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فرح

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the emotion of joy, happiness, and delight. It also extends to related concepts like exuberance, boastfulness, and contentment. In some contexts, it can also signify being burdened or weighed down, particularly by debt or responsibilities.

Derived headwords

فَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be joyfulboth

    To experience happiness and delight; to be in a state of joy.

  2. 2.
    to be boastfulclassical

    To be excessively proud or exultant, often in a negative or ostentatious way.

فَرَحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    joyboth

    The opposite of sadness; a feeling of happiness and delight.

  2. 2.
    exuberanceclassical

    A state of being overly cheerful or lively, sometimes to the point of being boastful or ostentatious.

فَرِحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    joyfulboth

    Characterized by happiness and delight.

فَرِحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    boastfulclassical

    Given to boasting or excessive pride.

مَفْرُوحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    made joyfulboth

    The state of being made happy or delighted by something.

  2. 2.
    burdenedclassical

    Weighed down, especially by debt or heavy responsibilities.

فَرْحَانٌadjective
  1. 1.
    joyfulboth

    Full of joy and happiness.

فَرَاحَىnoun
  1. 1.
    joyful peopleclassical

    A plural form referring to people who are joyful.

فَرْحَىnoun
  1. 1.
    joyful peopleclassical

    A plural form referring to people who are joyful.

فَرِحَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    joyful (fem.)both

    A feminine adjective describing someone who is joyful.

فَرْحَانَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    joyful (fem.)both

    A feminine adjective describing someone who is joyful.

فَرَحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    boastfulnessclassical

    Excessive pride or ostentatious joy, often leading to heedlessness.

مِفْرَاحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    very joyfulboth

    One who is excessively joyful or rejoices frequently.

  2. 2.
    burdenedclassical

    One who is heavily burdened, especially by debt.

أَفْرَحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make joyfulboth

    To cause someone to be happy or delighted.

  2. 2.
    to burdenclassical

    To weigh someone down, particularly with debt or obligations.

  3. 3.
    to saddenclassical

    To cause grief or distress, by removing joy.

فَرَّحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make joyfulboth

    To cause someone to be happy or delighted.

فَرْحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    joyboth

    A moment or feeling of happiness and pleasure.

  2. 2.
    gift of joyclassical

    Something given as a reward or to bring happiness.

مُفْرَحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    joyfulboth

    That which causes joy or makes one happy.

  2. 2.
    burdenedclassical

    One who is burdened, especially by debt or dependents.

  3. 3.
    unclaimedclassical

    One whose lineage or allegiance is unknown.

مُفْرَحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    burdened personclassical

    A person who is heavily burdened by debt or circumstances.

تَفْرِيحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    causing joyboth

    The act of making someone joyful or bringing happiness.

فَرْحَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    white truffleclassical

    A type of white truffle, known for its pleasant aroma.

مُفَرَّحnoun
  1. 1.
    medicineclassical

    A known type of medicine or remedy.

مُفْرَحnoun
  1. 1.
    killed personclassical

    A slain person found between two settlements.

Parallel reading

الفرح: نقيض الحزن
Joy: the opposite of sadness.
هو أن يجد في قلبه خفة
It is to find lightness in one's heart.
ورجل فرح وفرح ومفروح
And a man who is joyful, and joyful, and made joyful.
وقوم فراحى وفرحى
And people who are joyful.
والفرح أيضا: البطر
And joy is also: boastfulness.
لا تفرح إن الله لا يحب الفرحين
Do not exult, for Allah does not love the exultant.
المفراح: الذي يفرح كلما سره الدهر، وهو الكثير الفرح
The excessively joyful: one who rejoices whenever time pleases him, and he is the one of much joy.
وقد أفرحه وفرحه
And something made him joyful, and he rejoiced.
والفرحة والفرحة: المسرة
And the joy and the joy: are delight.
وفرح به: سر
And he rejoiced in it: he was pleased.
والفرحة أيضا: ما تعطيه المفرح لك أو تثيبه به مكافأة له
And the joy is also: what you give to one who brings you joy or reward him for it.
لله أشد فرحا بتوبة عبده
Allah is more joyful at the repentance of His servant.
أفرحه الشيء والدين: أثقله
Something and debt burdened him: it weighed him down.
والمفرح: المثقل بالدين
And the burdened one: is one weighed down by debt.
ورجل مفرح: محتاج مغلوب
And a burdened man: is a needy, overcome person.
لا يترك في الإسلام مفرح أي لا يترك في أخلاف المسلمين حتى يوسع عليه ويحسن إليه
No burdened person shall be left in Islam, meaning no one shall be left among the successors of Muslims until he is provided for and treated well.
المفرح الذي قد أفرحه الدين والغرم أي أثقله ولا يجد قضاءه
The burdened one is he whom debt and obligation have burdened, meaning weighed him down, and he cannot find a way to pay it.
أن لا يتركوا مفرحا حتى يعينوه على ما كان من عقل أو فداء
That they shall not leave a burdened person until they assist him in whatever is due for blood money or ransom.
والمفرح المفدوح، وكذلك قال الأصمعي قال: هو الذي أثقله الدين
And the burdened one is the one struck down, and Al-Asma'i also said: he is the one whom debt has burdened.
المفرح الذي لا يعرف له نسب ولا ولاء
The burdened one is he whose lineage or allegiance is unknown.
ما يسرني بهذا الأمر مفرح ومفروح به
Nothing pleases me with this matter more than something that brings joy and something that is rejoiced in.
ما يسرني به مفروح ومفرح
What pleases me with it is something rejoiced in and something that brings joy.
أفرحه إذا غمه
It saddened him if it distressed him.
جعلت تفرح له
She began to grieve for him.
الفرحانة «1»: الكمأة البيضاء
The white truffle: the white truffle.
والمفرح: دواء معروف
And Al-Mufrih: a known medicine.