فهد

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root 'fahada' primarily relates to the cheetah, a known hunting animal. Derived meanings extend to the act of sleeping deeply, being sluggish, and metaphorically, being unaware or neglectful. It also encompasses specific physical features and objects, such as parts of a saddle and anatomical terms in animals.

Derived headwords

الفَهْدnoun

1.
Cheetahboth
A well-known wild animal, a type of feline, used for hunting.
2.
Deep sleeperclassical
A person who sleeps heavily, likened to a cheetah.

فَهَدَverb

1.
To sleep deeplyboth
To sleep heavily, stretch out, and be neglectful of one's duties, resembling a cheetah in its sleep.
2.
To act kindly in secretclassical
To do good for someone secretly, without their knowledge.

فَهْدnoun

1.
Pin for a saddleclassical
A pin used to secure the middle part of a saddle, also called a 'kalb'.

فَهْدَتَانnoun

1.
Muscles on a horse's chestboth
The protruding muscles on either side of a horse's chest.
2.
Bones behind a camel's earsclassical
Two prominent bones located behind a camel's ears, also known as 'al-khashshāwān'.

فُوهَدadjective

1.
Well-formed and soft boyboth
A boy who is fully developed, tender, and smooth, similar to 'thūhad'.
2.
Fat boy nearing pubertyboth
A plump boy who is on the verge of adolescence.

فُوهِدَةadjective

1.
Well-formed and soft girlboth
A girl who is fully developed, tender, and smooth.

فَهَّادnoun

1.
Cheetah trainerclassical
The person who trains a cheetah for hunting.

أَفْهَدnoun

1.
Cheetahs (plural)both
The plural form of 'fahd', referring to cheetahs.

فُهُودnoun

1.
Cheetahs (plural)both
Another plural form of 'fahd', referring to cheetahs.

فَهْدَةnoun

1.
Female cheetahboth
The feminine form of 'fahd', referring to a female cheetah.
2.
Anusclassical
A term referring to the anus.

فَلْهَدadjective

1.
Fat boy nearing pubertyboth
A plump boy who is on the verge of adolescence, synonymous with 'fūhad'.

ثُوهَدadjective

1.
Well-formed and soft boyboth
A boy who is fully developed, tender, and smooth.

Parallel reading

الفهد: معروف سبع يصاد به.

The cheetah: a known wild animal used for hunting.

وفي المثل: أنوم من فهد

And in the proverb: 'More sleepy than a cheetah'.

والجمع أفهد وفهود والأنثى فهدة، والفهاد صاحبها.

And the plural is 'afhad' and 'fuhūd', and the feminine is 'fahdah', and 'al-fahhād' is its handler.

ورجل فهد: يشبه بالفهد في ثقل نومه.

And a 'fahd' man: is one who resembles a cheetah in the heaviness of his sleep.

وفهد الرجل فهدا: نام وأشبه الفهد في كثرة نومه وتمدده وتغافل عما يجب عليه تعهده.

And 'fahada' the man 'fahdan': he slept and resembled the cheetah in his excessive sleep, his stretching, and his neglect of what he must attend to.

إن دخل فهد، وإن خرج أسد، ولا يسأل عما عهد

'If he enters, he is a cheetah (gentle), and if he goes out, he is a lion (fierce), and he does not ask about what he has been entrusted with'.

وصفت زوجها باللين والسكون إذا كان معها في البيت؛ ويوصف الفهد بكثرة النوم فيقال: أنوم من فهد، شبهته به إذا خلا بها، وبالأسد إذا رأى عدوه.

She described her husband as gentle and calm when he was with her in the house; and the cheetah is described as sleeping a lot, so it is said: 'more sleepy than a cheetah', likening him to it when he was alone with her, and to a lion when he saw his enemy.

أي نام وغفل عن معايب البيت التي يلزمني إصلاحها، فهي تصفه بالكرم وحسن الخلق فكأنه نائم عن ذلك أو ساه، وإنما هو متناوم ومتغافل.

Meaning he slept and was heedless of the household's flaws which I must fix; she describes him with generosity and good character, as if he were sleeping or absent-minded about it, when in fact he is feigning sleep and inattentiveness.

يقال فهد فلان لفلان وفأد ومهد إذا عمل في أمره بالغيب جميلا.

It is said 'fahada' so-and-so for so-and-so, and 'fa'ada' and 'mahada', if he did something good for him secretly.

والفهد: مسمار يسمر به في واسط الرحل وهو الذي يسمى الكلب؛ قال الشاعر يصف صريف نابي الفحل بصرير هذا المسمار: مضبر، كأنما زئيره ... صرير فهد واسط صريره

And 'al-fahd': a pin used to fasten the middle of a saddle, which is called 'al-kalb'; the poet said, describing the creaking of a stallion's tusks with the creaking of this pin: 'He is strong, as if his roar... is the creaking of a saddle pin'.

واسِطُ الفَهْدِ مِسْمارٌ يُجْعَلُ في واسِطِ الرَّحْلِ.

The 'wāsiṭ al-fahd' is a pin placed in the middle of the saddle.

وفهدتا الفرس: اللحم الناتئ في صدره عن يمينه وشماله؛ قال أبو دواد: كأن الغصون، من الفهدتين ... إلى طرف الزور، حبك العقد

And the 'fahdatā' of the horse: the protruding flesh on its chest, right and left; Abu Du'ād said: 'As if the branches, from the two 'fahdatān'... to the edge of the chest, are like woven necklaces'.

فهدتا صدر الفرس لحمتان تكتنفانه.

The 'fahdatā' of the horse's chest are two muscles that surround it.

والفهدتان لحمتان في زور الفرس ناتئتان مثل الفهرين.

And the 'fahdatān' are two protruding muscles in the horse's chest, like two large stones.

وفهدتا البعير: عظمان ناتئان خلف الأذنين وهما الخششاوان.

And the 'fahdatā' of the camel: two protruding bones behind the ears, and they are 'al-khashshāwān'.

والفهدة: الاست.

And 'al-fahdah': the anus.

وغلام فوهد: تام تار ناعم كثوهد، وجارية فوهدة وثوهدة؛ قال الراجز: تحب منا مطرهفا فوهدا، ... عجزة شيخين، غلاما أمردا

And a 'fūhad' boy: is fully formed, tender, and smooth like 'thūhad', and a 'fūhadah' and 'thūhadah' girl; the rajaz poet said: 'She desires from us a tender, well-formed boy, ... like the loins of two old men, a smooth-skinned youth'.

والفوهد: الغلام السمين الذي راهق الحلم.

And 'al-fūhad': the fat boy who is nearing puberty.

وغلام ثوهد وفوهد: تام الخلق؛ قال أبو عمرو: وهو الناعم الممتلئ.

And a 'thūhad' and 'fūhad' boy: is fully formed; Abu Amr said: 'He is the tender and full-bodied one'.

الفلهد والفوهد الغلام السمين الذي قد راهق الحلم.

'Al-fihlad' and 'al-fūhad' are the fat boy who has reached puberty.