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فهج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses names and attributes of wine. It also touches upon related concepts like purity and fabricated names for wine, with some etymological discussions.

Derived headwords

الفيهجnoun
  1. 1.
    wineclassical

    A name for wine.

  2. 2.
    pure wineclassical

    Specifically refers to pure or clear wine.

  3. 3.
    wine measureclassical

    A measure or vessel used for wine.

  4. 4.
    fabricated nameclassical

    An invented or fabricated name for wine.

جيدريةadjective
  1. 1.
    from Jaydarclassical

    An adjective indicating origin from a village in Syria called Jaydar, or a place named Judar, though the attribution is considered irregular.

الحقnoun
  1. 1.
    deathclassical

    In this context, 'al-Haqq' refers to death.

الباطلnoun
  1. 1.
    vanityclassical

    In this context, 'al-Batil' refers to amusement or frivolous activity.

القنديدnoun
  1. 1.
    fabricated name for wineclassical

    Considered an invented or fabricated name for wine.

أم زنبقname
  1. 1.
    fabricated name for wineclassical

    Considered an invented or fabricated name for wine.

Parallel reading

الفيهج: من أسماء الخمر، وقيل: هو من صفاتها
Al-Fihaj: is among the names of wine, and it is said to be one of its attributes.
قال: ألا يا اصبحاني فيهجا جيدرية ... بماء سحاب، يسبق الحق باطلي
He said: 'O my two companions, give me pure wine from Jaydar... with rainwater, my vanity precedes my mortality.'
جيدرية: منسوبة إلى قرية بالشام يقال لها جيدر
Jaydariyya: is attributed to a village in Syria called Jaydar.
وقيل: الفيهج الخمر فارسي معرب
And it is said: Al-Fihaj (wine) is a Persian loanword.
والحق: الموت
And al-Haqq: is death.
والباطل: اللهو
And al-Batil: is amusement.
وقيل: الفيهج الخمر الصافية
And it is said: Al-Fihaj is pure wine.
ابن الأنباري: الفيهج اسم مختلق للخمر، وكذلك القنديد وأم زنبق
Ibn al-Anbari said: Al-Fihaj is an invented name for wine, as are Al-Qandīd and Umm Zanbaq.
وقيل: الفيهج ما تكال به الخمر
And it is said: Al-Fihaj is what wine is measured by.
ألا يا اصبحينا فيهجا جدرية
O my two companions, give me wine from Judar.
وجدرية منسوبة إلى جدر، قرية بالشام
And Judariyya is attributed to Judar, a village in Syria.