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فدح

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being burdened, weighed down, or overwhelmed by something significant, such as a heavy responsibility, debt, or a grave event. It implies a state of being incapacitated or severely challenged by such a load.

Derived headwords

الفَدْحnoun
  1. 1.
    Burden, heavy loadboth

    The state of being burdened or weighed down by a significant matter, such as a heavy responsibility, debt, or a grave event.

فَدَحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To burden, to weigh downboth

    To make something or someone heavy or burdened by a matter, load, or debt.

يَفْدَحُهُverb
  1. 1.
    It burdens himboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to burden', indicating that something is currently weighing heavily on someone.

فَدْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Burdeningboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'fadaḥa', referring to the act or state of being burdened or weighed down.

فَادِحadjective
  1. 1.
    Burdened, weighed downboth

    An active participle describing someone who is burdened or weighed down by a heavy matter, load, or debt.

مَفْدُوحadjective
  1. 1.
    Burdened, overwhelmedboth

    A passive participle indicating someone who has been burdened or overwhelmed by a debt, ransom, or blood money.

الفَادِحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamity, grave eventboth

    A noun referring to a grave or overwhelming event or calamity that befalls someone.

Parallel reading

إثقال الأمر والحمل صاحبه.
The burdening of a matter and the load upon its bearer.
فدحه الأمر والحمل والدين يفدحه فدحا: أثقله
The matter, load, or debt burdened him, weighing him down with a burden.
فهو فادح
And he is burdened.
أن لا يتركوا في الإسلام مفدوحا في فداء أو عقل
That they should not leave anyone in Islam burdened by ransom or blood money.
هو الذي فدحه الدين أي أثقله
He is the one whom the debt burdened, meaning it weighed him down.
مفدحا
Burdened.
لكشفك الكرب الذي فدحنا
For your revealing of the distress that burdened us.
والفادحة: النازلة
And Al-Fadiḥah: the calamity.
نزل به أمر فادح إذا غاله وبهظه
A grave matter befell him if it overwhelmed and burdened him.