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فشج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of spreading one's legs apart, often in a preparatory or relaxed posture. It is frequently associated with animals, particularly camels, when preparing to urinate or defecate, and also with humans in similar contexts or when spreading legs widely.

Derived headwords

فَشَجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    spread legsboth

    The camel spread its legs apart.

تَفَشَّجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    spread legsboth

    The camel spread its legs apart.

اِنْفَشَجَتْverb
  1. 1.
    spread legsboth

    The camel spread its legs apart.

تَفَشَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    spread legsboth

    He spread his legs apart.

  2. 2.
    spread legs widelyclassical

    To spread the legs widely apart, similar to 'tafahhuja'.

فَشَجَverb
  1. 1.
    spread legsboth

    He spread his legs apart.

الفَشْجnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading legsclassical

    The act of spreading the legs apart, less extreme than 'tafajj'.

التَّفْشِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    wide leg spreadingclassical

    A more pronounced spreading of the legs apart.

تَفْشِيجًاnoun
  1. 1.
    wide leg spreadingclassical

    The act of spreading the legs widely.

التَّفَشُّجnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading legsboth

    The act of spreading the legs apart, synonymous with 'tafahhuja'.

  2. 2.
    spreading legs on fireclassical

    Spreading one's legs over a fire.

Parallel reading

فشجت الناقة وتفشجت وانفشجت: تفاجت وتفرشحت لتحلب أو تبول
The camel spread its legs apart, and spread them, and spread them: it spread them widely to be milked or to urinate.
تفشجت ثم بالت
She spread her legs and then urinated.
أن أعرابيا دخل مسجد رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ففشج فبال
An Arab man entered the mosque of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, and he spread his legs and urinated.
الفشج تفريج ما بين الرجلين دون التفاج
Al-fashj is spreading the legs apart, less than al-tafajj.
التفشيج: أشد من الفشج، وهو تفريج ما بين الرجلين
Al-tafshīj: is more intense than al-fashj, and it is spreading the legs apart.
فشج فبال أي فرج بين رجليه
He spread his legs and urinated, meaning he spread his legs apart.
فشج تفشيجا
He spread his legs widely.
التفشج مثل التفحج
Al-tafashshuj is like al-tafahhuja.
تفشج الرجل: تفحج
The man spread his legs: he spread them widely.
التفشج: التفحج على النار
Al-tafashshuj: spreading the legs over a fire.