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فرسح

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of spaciousness and width, particularly concerning land. It also touches upon the idea of rapid, close-together movements, specifically in the context of leaping.

Derived headwords

الفُرَسَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    wide, spacious landclassical

    Refers to land that is broad and extensive in its area.

فَرَسَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to leap rapidlyclassical

    To perform leaps or jumps that are close together and quick.

Parallel reading

الفُرَسَاح الأرض العريضة الواسعة
Al-Fursāḥ is the broad, spacious land.
هكذا أقرأنيه الإيادي
This is how Al-Iyadi read it to me.
هذا تصحيف، والصواب الفرشاح، بالشين المعجمة، من فرشح في جلسته
This is a misspelling; the correct word is al-furshāḥ, with the unpointed shīn, from 'farshaḥa' in his sitting.
وفرسح الرجل إذا وثب وثبا متقاربا
And a man 'farsaha' if he leaped with close-together leaps.
هذا الحرف من الجمهرة ولم أجده لأحد من الثقات فليفحص عنه
This word is from Al-Jamharah, and I did not find it with any of the reliable scholars, so it should be investigated.