فيح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of intense heat, spreading, and abundance. It extends to the idea of flowing or pouring, particularly of blood or liquids, and also describes spaciousness and generosity.

Derived headwords

فَاحَverb

1.
to be intense (heat)both
Describes the intense, blazing heat of the sun.
2.
to boilclassical
Used for a pot boiling vigorously, likened to the heat of hell.
3.
to spread (fragrance)both
Specifically used for pleasant fragrances, like musk, spreading and becoming fragrant.
4.
to flowboth
Describes blood flowing or pouring out.
5.
to widenclassical
Used to describe a raid or military campaign expanding.

فاح الحر يفيح فيحا — The heat blazed intensely.

وفاحت القدر تفيح وتفوح إذا غلت — And the pot boiled vigorously.

وفاحت الريح الطيبة خاصة فيحا وفيحانا: سطعت وأرجت — And the good wind, especially, spread and became fragrant.

فَيْحnoun

1.
intense heatboth
The intensity and surge of heat, particularly from the sun.
2.
abundance (of spring)classical
The abundance and fertility of spring in a wide area.
3.
spaciousnessboth
The quality of being wide or expansive.

شدة القيظ من فيح جهنم — The intensity of the midday heat is from the surging heat of hell.

أَفَاحَverb

1.
to pour out (blood)both
To cause blood to be poured out or spilled.
2.
to spend (money)classical
To spend or distribute wealth.

وأفاحه: هراقه — And he poured it out: he spilled it.

لو ملكت الدنيا لفيحتها في يوم واحد — If I owned the world, I would spend it all in one day.

مُفَاحadjective

1.
flowing (blood)both
Describes blood that is flowing or spilling out.

ودما مفاحا — And flowing blood.

أَفِحْverb

1.
cool down (imperative)classical
An imperative command to cool down or rest until the heat of the day subsides.

أفح عنك من الظهيرة — Cool down from the midday heat.

فَيَحَانnoun

1.
spreading (fragrance)both
The act of a pleasant fragrance spreading and perfuming the air.
2.
flowing (blood)both
The flowing or outpouring of blood.

وفاحت الريح الطيبة خاصة فيحا وفيحانا: سطعت وأرجت — And the good wind, especially, spread and became fragrant.

أَفَاحَهَاverb

1.
to cause to boilclassical
To make a pot boil.

وفاحت القدر وأفحتها أنا: غلت — And the pot boiled, and I made it boil.

فَيَّاحadjective

1.
spaciousboth
Describing a wide or expansive place.
2.
generousboth
Describing someone who is very generous with their giving.

وبيوتها فياح — And her house is spacious.

ورجل فياح نفاح: كثير العطايا — And a generous, giving man: abundant in gifts.

أَفِيحadjective

1.
spaciousboth
Describing a wide or expansive area.

اتخذ ربك في الجنة واديا أفيح من مسك — Your Lord has made for you in Paradise a spacious valley of musk.

فَيحَاءadjective

1.
spaciousboth
Describing a wide or expansive place.

روضة فيحاء: واسعة — A spacious meadow: wide.

فَيُوحnoun

1.
spacious placesclassical
Plural of 'afih' or 'fayih', referring to wide areas.

ترعى السحاب العهد والفيوحا — The clouds graze the covenant and the wide lands.

فَيَّاحةadjective

1.
large-uddered (camel)classical
Describes a she-camel with a large udder and abundant milk.

وقد نمنح الفياحة الرفودا — And we may milk the large-uddered one, the generous.

فَيحَانname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

أو رعلة من قطا فيحان حلأها — Or a flock of sandgrouse from Fayhan, kept away.

فَيحَاءnoun

1.
brothclassical
A type of soup or broth, often seasoned.

والفيحاء: حساء مع توابل — And al-Fayha': a broth with spices.

فَيحِيverb

1.
spread out (imperative)classical
An imperative command to spread out or disperse, used in the context of a raid.

فيحي فياح — Spread out, O raid, O widespread one!

Parallel reading

فاح الحر يفيح فيحا: سطع وهاج.

The heat blazed intensely, surging and blazing.

شدة القيظ من فيح جهنم

The intensity of the midday heat is from the surging heat of hell.

وفاحت القدر تفيح وتفوح إذا غلت، وقد أخرجه مخرج التشبيه أي كأنه نار جهنم في حرها.

And the pot boiled vigorously, and it was likened to the heat of hell in its intensity.

وأفح عنك من الظهيرة أي أقم حتى يسكن عنك حر النهار ويبرد.

And 'cool down from the midday heat' means to stay until the heat of the day subsides and cools.

يقال أرق عنك من الظهيرة وأهرق وأهرئ وأنج وبخبخ وأفح إذا أمرته بالإبراد.

It is said: 'rest from the midday heat', 'cool down', 'be still', 'be quiet', 'be calm', and 'cool down' if you command it to cool.

وفاحت الريح الطيبة خاصة فيحا وفيحانا: سطعت وأرجت، وخص اللحياني به المسك؛ ولا يقال: فاحت ريح خبيثة إنما يقال للطيبة، فهي تفيح.

And the good wind, especially, spread and became fragrant; Al-Lihyani specifically mentioned musk for this; it is not said of a bad wind, only of a good one, that it spreads.

وفاحت القدر وأفحتها أنا: غلت.

And the pot boiled, and I made it boil.

وفاح الدم فيحا وفيحانا، وهو فاح: انصب.

And blood flowed, flowing and pouring, and it flowed: it poured out.

وأفاحه: هراقه؛

And he poured it out: he spilled it;

لم ندع لسارح مراحا، إلا ديارا، أو دما مفاحا

We left no resting place for the grazing animals, except ruins, or flowing blood

وشجة تفيح بالدم: تقذف.

And a wound that gushes with blood: it spurts.

وفاحت الشجة، فهي تفيح فيحا: نفحت بالدم أيضا؛

And the wound gushed, and it was gushing with blood: it also spurted blood;

وفي حديث أبي بكر: ملكا عضوضا ودما مفاحا أي سائلا؛

And in the report of Abu Bakr: a biting king and flowing blood, meaning liquid;

والفيح والفيح: السعة والانتشار.

And al-Fayh and al-Fayh: spaciousness and spreading.

والأفيح والفياح: كل موضع واسع.

And al-Afih and al-Fayyah: every wide place.

بحر أفيح بين الفيح: واسع، وفياح، أيضا، بالتشديد.

A spacious sea between the expanses: wide, and also Fayyah, with emphasis.

وروضة فيحاء: واسعة، والفعل من كل ذلك فاح يفاح فيحا، وقياسه فيح يفيح.

And a spacious meadow: wide, and the verb from all of that is fah yafuh fayhan, and its pattern is fayah yafayih.

ودار فيحاء: واسعة؛

And a spacious house: wide;

وفي حديث أم زرع: وبيتها فياح أي واسع؛

And in the report of Umm Zar'a: and her house is Fayyah, meaning spacious;

اتخذ ربك في الجنة واديا أفيح من مسك ؛

Your Lord has made for you in Paradise a spacious valley of musk;

ولو ملكت الدنيا لفيحتها في يوم واحد أي أنفقتها وفرقتها في يوم واحد.

And if I owned the world, I would spend it all in one day, meaning I would spend and distribute it in one day.

ورجل فياح نفاح: كثير العطايا؛ وإنه لجواد فياح وفياض بمعنى.

And a generous, giving man: abundant in gifts; and he is indeed generous, expansive, and bountiful in meaning.

وفاحت الغارة تفيح: اتسعت.

And the raid spread, expanding.

وفياح مثل قطام: اسم للغارة.

And Fayyah, like Qattām: a name for a raid.

وكان يقال للغارة فيحي فياح، وذلك إذا دفعت الخيل المغيرة فاتسعت؛

And the raid was called 'Fayhi Fayyah', and that is when the raiding horses are driven and expand;

فيحي أي اتسعي عليهم وتفرقي؛

'Fayhi' means spread out against them and disperse;

الغارة هي الخيل المغيرة تصبح حيا نازلين، فإذا أغارت على ناحية من الحي تحرز عظم الحي، لجأوا إلى وزر يلوذون، وإذا اتسعوا وانتشروا أحرزوا الحي أجمع؛

The raid is the attacking horses that descend upon a tribe; if they raid one part of the tribe, the main part of the tribe seeks refuge in a stronghold, and when they expand and spread, they secure the entire tribe;

معنى فيحي انتشري أيتها الخيل المغيرة؛

The meaning of 'Fayhi' is 'spread out, O raiding horses!';

وقيل: معناه اتسعي عليهم يا غارة وخذيهم من كل وجه، وسماها فياح لأنها جماعة مؤنثة خرجت مخرج قطام وحذام وكساب وما أشبهها.

And it was said: its meaning is 'expand against them, O raid, and take them from every direction', and it was named Fayyah because it is a feminine collective noun, following the pattern of Qattām, Hudham, Kassāb, and similar.

والفيح: خصب الربيع في سعة البلاد، والجمع فيوح؛

And al-Fayh: the fertility of spring in the vastness of the land, and the plural is Fayuh;

ترعى السحاب العهد والفيوحا

The clouds graze the covenant and the wide lands

والفتوح والفتوح من الأمطار؛

And al-Futuh and al-Futuḥ are from the rains;

وناقة فياحة إذا كانت ضخمة الضرع غزيرة اللبن؛

And a Fayyah she-camel if she has a large udder and abundant milk;

قد نمنح الفياحة الرفودا، ... تحسبها خالية صعودا

We may milk the large-uddered one, the generous, ... you would think she was empty, ascending.

وفيحان: اسم أرض؛

And Fayhan: the name of a land;

أو رعلة من قطا فيحان حلأها، ... عن ماء يثربة، الشباك والرصد

Or a flock of sandgrouse from Fayhan, kept away, ... from the water of Yathrib, the watchers and the scouts

والفيحاء: حساء مع توابل.

And al-Fayha': a broth with spices.