فلح

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root فلح (f-l-ḥ) primarily relates to success, prosperity, and survival, often in the context of achieving one's goals or attaining eternal bliss. It also extends to the physical act of splitting or cutting, particularly in relation to agriculture and the lips, and can refer to a farmer or a type of black fig.

Derived headwords

فَلَحَverb

1.
to succeed, prosperboth
To achieve success, prosperity, and well-being, often implying attainment of one's goals or a favorable outcome.
2.
to split, cleaveboth
To physically split or cut something, such as the ground for cultivation or a lip.
3.
to split (a lip)both
To have a split or crack in the lip.

الفَلْحnoun

1.
success, prosperityboth
Success, victory, survival in bliss and goodness; the state of being prosperous.
2.
splitting, cleavingboth
The act of splitting or cutting something.
3.
dawn meal, suhoorclassical
The meal taken before dawn during fasting, so named because it is a means of survival for the fast.
4.
split in the lipboth
A split or crack in the lip, especially the lower lip.

الفَلَاحnoun

1.
success, prosperityboth
Success, victory, survival in bliss and goodness; the state of being prosperous.
2.
dawn meal, suhoorclassical
The meal taken before dawn during fasting.
3.
farmer, plowmanboth
A farmer or plowman, so called because they split the earth for cultivation.

أَفْلَحَverb

1.
to succeed, prosperboth
To achieve success, prosperity, and well-being.
2.
to win, be victoriousboth
To win, be victorious, or gain control, especially in a contest or struggle.

مُفْلِحnoun

1.
successful personboth
A successful person, one who has achieved prosperity or victory.

مُفْلِحُونَnoun

1.
the successful onesboth
Those who are successful, prosperous, and have attained salvation or victory.

الفَلْحَةnoun

1.
split in the lipboth
A split or crack in the lip, particularly the lower lip.
2.
cultivated landboth
A piece of land that has been split or prepared for cultivation; a field.

فَلَّاحَةnoun

1.
farming, agricultureboth
The act or profession of farming and cultivating the land.

أَفْلَحِيverb

1.
succeed, achieve your goalclassical
An imperative form directed at a female, meaning to succeed, achieve your goal, or take charge of your affair.

استَفْلَحِيverb

1.
succeed, take chargeclassical
An imperative form meaning to succeed, achieve your goal, take charge of your affair, or act independently.

أَفْلَحُadjective

1.
split-lippedboth
Having a split or crack in the lip.

فَلْحَاءadjective

1.
split-lippedboth
A woman having a split or crack in the lip.

أَفْلَاحnoun

1.
successful peopleclassical
A plural form referring to successful and victorious people.

مُتَفَلِّحadjective

1.
chapped, crackedboth
Describing lips, hands, or feet that have become chapped or cracked, often due to cold.

فُلُوحnoun

1.
cracks, fissuresboth
Cracks or fissures, particularly in the skin.

الفَيْلَحَانِيّnoun

1.
black figclassical
A type of black fig that is large, round, and intensely black, considered good when dried.

فَلَحَverb

1.
to cheat, deceiveclassical
To engage in deception, trickery, or to speak falsely.

فَلَاحَةnoun

1.
trickery, deceptionclassical
Deception, trickery, or cunning.

تَفْلِيحnoun

1.
deception, mockeryclassical
Deception, mockery, or trickery.

فَلَحَverb

1.
to engage in usury/profiteeringclassical
To engage in dishonest business practices, such as buying low and selling high with a profit from the merchant, or inflating prices.

فَلَاحَةnoun

1.
profiteeringclassical
Engaging in dishonest or exploitative business practices for profit.

فَلَحَverb

1.
to incite, to increase priceclassical
To incite someone to increase their bid or price in a transaction, often through deception.

النَّجْشnoun

1.
incitement to bid higherclassical
The act of artificially increasing the price of an item in a sale by pretending to be a buyer, to deceive others.

Parallel reading

الفلح والفلاح: الفوز والنجاة والبقاء في النعيم والخير

Al-falḥ and al-falāḥ: success, salvation, and remaining in bliss and goodness.

قد أفلح المؤمنون

The believers have succeeded.

وإنما قيل لأهل الجنة مفلحون لفوزهم ببقاء الأبد

And the people of Paradise are called successful only because of their eternal survival.

لا أفعل ذلك فلاح الدهر

I will not do that for all time.

صلينا مع رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، حتى خشينا أن يفوتنا الفلح أو الفلاح ؛ يعني السحور

We prayed with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, until we feared that we would miss the suhoor (al-falḥ or al-falāḥ).

أصل الفلاح البقاء

The origin of al-falāḥ is survival.

أولئك هم المفلحون

Those are the successful ones.

أفلح بما شئت، فقد يبلغ بالنوك

Succeed with whatever you wish, for one may succeed through foolishness.

وقد أفلح اليوم من استعلى

And he has succeeded today who has overcome.

إذا قال الرجل لامرأته استفلحي بأمرك فقبلته فواحدة بائنة

If a man says to his wife, 'Take charge of your affair,' and she accepts it, it is one irrevocable divorce.

حي على الفلاح

Come to success.

فإن شبعها وجوعها وريها وظمأها وأرواثها وأبوالها فلاح في موازينه يوم القيامة

Then its fullness, its hunger, its drinking, its thirst, its droppings, and its urine are a success in his scales on the Day of Resurrection.

كل حزب بما لديهم فرحون

Each party rejoices in what they have.

فلح الشيء يفلحه فلحا: شقه

He split the thing, splitting it, splitting: he cut it.

فلحت رأسه فلحا: شقه

He split his head, splitting it: he cut it.

فلحت الأرض للزراعة يفلحها فلحا إذا شقها للحرث

He split the land for cultivation, splitting it, splitting, when he split it for plowing.

اتقوا الله في الفلاحين ؛ يعني الزراعين الذين يفلحون الأرض أي يشقونها

Fear Allah concerning the farmers; meaning the cultivators who split the land, i.e., plow it.

فلح شفته يفلحها فلحا: شقها

He split his lip, splitting it, splitting: he cut it.

لضربت فلحتك أي موضع الفلح، وهو الشق في الشفة السفلى

I would have struck your split lip, meaning the place of the split, which is the crack in the lower lip.

المرأة إذا غاب عنها زوجها تفلحت وتنكبت الزينة أي تشققت وتقشفت

When a woman's husband is absent, she becomes haggard and abandons adornment, meaning she becomes cracked and withered.

رجل أفلح وامرأة فلحاء

A split-lipped man and a split-lipped woman.

رجل متفلح الشفة واليدين والقدمين: أصابه فيهما تشقق من البرد

A man with chapped lips, hands, and feet: they were affected by cracking from the cold.

دعوا فلحات الشأم قد حال دونها ... طعان، كأفواه المخاض الأوارك

Leave the cultivated lands of Sham, for fighting has come between them, like the mouths of thirsty she-camels.

لها رطل تكيل الزيت فيه، ... وفلاح يسوق لها حمارا

She has a pound measure in which oil is weighed, and a camel driver leading a donkey for her.

فإذا قال لك: بع لي عبدا أو متاعا أو اشتره لي، فتأتي التجار فتشتريه بالغلاء وتبيع بالوكس وتصيب من التاجر، وهو الفلاح

And if he says to you: Sell me a slave or an item or buy it for me, and you go to the merchants and buy it at a high price and sell it at a loss, and you profit from the merchant, that is al-falāḥ.

وفلح بهم تفليحا: مكر وقال غير الحق

And he deceived them, deceiving them: he plotted and said what was not the truth.

قد فلحوا به أي مكروا به

They have deceived him, meaning they plotted against him.