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فدس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to spiders and their webs, and by extension, to a type of burrow or den.

Derived headwords

فَدِسَverb
  1. 1.
    to become infested with spidersclassical

    To have spiders or spiderwebs become prevalent in a place, particularly in one's dwelling.

فَدْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spiderwebclassical

    A web spun by a spider.

  2. 2.
    spiderclassical

    An arachnid that spins webs.

الفَدْسِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    related to a den/burrowclassical

    Pertaining to a den or burrow, possibly named after a specific one.

Parallel reading

أفدس الرجل إذا صار في بابه الفدسة
A man becomes infested (with spiders) if spiders or spiderwebs appear at his door.
وهي العناكب
And it (al-fadsa) refers to spiders.
الفدس العنكبوت
Al-fads is the spider.
وهي الهبور والثطأة
And it (al-fads) is also called al-huboor and al-thata'ah.
ورأيت بالخلصاء دحلا يعرف بالفدسي
And I saw in Al-Khalsaa' a burrow known as 'al-Fadsi'.
ولا أدري إلى أي شيء نسب
And I do not know to what it (al-Fadsi) was attributed.