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فرشح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes concepts related to spreading out, widening, or stretching, often in a physical sense. It can refer to large or wide things, a relaxed or splayed posture, or even a type of cloud or land.

Derived headwords

الفُرَشَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    large and stoutclassical

    Describing a woman or a camel as large and stout.

  2. 2.
    rainlessclassical

    Describing a cloud that does not bring rain.

  3. 3.
    wide and expansiveclassical

    Describing land as wide and expansive.

فَرشَحَتverb
  1. 1.
    to spread legs wideclassical

    A female camel spreading her legs wide apart, typically for milking or urinating.

  2. 2.
    to spread legs wide (prayer)classical

    A man spreading his legs very wide apart while standing, especially in prayer.

فرشحت الناقة تفحجت للحلب وفرطشت للبول — The she-camel spread her legs wide for milking and for urinating.
فرشح الرجل في صلاته، وهو أن يفحج بين رجليه جدا وهو قائم — The man spread his legs very wide in his prayer while standing.
فُرشُحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    splayed postureclassical

    Sitting in a relaxed posture with thighs spread wide and touching the ground.

  2. 2.
    wide-legged stanceclassical

    Sitting with legs spread apart.

  3. 3.
    wide-legged stance (prayer)classical

    Spreading one's legs wide apart while standing, particularly in prayer.

الفرشحة: أن يقعد مسترخيا فيلصق فخذيه بالأرض كالفرشطة سواء — The furshaḥah: is to sit relaxed, sticking one's thighs to the ground, just like the farshaṭah.
هو أن يقعد ويفتح ما بين رجليه — It is to sit and open the space between one's legs.
أن يفرش بين رجليه ويباعد إحداهما من الأخرى — To spread between one's legs and separate one from the other.
وهو أن يفحج بين رجليه جدا وهو قائم — Which is to spread one's legs very wide apart while standing.
فَرَشْحverb
  1. 1.
    to spread legsclassical

    To spread one's legs apart, often in a relaxed or wide stance.

وفرشح الرجل: وثب وثبا متقاربا — And the man spread his legs: he jumped with close jumps.

Parallel reading

الفرشاح من النساء: الكبيرة السمجة، وكذلك هي من الإبل
The furshāḥ from women: the large and stout one, and likewise she from camels.
والفرشاح من السحاب: الذي لا مطر فيه.
And the furshāḥ from clouds: that which has no rain in it.
والفرشاح: الأرض الواسعة العريضة.
And the furshāḥ: the wide and expansive land.
وحافر فرشاح: منبطح
And a furshāḥ hoof: spread out.
وفرشحت الناقة: تفحجت للحلب وفرطشت للبول
And the she-camel spread her legs: she spread them wide for milking and for urinating.
وفرشح الرجل: وثب وثبا متقاربا
And the man spread his legs: he jumped with close jumps.
والفرشحة: أن يقعد مسترخيا فيلصق فخذيه بالأرض كالفرشطة سواء
And the furshaḥah: is to sit relaxed, sticking one's thighs to the ground, just like the farshaṭah.
وقال اللحياني: هو أن يقعد ويفتح ما بين رجليه
And Al-Lihyani said: it is to sit and open the space between one's legs.
وقال أبو عبيد: الفرشحة أن يفرش بين رجليه ويباعد إحداهما من الأخرى
And Abu Ubaid said: the furshaḥah is to spread between one's legs and separate one from the other.
وقال الكسائي: فرشح الرجل في صلاته، وهو أن يفحج بين رجليه جدا وهو قائم
And Al-Kisa'i said: the man spread his legs in his prayer, which is to spread his legs very wide apart while standing.
أنه كان لا يفرشح رجليه في الصلاة ولا يلصقهما ولكن بين ذلك
That he did not spread his legs in prayer nor stick them together, but rather between that.