فحص

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root فحص (faḥaṣa) primarily denotes intense searching, investigation, and examination. It extends to the physical act of digging or making a hollow space, often by animals, and metaphorically to deep-seated corruption or malice.

Derived headwords

فَحَصَverb

1.
to search intenselyboth
To search thoroughly and intensely through something, seeking to uncover its details or essence.
2.
to dig/make hollowboth
To dig or make a hollow space, especially in the ground, as animals do for nesting or resting.
3.
to examine closelyboth
To examine something very closely and carefully, often to ascertain its true nature or condition.

فَحْصٌnoun

1.
intense searchboth
The act of searching intensely and thoroughly through something.
2.
digging/hollowboth
A hollow space dug in the ground, typically by an animal for nesting or resting.
3.
level groundclassical
That which is level and spread out of the earth.
4.
sound of footstepsclassical
The sound of footsteps or the noise of walking.

تَفَحَّصَverb

1.
to investigate thoroughlyboth
To investigate something thoroughly and meticulously, examining all aspects.
2.
to examine closelyboth
To examine something very closely and with great attention to detail.

اِفْتَحَصَverb

1.
to search forclassical
To search for something or someone, to seek them out.

أَفْحُوصَةnoun

1.
nesting hollowboth
A hollow or depression dug by a bird (like a partridge or hen) in the ground for laying eggs or brooding.

مِفْحَصnoun

1.
nesting hollowboth
A hollow or depression dug in the ground, used as a nest by birds like partridges.
2.
place of infestationclassical
Metaphorically, a place where evil or demonic influence has taken root and become established.

مَفَاحِصnoun

1.
nesting hollowsboth
Plural of مفحص, referring to multiple hollows dug for nesting.
2.
places of infestationclassical
Plural of مفحص, used metaphorically for places where evil or demonic influence is deeply entrenched.

فَحَصَverb

1.
to make a hollow for breadclassical
To make a hollow or depression in the embers or ashes for baking bread.

أَفْحُوصnoun

1.
hollow for bakingclassical
A hollow or depression made in the fire or ashes for baking bread.

فَحَصَverb

1.
to churn/disturb soilclassical
For rain to churn and displace the soil, moving parts of it.
2.
to disturb pebblesclassical
For heavy rain to strike and displace pebbles.

فَحَصَverb

1.
to run swiftlyclassical
To run with great speed and intensity.

فَحْصnoun

1.
swift runningclassical
The act of running swiftly.

فُحُوصnoun

1.
level areasclassical
Plural of فحص, referring to level and spread-out areas of land.

فَحْصَةnoun

1.
dimpleboth
A dimple or indentation, particularly one found in the chin or cheeks.

فِحَاصnoun

1.
enmityclassical
Hostility or enmity between two parties.
2.
mutual searchingclassical
The act of each party searching for the faults or secrets of the other.

فَاحَصَverb

1.
to be enemiesclassical
To act as enemies towards each other, or to search for each other's faults.

فَحِيصnoun

1.
enemyclassical
An enemy; one who searches for the faults of another.

مُفَاحِصnoun

1.
enemyclassical
An enemy; one who searches for the faults of another.

Parallel reading

الفحص: شدة الطلب خلال كل شيء

Al-faḥṣ: intense searching through everything.

فحص عنه فحصا: بحث

Faḥaṣa 'anhu faḥṣan: he searched.

وتقول: فحصت عن فلان وفحصت عن أمره لأعلم كنه حاله

And you say: I searched for so-and-so and searched into his affair to know the reality of his condition.

والدجاجة تفحص برجليها وجناحيها في التراب تتخذ لنفسها أفحوصة تبيض أو تجثم فيها

And the hen scratches with its legs and wings in the dirt to make for itself a hollow in which to lay eggs or brood.

إن الدجاجة لتفحص في الرماد أي تبحثه وتتمرغ فيه

Indeed, the hen scratches in the ashes, meaning it searches it and rolls around in it.

والأفحوص: مجثم القطاة لأنها تفحصه، وكذلك المفحص

And al-afḥūṣ: the resting place of the partridge because it digs it, and likewise al-mifḥaṣ.

فحصوا عن أوساط الرؤوس أي عملوها مثل أفاحيص القطا

They dug out the middles of their heads, meaning they made them like the hollows of partridges.

من بنى لله مسجدا ولو كمفحص قطاة بنى الله له بيتا في الجنة

Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, even if it be as small as a partridge's nesting hollow, Allah will build him a house in Paradise.

وستجدون آخرين للشيطان في رؤوسهم مفاحص فافلقوها بالسيوف

And you will find others for whom Satan has made hollows in their heads; so cleave them with swords.

وستجد قوما فحصوا عن أوساط رؤوسهم الشعر فاضرب ما فحصوا عنه بالسيف

And you will find people who have shaved the hair from the middle of their heads; so strike what they have shaved off with the sword.

كأنهم حلقوا وسطها وتركوها مثل أفاحيص القطا

As if they shaved its middle and left it like the hollows of partridges.

وقد يكون الأفحوص للنعام

And al-afḥūṣ may be for ostriches.

وفحص للخبزة يفحص فحصا: عمل لها موضعا في النار

And faḥaṣa for the loaf, he faḥṣan: he made a place for it in the fire.

وفحص المطر التراب يفحصه: قلبه ونحى بعضه عن بعض فجعله كالأفحوص

And the rain faḥaṣa the soil, it faḥṣuhu: it turned it over and moved some of it from another, making it like an afḥūṣ.

وفي حديث قس: ولا سمعت له فحصا أي وقع قدم وصوت مشي

And in the narration of Qass: And I did not hear from him a faḥṣ, meaning the impact of a foot and the sound of walking.

وفحصه ما بسط منه وكشف من نواحيه

And its faḥṣ is what is spread out from it and revealed of its sides.

فانطلق حتى أتى الفحص أي قدام العرش؛ هكذا فسر في الحديث ولعله من الفحص البسط والكشف

So he went until he came to al-faḥṣ, meaning in front of the Throne; thus it was explained in the hadith, and perhaps it is from faḥṣ meaning spreading and uncovering.

وفحص الظبي: عدا عدوا شديدا، والأعرف محص

And the gazelle faḥaṣa: it ran a severe run; and the more known is maḥaṣa.

والفحص: ما استوى من الأرض

And al-faḥṣ: what is level of the earth.

والفحصة: النقرة التي تكون في الذقن والخدين من بعض الناس

And al-faḥṣah: the dimple that is in the chin and cheeks of some people.

ويقال: بينهما فحاص أي عداوة

And it is said: between them is fiḥāṣ, meaning enmity.

وقد فاحصني فلان فحاصا: كأن كل واحد منهما يفحص عن عيب صاحبه وعن سره

And so-and-so faḥaṣani fiḥāṣan: as if each of them was searching for the fault of his companion and for his secret.

وفلان فحيصي ومفاحصي بمعنى واحد

And so-and-so is my faḥīṣī and my mufāḥiṣī, meaning the same thing.