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فصخ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concepts of disarticulation, separation, and feigning ignorance. It describes the act of dislocating a limb from its joint, as well as the pretense of not knowing something that is actually known.

Derived headwords

فَصَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to dislocateboth

    To remove a limb or joint from its socket or articulation.

  2. 2.
    to feign ignoranceclassical

    To pretend not to know or understand something, despite actually being aware of it.

فَصْخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dislocationboth

    The act or instance of dislocating a joint or limb.

  2. 2.
    feigning ignoranceclassical

    The act of pretending not to know or understand.

فَصَخْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I feigned ignoranceclassical

    The first-person past tense of feigning ignorance.

فَصَخْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْأَمْرِverb
  1. 1.
    I feigned ignorance about that matterclassical

    A specific instance of pretending not to know or understand a particular issue.

فَسَخَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    he dislocated itboth

    The third-person masculine past tense of dislocating something, referring to a limb or joint.

فَصَخَ يَدَهُverb
  1. 1.
    he dislocated his handboth

    The act of a male person dislocating his own hand from its joint.

فَصَخَ النَّعَامُ بِصَوْمِهِverb
  1. 1.
    the ostrich threw up its fastingclassical

    A figurative expression describing the ostrich's action, possibly related to expelling something or a specific behavior during fasting.

Parallel reading

الفصخ التغابي عن الشيء وأنت تعلمه.
Al-faṣkh is feigning ignorance about something while you know it.
يقال: فصخت عن ذلك الأمر فصخا؛
It is said: I feigned ignorance about that matter, a feigning of ignorance.
ويقال: فصخ يده وفسخها إذا أزال عن مفصله؛
And it is said: he dislocated his hand and dislocated it, if he removed it from its joint.
حكى الصاد عن أبي الدقيش.
Al-Ṣād narrated from Abū al-Daqīsh.
فصخ النعام بصومه إذا رمى به.
The ostrich 'faṣakha' (acted in a specific way) with its fasting if it threw it up.