشي — And al-tafayyuʾ is a derived form from al-fayʾ, which is the shade in the evening.

والتفيؤ لا يكون إلا بالعشي، والظل بالغداة — And tafayyuʾ only occurs in the evening, while shade (ẓill) is in the morning.

تفيأتverb

1.
to take shadeboth
To seek or enjoy shade.
2.
to swayboth
To move back and forth, to sway.
3.
to returnclassical
To return to a state or condition.

فيأتverb

1.
to have much shadeclassical
To have abundant shade, referring to a tree or place.

وتفيأت الشجرة وفيأت وفاءت تفيئة: كثر فيؤها — And tafayyat al-shajarah and wafaʾat and wafaʾat tafʾīyah: its shade became abundant.

وفاءتverb

1.
to have much shadeclassical
To have abundant shade, referring to a tree or place.

تفيئةnoun

1.
abundance of shadeclassical
The state of having abundant shade.

المفيئةnoun

1.
place of shadeclassical
A place where shade is found.

المفيؤةnoun

1.
place of shadeclassical
A place where shade is found.
2.
simpletonclassical
An imbecile or simpleton, said to be from prolonged exposure to shade.

فيأتverb

1.
to moveclassical
To move hair from vanity or pride.

وفيأت المرأة شعرها: حركته من الخيلاء — And the woman fāʾat her hair: she moved it out of vanity.

تفيئverb

1.
to moveboth
To move or sway, referring to plants or crops moved by the wind.

والريح تفيئ الزرع والشجر: تحركهما — And the wind tafīʾu al-zarʿ wa-l-shajar: it moves them.

مثل المؤمن كخامة الزرع تفيئها الريح مرة هنا ومرة هنا — The likeness of the believer is like a shoot of a crop that the wind sways here and there.

فاءverb

1.
to returnboth
To return to a place, state, or action.
2.
to relentclassical
To relent or give up on an intention.
3.
to become dullclassical
To become blunt or dull, referring to a tool.

وفاء: رجع — Faʾāʾ: to return.

وفاء إلى الأمر يفيء وفاءه فيئا وفيوءا: رجع إليه — Faʾāʾa ilā al-amr yafīʾu wafāʾahu fāʾan wa-fuyūʾan: to return to it.

ويقال للحديدة إذا كلت بعد حدتها: فاءت — And it is said of a metal tool if it becomes dull after being sharp: it has fāʾat.

أفاءverb

1.
to cause to returnboth
To cause something to return, or to grant something back.
2.
to grant spoilsclassical
To grant spoils of war or tribute to Muslims.

وأفاءه غيره: رجعه — And ghayruhu afāʾahu: he caused it to return.

أفأت فلانا على الأمر إفاءة إذا أراد أمرا، فعدلته إلى أمر غيره — Afāʾta fulānan ʿalā al-amr ifāʾatan if you wanted something for someone, and you turned them to something else.

أفاء الله عليه يفيء إفاءة — Allāhu afāʾa ʿalayhi yufīʾu ifāʾatan.

استفاءverb

1.
to take backclassical
To take back or reclaim something.
2.
to obtain spoilsclassical
To obtain spoils or tribute.

واستفاء كفاء — Wa-stafāʾa kafāʾa.

ثم استفاؤوا، وقالوا حبذا الوضح — Then they sought to reclaim, and said, 'How good is the blood money!'

وقد استفاء عمهما مالهما ومراثهما — And their uncle reclaimed their wealth and their inheritance.

الفيئةnoun

1.
returnclassical
The act of returning or reverting, especially from a state or decision.
2.
state of returningclassical
The condition of returning or reverting from something one has engaged in.

ما عدا سورة من حد تسرع منها الفيئة — Except for a surge of temper from which the return (al-fayʾah) is quick.

الفيئة، بوزن الفيعة؛ الحالة من الرجوع عن الشيء الذي يكون قد لابسه الإنسان وباشره — Al-fayʾah, on the pattern of fayʿah; the state of returning from something a person has engaged in and undertaken.

تفيأتverb

1.
to returnclassical
To return to a state or condition.
2.
to be coquettishclassical
To be coquettish or to act in a charming, yielding manner towards one's husband.

وتفيأت المرأة لزوجها: تثنت عليه وتكسرت له تدللا وألقت نفسها عليه — And the woman tafayyat for her husband: she bent towards him, acted coyly, and threw herself upon him.

تفيأت ذات الدلال والخفر — She acted coquettishly, full of modesty and shyness.

الخراجnoun

1.
tributeclassical
Tribute or tax, especially that paid by non-Muslims.

استفادverb

1.
to take as spoilsclassical
To take something as spoils or tribute.

وقد رأيتنا نستفيء سهمانهما — And we saw ourselves taking their shares as spoils.

فئتverb

1.
to returnboth
To return to a place or state.
2.
to take as spoilsclassical
To take something as spoils.

وقد فئت فيئا واستفأت هذا المال: أخذته فيئا — And I have fāʾtu fāʾan and istafaʾtu hādhā al-māl: I took it as spoils.

ذو فيئةadjective

1.
hardenedclassical
Describing date pits that are hard and solid, suitable for animal feed.

ذو فيئة من نوى قران، معجوم — Hardened with date pits from Qiran, chewed.

المفّاءnoun

1.
conquered territoryclassical
A territory or region whose inhabitants have been conquered and its spoils taken.

لا يلين مفاء على مفيء — No one from the common people will be lenient towards the conquered territory (al-mafāʾ) of the conqueror (al-mafīʾ).

مفيءnoun

1.
conquerorclassical
One who conquers a territory and makes it spoils.

الفيءnoun

1.
flock of birdsclassical
A group or flock of birds.

الفيئةnoun

1.
bird of preyclassical
A bird resembling an eagle, which descends south in winter.

يا فيء ماليinterjection

1.
O essence of my wealthclassical
An expression of regret or sorrow, lamenting the loss of something precious.

يا فيء مالي، من يعمر يفنه مر الزمان عليه، والتقليب — O essence of my wealth, whoever lives long, time and its changes will consume him.

الفئةnoun

1.
groupboth
A group, party, or faction.

والهاء عوض من الياء التي نقصت من وسطه، أصله فيء مثال فيع — And the ḥāʾ is a substitute for the yāʾ that was omitted from its middle; its origin is fayʾ, like fayʿ.

تفيئةnoun

1.
followingclassical
The act of following immediately after someone.

ثم دخل أبو بكر على تفيئة ذلك أي على أثره — Then Abu Bakr entered following him, meaning in his footsteps.

Parallel reading

الفيء: ما كان شمسا فنسخه الظل، والجمع: أفياء وفيوء.

Al-fayʾ: what was sunlit and was replaced by shade, and its plural is afyāʾ and fuyūʾ.

وفاء الفيء فيئا: تحول.

And wafāʾ al-fayʾ fāʾan: to transform.

وتفيأ فيه: تظلل.

And tafaʾa fīhi: to take shade.

وفي الصحاح: الفيء ما بعد الزوال من الظل.

And in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: al-fayʾ is the shade after noon.

وإنما سمي الظل فيئا لرجوعه من جانب إلى جانب.

And shade is only called fayʾ because it returns from one side to another.

الظل: ما نسخته الشمس، والفيء: ما نسخ الشمس.

Al-ẓill: what the sun erases, and al-fayʾ: what erases the sun.

وتفيأت الظلال أي تقلبت.

And tafayyat al-ẓilāl means the shades moved.

يتفيؤا ظلاله عن اليمين والشمائل.

They seek shade from its (shadows) right and left.

والتفيؤ لا يكون إلا بالعشي، والظل بالغداة، وهو ما لم تنله الشمس، والفيء بالعشي ما انصرفت عنه الشمس.

And tafayyuʾ only occurs in the evening, while ẓill is in the morning, which is what the sun has not reached, and al-fayʾ in the evening is what the sun has moved away from.

وتفيأت أنا في فيئها.

And I enjoyed the shade of its shade.

والمفيؤة: هو المعتوه لزمه هذا الاسم من طول لزومه الظل.

And al-mafīʾūʾah: is the simpleton, this name stuck to him from his prolonged staying in the shade.

وفيأت المرأة شعرها: حركته من الخيلاء.

And the woman fāʾat her hair: she moved it out of vanity.

مثل المؤمن كخامة الزرع تفيئها الريح مرة هنا ومرة هنا.

The likeness of the believer is like a shoot of a crop that the wind sways here and there.

مثل المؤمن كخامة الزرع تفيئها الريح مرة هنا ومرة هنا.

The likeness of the believer is like a shoot of a crop that the wind sways here and there.

إذا رأيتم الفيء على رؤوسهن، يعني النساء، مثل أسنمة البخت فأعلموهن أن الله لا يقبل لهن صلاة.

If you see the shade on their heads, meaning women, like the humps of camels, then inform them that Allah does not accept their prayers.

وفاء: رجع.

Faʾāʾ: to return.

وفاء إلى الأمر يفيء وفاءه فيئا وفيوءا: رجع إليه.

Faʾāʾa ilā al-amr yafīʾu wafāʾahu fāʾan wa-fuyūʾan: to return to it.

ويقال للحديدة إذا كلت بعد حدتها: فاءت.

And it is said of a metal tool if it becomes dull after being sharp: it has fāʾat.

الفيء على ذي الرحم أي العطف عليه والرجوع إليه بالبر.

Al-fayʾ upon a relative means compassion towards him and returning to him with kindness.

أفأت فلانا على الأمر إفاءة إذا أراد أمرا، فعدلته إلى أمر غيره.

Afāʾta fulānan ʿalā al-amr ifāʾatan if you wanted something for someone, and you turned them to something else.

فإن فاؤ فإن الله غفور رحيم.

Then if they return, then Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

وإن عزموا الطلاق، فإن الله سميع عليم.

And if they resolve on divorce, then Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

وتفيأت المرأة لزوجها: تثنت عليه وتكسرت له تدللا وألقت نفسها عليه.

And the woman tafayyat for her husband: she bent towards him, acted coyly, and threw herself upon him.

وهو تصحيف والصواب تفيأت، بالفاء.

And it is a textual corruption, and the correct reading is tafayyat, with the fāʾ.

تفيأت ذات الدلال والخفر.

She acted coquettishly, full of modesty and shyness.

والفيء: الغنيمة، والخراج.

And al-fayʾ: spoils of war, and tribute.

أفاء الله على المسلمين مال الكفار يفيء إفاءة.

Allah granted the Muslims the wealth of the disbelievers, granting it back (yufīʾu ifāʾatan).

وهو ما حصل للمسلمين من أموال الكفار من غير حرب ولا جهاد.

And it is what Muslims obtained from the wealth of disbelievers without war or struggle.

ما أفاء الله على رسوله من أهل القرى.

What Allah granted to His Messenger from the people of the towns.

الفيء ما رد الله تعالى على أهل دينه من أموال من خالف دينه، بلا قتال.

Al-fayʾ is what Allah Almighty returned to the followers of His religion from the wealth of those who opposed His religion, without fighting.

فما أوجفتم عليه من خيل ولا ركاب.

And for which you did not exert horses or cavalry.

حتى تفيء إلى أمر الله.

Until they return to the command of Allah.

ذو فيئة من نوى قران، معجوم.

Hardened with date pits from Qiran, chewed.

لا يلين مفاء على مفيء.

No one from the common people will be lenient towards the conquered territory (al-mafāʾ) of the conqueror (al-mafīʾ).

والفيء القطعة من الطير، ويقال للقطعة من الطير: فيء وعرقة وصف.

And al-fayʾ is a flock of birds, and a flock of birds is called fayʾ, ʿaraqah, and waṣf.

وجاءه بعد فيئة أي بعد حين.

And it came to him after a fayʾah, meaning after a while.

يا فيء مالي، من يعمر يفنه مر الزمان عليه، والتقليب.

O essence of my wealth, whoever lives long, time and its changes will consume him.

والفئة: الطائفة، والهاء عوض من الياء التي نقصت من وسطه، أصله فيء مثال فيع.

And al-fiʾah: the group, and the ḥāʾ is a substitute for the yāʾ that was omitted from its middle; its origin is fayʾ, like fayʿ.

أصله فئو مثل فعو، فالهمزة عين لا لام، والمحذوف هو لامها، وهو الواو.

Its origin is fawʾun like fawʿun, so the hamzah is the ʿayn, not the lām, and what is omitted is its lām, which is the wāw.

ثم دخل أبو بكر على تفيئة ذلك أي على أثره.

Then Abu Bakr entered following him, meaning in his footsteps.