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فدش

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to forceful pushing, striking, or crushing. It also extends to descriptions of physical appearance, specifically a lack of flesh on the limbs, and can refer to a specific type of arachnid.

Derived headwords

فَدَشَهverb
  1. 1.
    to pushboth

    To push or shove something forcefully.

يَفْدَشُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to pushboth

    He pushes or shoves it forcefully.

فَدْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pushingboth

    The act of pushing or shoving forcefully.

فَدَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to crushboth

    To crush or smash something.

فَدْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingboth

    The act of crushing or smashing.

فَدْشَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    thin-limbed (female)both

    A woman who has little flesh on her hands and arms.

فَدْشadjective
  1. 1.
    clumsyclassical

    A man who is clumsy or awkward.

الفَدْشnoun
  1. 1.
    female spiderclassical

    The female of the spider species.

Parallel reading

فَدَشَه يَفْدَشُهُ فَدْشًا: دَفَعَهُ.
He pushed it forcefully, pushing it with a push.
وَفَدَشَ الشَّيْءَ فَدْشًا: شَدَخَهُ.
And he crushed the thing, crushing it.
وَامْرَأَةٌ فَدْشَاءُ، كَمَدْشَاءُ: لَا لَحْمَ عَلَى يَدَيْهَا.
And a woman is fadsā', like madshā': she has no flesh on her hands.
وَرَجُلٌ فَدْشٌ: أَخْرَقُ؛ عَنِ ابْنِ الأَعْرَابِيِّ.
And a man is fads: clumsy; according to Ibn al-A'rābī.
وَالفَدْشُ: أُنْثَى العَنَاكِبِ؛ عَنْ كُرَاعٍ.
And al-fads is: the female of the spiders; according to Kurā'.