فءس

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of an 'axe' and its associated actions. It extends to describe parts of a bridle, the back of the head, and metaphorically, the sharpest or most prominent part of something.

Derived headwords

الفَأْسnoun

1.
axeboth
An iron tool used for digging and cutting. It is feminine in gender.
2.
part of a bridleclassical
The metal piece in the bit of a bridle. It can be upright or transverse.
3.
back of the headboth
The rear part of the head, specifically the crown's edge overlooking the nape.
4.
sharpest partclassical
The tip of the mouth that contains teeth, or metaphorically, the most prominent part.

أَفْؤُسnoun

1.
axesboth
Plural of 'fās' (axe).
2.
back of the headboth
Plural of 'fās' referring to the back of the head.

فُؤُوسnoun

1.
axesboth
A plural form of 'fās' (axe).
2.
back of the headboth
A plural form of 'fās' referring to the back of the head.

فَأَسَverb

1.
to cut with an axeboth
To cut something using an axe.
2.
to strike with an axeboth
To strike a tree or wood with an axe.
3.
to split with an axeboth
To split wood or firewood with an axe.

فَأْسًاnoun

1.
cutting with an axeboth
The act of cutting with an axe.
2.
striking with an axeboth
The act of striking with an axe.
3.
splitting with an axeboth
The act of splitting with an axe.

فَأَسَ الشَّجَرَةَverb

1.
to strike the treeboth
To strike a tree with an axe.

فَأَسَ الخَشَبَةَverb

1.
to split the woodboth
To split wood with an axe.

يُفْلِقُverb

1.
to splitboth
To split something, particularly wood, with an axe.

فَأَسْتُهُverb

1.
to strike the back of his headboth
To strike the back of someone's head.

فَأْسُ الرَّأْسِnoun

1.
back of the headboth
The rear part of the head, the crown's edge overlooking the nape.

فَأْسُ القَفَاnoun

1.
back of the headboth
The posterior part of the skull, the nape.

فَأْسُ الفَمِnoun

1.
front of the mouthclassical
The tip of the mouth where the teeth are located.

Parallel reading

الفأس: آلة من آلات الحديد يحفر بها ويقطع، أنثى، والجمع أفؤس وفؤوس، وقيل، تجمع فؤوسا على فعل.

The axe: an iron tool used for digging and cutting, feminine, and its plural is af'us and fu'us, and it is said that fu'us is a plural on the pattern of fu'al.

وفأسه يفأسه فأسا: قطعه بالفأس.

And he struck it with an axe, he strikes it with an axe, a striking with an axe: he cut it with the axe.

قال أبو حنيفة: فأس الشجرة يفأسها فأسا ضربها بالفأس، وفأس الخشبة: شقها بالفأس.

Abu Hanifa said: He struck the tree with an axe, he strikes it with an axe, a striking with an axe: he hit it with the axe, and he split the wood with an axe: he split it with the axe.

التهذيب: الفأس الذي يفلق به الحطب، يقال: فأسه يفأسه أي يفلقه.

Al-Tahdhib: The axe with which firewood is split, it is said: he struck it with an axe, he strikes it with an axe, meaning he split it.

وفي الحديث: ولقد رأيت الفؤوس في أصولها وإنها لنخل عم ؛ هي جمع الفأس، وهو مهموز، وقد يخفف.

And in the Hadith: 'And I have seen the axes at their roots, and they are indeed tall palm trees'; it is the plural of 'al-fās', which is hamzated, and may be lightened.

وفأس اللجام: الحديدة القائمة في الحنك، وقيل: هي الحديدة المعترضة فيه؛

And the bit of the bridle: the upright iron piece in the palate, and it was said: it is the transverse iron piece in it;

قال طفيل: يرادى على فأس اللجام، كأنما ... ترادى به مرقاة جذع مشذب

Tufayl said: It is urged on the bit of the bridle, as if... it is urged on it like climbing a trimmed trunk.

وفأسته: أصبت فأس رأسه.

And I struck its 'fās': I struck the 'fās' of its head.

وفي الحديث: فجعل إحدى يديه في فأس رأسه ؛ هو طرف مؤخره المشرف على القفا.

And in the Hadith: 'So he placed one of his hands on the 'fās' of his head'; it is the edge of its rear overlooking the nape.

التهذيب: وفأس اللجام الذي في وسط الشكيمة بين المسحلين.

Al-Tahdhib: And the bit of the bridle which is in the middle of the curb between the two cheek pieces.

وقال ابن شميل: الفأس الحديدة القائمة في الشكيمة.

And Ibn Shammil said: The 'fās' is the upright iron piece in the curb.

وفأس الرأس: حرف القمحدوة المشرف على القفا، وقيل: فأس القفا مؤخر القمحدوة.

And the 'fās' of the head: the edge of the crown overlooking the nape, and it was said: the 'fās' of the nape is the rear of the crown.

وفأس الفم: طرفه الذي فيه الأسنان؛

And the 'fās' of the mouth: its tip which has the teeth;

وقوله: يا صاح أرحل ضامرات العيس، ... وابك على لطم ابن خير الفؤوس

And his saying: 'O companion, saddle the lean camels, ... And weep for the striking of the son of the best of the 'fūs' (axes/prominent ones)'