فحج

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a physical condition of splayed or wide-set legs, particularly in humans and animals. It also extends to a manner of walking associated with this condition and the act of spreading one's legs, especially for the purpose of milking.

Derived headwords

فَحَجَverb

1.
to spread legsboth
To spread one's legs apart, as when urinating or sitting.

فُحَجٌnoun

1.
splayed legsboth
A condition characterized by a wide separation between the middle of the legs in humans and animals.
2.
wide-set thighsclassical
A separation between the thighs.
3.
wide-set feetclassical
A separation between the feet.

أَفْحَجَadjective

1.
splay-leggedboth
Describing someone or something with splayed legs.
2.
bow-leggedboth
Having legs that are crooked or bowed outwards.

فَحْجَاءُadjective

1.
splay-legged (female)classical
A feminine adjective describing a female with splayed legs.

فَحَجَةٌnoun

1.
splayed legsclassical
A condition of splayed legs, used as an alternative to 'fuhaj'.

الأَفْحَجُadjective

1.
splay-leggedboth
One who has splayed legs, often with a specific gait where the feet are close together at the soles and wide apart at the heels.

تَفَحَّجَverb

1.
to spread legs (sitting)both
To spread one's legs apart when sitting down.

انْفَحَجَverb

1.
to spread legsclassical
To spread one's legs apart.

الفَحْجُnoun

1.
gait of the splay-leggedclassical
The manner of walking characteristic of someone with splayed legs.

التَّفَحُّجُnoun

1.
spreading legs (sitting)both
The act of spreading one's legs apart when sitting.

التَّفْحِيجُnoun

1.
spreading legs (sitting)classical
Similar to 'tafahhu', the act of spreading one's legs apart when sitting.

أَفْحَجَverb

1.
to spread legs (for milking)classical
To spread the legs of a milkable animal to facilitate milking.

الفَحْجَلُadjective

1.
very splay-leggedclassical
An intensified form of 'afhaj', indicating extreme splay-leggedness, with an added 'lam'.

فَحْوَجٌname

1.
nameclassical
A proper name, possibly of a father.

Parallel reading

الفحج: تباعد ما بين أوساط الساقين في الإنسان والدابة

Al-fuhaj: The wide separation between the middle of the legs in humans and animals.

وقيل: تباعد ما بين الفخذين

And it was said: a separation between the thighs.

وقيل: تباعد ما بين الرجلين

And it was said: a separation between the feet.

والنعت أفحج

And the adjective is 'afhaj' (splay-legged).

والأنثى فحجاء

And the feminine form is 'fuhjaa'.

وقد فحج فحجا وفحجة

And he had splayed legs, with the condition being 'fuhjan' and 'fuhjatan'.

أنه بال فلما فحج رجليه أي فرقهما

That he urinated and when he spread his legs, meaning he separated them.

والأفحج: الذي في رجليه اعوجاج

And 'al-afhaj': one whose legs have crookedness.

ورجل أفحج بين الفحج: وهو الذي تتدانى صدور قدميه وتتباعد عقباه وتتفحج ساقاه

And a splay-legged man, between the splayed legs: he is one whose feet soles are close and his heels are far apart, and his shanks spread apart.

أعور أفحج

One-eyed, splay-legged.

كأني به أسود أفحج يقلعها حجرا حجرا

As if I see him, a black, splay-legged man, uprooting it (the Kaaba) stone by stone.

ودابة فحجاء

And a splay-legged animal.

والفحج، بالتسكين: مشية الأفحج

And 'al-fuhj' (with sukoon): the gait of the splay-legged person.

وهو أن يفرج بين رجليه إذا جلس

And it is to spread one's legs apart when sitting.

وأفحج الرجل حلوبته إذا فرج ما بين رجليها ليحلبها

And the man spread his milch animal's legs when he separated between her legs to milk her.