فحس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the action of taking something with the tongue and mouth, often involving a scraping or rubbing motion. It can describe the act of tasting or licking, and by extension, can refer to a scraping or rubbing action.

Derived headwords

الفَحْسnoun

1.
taking with tongue/mouthboth
The act of taking something with your tongue and mouth, such as water or other substances.

فَحَسَverb

1.
to take with tongue/mouthclassical
To take something with the tongue and mouth, similar to tasting or licking.

أَفْحَسَverb

1.
to scrape somethingclassical
To scrape something little by little or bit by bit.

Parallel reading

الفحس: أخذك الشيء من يدك بلسانك وفمك من الماء وغيره.

Al-faḥs: your taking something from your hand with your tongue and mouth, from water and other things.

وأفحس الرجل إذا سحج شيئا بعد شيء.

And the man performed 'afḥasa if he scraped something after something.