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فسد

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of corruption, decay, and ruin, contrasting with goodness and uprightness. It encompasses moral, physical, and societal deterioration, as well as the act of causing something to become corrupt or spoiled.

Derived headwords

فَسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to become corruptboth

    To deteriorate, decay, or become morally or physically spoiled. This is the basic meaning of the root.

  2. 2.
    to be ruinedboth

    To be destroyed or rendered useless, often referring to things or situations.

فَسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to go badboth

    Used for things that spoil, like food or milk.

فَسُدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be corruptclassical

    An alternative form of the verb indicating a state of corruption.

فَسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to corruptboth

    To cause something or someone to become corrupt or spoiled.

فَسَادٌnoun
  1. 1.
    corruptionboth

    The state or act of being corrupt, spoiled, or ruined; moral decay or destruction.

  2. 2.
    ruinboth

    The state of being destroyed or rendered useless.

فَسَادًاnoun
  1. 1.
    corruption (as purpose)classical

    Used as a maf'ul li'ajlihi (object of purpose) to indicate the reason for an action, meaning 'for the sake of corruption'.

فَاسِدٌadjective
  1. 1.
    corruptboth

    Morally or physically spoiled, decayed, or ruined.

  2. 2.
    spoiledboth

    Rendered unfit for use, especially food.

فِسْيَدٌadjective
  1. 1.
    corruptclassical

    An alternative form of the active participle, indicating a state of corruption.

قَوْمٌ فُسَدًىnoun
  1. 1.
    corrupt peopleclassical

    A collective noun for people who are corrupt or ruined, formed like 'hulaka'.

أَفْسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to corruptboth

    To cause something or someone to become corrupt, spoiled, or ruined. This is the causative form (Form IV).

  2. 2.
    to spoilboth

    To damage or ruin something.

إِفْسَادٌnoun
  1. 1.
    corruptionboth

    The act of causing corruption, spoiling, or ruin.

  2. 2.
    spoilingboth

    The act of damaging or ruining something.

اسْتَفْسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek corruptionclassical

    To seek to corrupt someone or something, or to act corruptly towards someone.

  2. 2.
    to alienateclassical

    To treat someone badly to the point of causing them to rebel or become disobedient.

تَفَاسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to become estrangedclassical

    For a group of people to become estranged, cut ties, or sever kinship.

مَفْسَدَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    corruptionboth

    A cause or source of corruption or ruin; a corrupting influence.

  2. 2.
    detrimentboth

    Something that causes harm or disadvantage.

اسْتِفْسَادٌnoun
  1. 1.
    seeking corruptionclassical

    The act of seeking corruption or causing it.

  2. 2.
    alienationclassical

    The act of causing estrangement or rebellion through mistreatment.

مُفْسِدٌadjective
  1. 1.
    corruptingboth

    That which causes corruption or ruin.

  2. 2.
    spoilingboth

    That which spoils or damages.

مُفْسِدَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    corruptingboth

    Feminine form of 'mufsid', referring to something that causes corruption.

Parallel reading

الفساد: نقيض الصلاح
Corruption: the opposite of righteousness.
فسد يفسد ويفسد وفسد فسادا وفسودا
Fasada corrupts, yufsid and yafsud, and fasada, fasadan, and fusudan.
فهو فاسد وفسيد فيهما
So he is fasid and fusayd in both.
ويسعون في الأرض فسادا
And they strive in the land for corruption.
وقوم فسدى كما قالوا ساقط وسقطى
And a people corrupt (fusada) as they said 'fallen' (saqit) and 'fallen' (saqata).
وأفسده هو واستفسد فلان إلى فلان
And he corrupted it, and so-and-so sought corruption from so-and-so.
وتفاسد القوم: تدابروا وقطعوا الأرحام
And the people became estranged: they turned their backs and cut off kinship.
خشية التفاسد
Fearing estrangement.
استفسد السلطان قائده إذا أساء إليه حتى استعصى عليه
The sultan alienated his commander if he treated him badly until he disobeyed him.
والمفسدة: خلاف المصلحة
And al-mafsadah: the opposite of al-maslahah (benefit/interest).
والاستفساد: خلاف الاستصلاح
And al-istifsad: the opposite of al-istislah (seeking reform/benefit).
هذا الأمر مفسدة لكذا أي فيه فساد
This matter is a cause of corruption for such-and-such, meaning it contains corruption.
إن الشباب والفراغ والجده ... مفسدة للعقل
Indeed, youth, idleness, and wealth... are a corruption of the intellect.
إزراء على الولاة مفسدة للرعية
Disparaging the rulers is a corruption for the subjects.
ظهر الفساد في البر والبحر
Corruption has appeared on land and sea.
والله لا يحب الفساد
And Allah does not love corruption.
فسد الشيء إذا أباره
A thing becomes spoiled if it is ruined.
مفسدة الأدبار، ما لم تخفر
Spoiling the rear, unless the rear is protected.
إفساد الصبي غير محرمه
Corrupting a boy with someone other than his lawful wife.
هو أن يطأ المرأة المرضع فإذا حملت فسد لبنها
It is to have intercourse with a nursing woman, and if she becomes pregnant, her milk spoils.