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فزد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be a variant or a corruption of the root 'فصد' (faṣada), related to cutting or bleeding. It is used in a specific idiom concerning achieving partial success or satisfaction.

Derived headwords

فزدverb
  1. 1.
    to be grantedclassical

    This verb form is used idiomatically to mean being granted or provided with something, often in a context of partial fulfillment.

فصدverb
  1. 1.
    to bleedboth

    The primary meaning of this verb is to cut a vein to let blood out, either for medical purposes or for consumption.

  2. 2.
    to cutboth

    More generally, it can mean to cut or incise something.

فصدnoun
  1. 1.
    bleedingboth

    The act or process of bleeding, specifically the cutting of a vein.

  2. 2.
    a cutboth

    A wound or incision made by cutting.

فَصِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    blood puddingclassical

    A dish made from blood, often mixed with other ingredients, cooked and eaten, particularly in pre-Islamic Arabia.

Parallel reading

تقول العرب لمن يصل إلى طرف من حاجته وهو يطلب نهايتها: لم يحرم من فزد له
The Arabs say of one who reaches a part of his need while seeking its completion: he is not deprived of what has been granted to him.
وبعضهم يقول: من فصد له
And some of them say: of what has been cut for him.
وهو الأصل فقلبت الصاد زايا
And it is the origin, and the 'ṣād' was changed to 'zāy'.
فيقال له: اقنع بما رزقت منها فإنك غير محروم
And it is said to him: be content with what you have been provided with, for you are not deprived.
أصل قولهم: من فصد له أو فزد له فصد له
The origin of their saying is: of what has been cut for him, or granted to him, is what has been cut for him.
ثم سكنت الصاد فقيل فصد
Then the 'ṣād' was softened and it was said 'faṣada'.
وأصله من الفصيد وهو أن يؤخذ مصير فيلقم عرقا مفصودا في يد البعير حتى يمتلئ دما ثم يشوى ويؤكل
And its origin is from 'al-faṣīd', which is when a strap is taken and placed on a cut vein in the camel's leg until it fills with blood, then it is roasted and eaten.
وكان هذا من مآكل العرب في الجاهلية
And this was among the foods of the Arabs in the pre-Islamic era.
فلما نزل تحريم الدم انتهوا عنه
And when the prohibition of blood was revealed, they refrained from it.