فرش

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root 'فرش' primarily relates to spreading, laying out, and extending. It encompasses concepts of bedding, carpets, and anything spread out. It also extends to the idea of fluttering or hovering, particularly for insects and birds, and metaphorically to light-minded or easily swayed people. Additionally, it can refer to specific locations or a state of being easily accessible or taken.

Derived headwords

فراشnoun

1.
bedding, mattressboth
Material spread out to lie on, such as a mattress or bedding.
2.
carpet, rugboth
A floor covering that is spread out.
3.
bedboth
A piece of furniture for sleeping on, often covered with bedding.
4.
spread out thingclassical
Anything that is spread out or laid flat.

فراش المسيح — the bedding/spread of Christ

فراشةnoun

1.
moth, butterflyboth
A flying insect, often attracted to light.
2.
small flying insectboth
A general term for small, fluttering insects.
3.
fluttering thingclassical
Something that flutters or moves erratically.

كالجمان المثقب — like pierced pearls (referring to فراش)

كالجمان المحبب — like strung pearls (referring to فراش)

أطيش من فراشة — more flighty than a moth/butterfly

فراشnoun

1.
small flying insectsboth
A collective noun for small, flying insects, similar to moths or gnats.
2.
gnats, midgesclassical
Tiny flying insects.

دواب مثل البعوض تطير، واحدتها فراشة — creatures like flying mosquitoes, singular is فراشة

الفراش ما تراه كصغار البق يتهافت في النار — the فراش are what you see as small bugs throwing themselves into fire

فراشnoun

1.
light-minded personclassical
A man who is flighty, easily swayed, or lacks seriousness.

الخفيف الطياشة من الرجال — the light-minded, flighty ones among men

تفرشverb

1.
to flutter wingsboth
When a bird spreads and flaps its wings.
2.
to hoverboth
To fly or move by flapping wings, often close to a surface.

تفرش الطائر: رفرف بجناحيه وبسطهما — the bird tafarasha: it flapped its wings and spread them

فجاءت الحمرة فجعلت تفرش — so the red bird came and began to flutter

تفريشnoun

1.
flutteringboth
The act of a bird fluttering its wings.
2.
hoveringboth
The action of hovering or moving wings close to a surface.

إذا جعل يرفرف على الشيء، وهي الشرشرة والرفرفة — if it starts to flutter over something, which is the fluttering and flapping

أفرشverb

1.
to cease, to stopclassical
To stop or cease an action or state.
2.
to be removedclassical
To be lifted away or removed.

ما أفرش عنه حتى قتله — he did not cease from it until he killed him

أفرش عنهم الموت أي ارتفع — death was removed from them, meaning it was lifted

لم تعد أن أفرش عنها الصقله — it did not cease to be polished/new

افترشverb

1.
to spread out for oneselfclassical
To lay something out as a bed or resting place for oneself.
2.
to violate, to abuseclassical
To take advantage of or violate someone's honor or rights, metaphorically making them a 'bed' to be trodden upon.

مالا مفترشا أي مغصوبا قد انبسطت فيه الأيدي بغير حق — ill-gotten wealth that hands have spread over unjustly

افترش عرض فلان إذا استباحه بالوقيعة فيه — to violate someone's honor if one makes it permissible to slander them

فرش الجباname

1.
Farsh al-Jibaclassical
A specific place name mentioned in poetry.

تضمنه فرش الجبا فالمسارب — it was contained within Farsh al-Jiba and the pathways

الفراشةname

1.
Al-Farashaclassical
A place name mentioned in poetry.

وأقفرت الفراشة والحبيا — Al-Farasha and Al-Hubya became desolate

فرشname

1.
Farshclassical
A valley that the Prophet Muhammad passed through on his way to Badr.

واد سلكه النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، حين سار إلى بدر — a valley the Prophet, peace be upon him, traversed when he marched to Badr

Parallel reading

وأرى ابن الأعرابي إنما أراد هذا البيت فأحال الرواية إلا أن يكون لبيد قد أقوى

And I think Ibn al-A'rabi only intended this verse and changed the narration, unless Labid had strengthened it.

فراش المسيح فوقه يتصبب

The bedding/spread of Christ is dripping above him.

من رفع الفراش ونصب المسك في البيت رفع الديباج على أن الواو للحال

Whoever raises 'al-firash' and posits 'al-misk' in the verse, raises 'ad-dibaj' with the 'wa' indicating a circumstantial clause.

ومن نصب الفراش رفعهما

And whoever posits 'al-firash' (as accusative), he raises them both.

الفراش: دواب مثل البعوض تطير، واحدتها فراشة

Al-firash: creatures like flying mosquitoes, the singular of which is firasha.

والفراشة: التي تطير وتهافت في السراج، والجمع فراش

And al-farasha: that which flies and rushes into the lamp, and the plural is firash.

يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث

The Day when mankind will be like moths scattered.

قال: الفراش ما تراه كصغار البق يتهافت في النار

He said: Al-firash are what you see as small bugs throwing themselves into the fire.

شبه الله عز وجل الناس يوم البعث بالجراد المنتشر وبالفراش المبثوث لأنهم إذا بعثوا يموج بعضهم في بعض كالجراد الذي يموج بعضه في بعض

Allah, the Almighty, likened people on the Day of Resurrection to swarming locusts and scattered moths, because when they are resurrected, they will surge into each other like locusts that surge into each other.

وقال الفراء: يريد كالغوغاء من الجراد يركب بعضه بعضا كذلك الناس يجول يومئذ بعضهم في بعض

And Al-Farra' said: He means like the rabble of locusts, some riding on others; likewise, people will mill about on that day, some among others.

والفراش الذي يطير؛ وأنشد: أودى بحلمهم الفياش، فحلمهم ... حلم الفراش، غشين نار المصطلي

And al-firash is that which flies; and he recited: Al-Fayyash destroyed their intellect, so their intellect is the intellect of the firash, covering the fire of the one warming themselves.

وفي المثل: أطيش من فراشة

And in the proverb: More flighty than a moth/butterfly.

فتتقادع بهم جنبة السراط تقادع الفراش

So the side of the bridge makes them stumble like moths.

هو بالفتح الطير الذي يلقي نفسه في ضوء السراج

It is with the fatḥa: the bird that throws itself into the light of the lamp.

ومن الحديث: جعل الفراش وهذه الدواب تقع فيها

And from the Hadith: He made the moths and these creatures fall into it.

والفراش: الخفيف الطياشة من الرجال

And al-firash: the light-minded, flighty ones among men.

وتفرش الطائر: رفرف بجناحيه وبسطهما

And the bird tafarasha: it flapped its wings and spread them.

فأتانا يسعى تفرش أم البيض شدا، وقد تعالى النهار

So he came to us running, flapping the mother of eggs vigorously, and the day had risen high.

ويقال: فرش الطائر تفريشا إذا جعل يرفرف على الشيء، وهي الشرشرة والرفرفة

And it is said: The bird farasha, tafreeshan, if it starts to flutter over something, which is the rustling and fluttering.

فجاءت الحمرة فجعلت تفرش

So the red bird came and began to flutter.

هو أن تقرب من الأرض وتفرش جناحيها وترفرف

It is to approach the ground and spread its wings and flutter.

ضربه فما أفرش عنه حتى قتله

He struck him and did not cease from him until he killed him.

وأفرش عنهم الموت أي ارتفع

And death was removed from them, meaning it was lifted.

وقولهم: ما أفرش عنه أي ما أقلع

And their saying: What is it removed from? Meaning, what has ceased?

لم تعد أن أفرش عنها الصقله

It did not cease to be polished/new.

وفرش عنه: أراده وتهيأ له

And farasha from him: he intended it and prepared for it.

إلا أن يكون مالا مفترشا أي مغصوبا قد انبسطت فيه الأيدي بغير حق

Unless it is ill-gotten wealth, meaning seized, over which hands have spread unjustly.

من قولهم: افترش عرض فلان إذا استباحه بالوقيعة فيه، وحقيقته جعله لنفسه فراشا يطؤه

From their saying: to violate someone's honor if one makes it permissible to slander them, and its reality is making him a bed for oneself to tread upon.

أهاجك برق آخر الليل واصب، تضمنه فرش الجبا فالمسارب؟

Did the lightning of the end of the night, pouring down, stir you, which Farsh al-Jiba and the pathways contained?

وأقفرت الفراشة والحبيا، وأقفر، بعد فاطمة، الشقير

And Al-Farasha and Al-Hubya became desolate, and Al-Shaqir became desolate, after Fatima.

وفي الحديث ذكر فرش، بفتح الفاء وتسكين الراء، واد سلكه النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، حين سار إلى بدر، والله أعلم

And in the Hadith, Farsh is mentioned, with fatha on the fa and sukun on the ra, a valley that the Prophet, peace be upon him, traversed when he marched to Badr, and Allah knows best.