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فقص

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of breaking or cracking something, particularly hollow objects like eggs or fruits. It extends to the idea of something bursting open, especially in the context of hatching.

Derived headwords

فَقَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to crackboth

    To break or crack something, especially a hollow object like an egg.

فَقْصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crackingboth

    The act of cracking or breaking something.

فَقَصَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to crack itboth

    To crack or break it (referring to a hollow object).

فَقَسَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to break itboth

    To break or shatter it.

فَقْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    breakingboth

    The act of breaking or shattering.

فُقِسَتْverb
  1. 1.
    it was brokenboth

    It (a hollow object) was broken or cracked.

تَفَقَّصَتْverb
  1. 1.
    hatched fromboth

    To hatch from, to emerge from after breaking open (used for a chick from an egg).

الفُقُوصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    unripe melonclassical

    A melon that is not yet ripe.

انْفَقَصَتْverb
  1. 1.
    cracked openboth

    To crack open or break open (used for an egg).

Parallel reading

فقص البيضة وكل شيء أجوف يفقصها فقصا وفقصها
He cracked the egg and every hollow thing, cracking it and breaking it.
وفقسها يفقسها: معناه فضخها
And 'faqasahā' means to shatter it.
وتفقصت عن الفرخ
And it hatched from the chick.
والفقوصة: البطيخة قبل أن تنضج
And al-fuqūṣah is the melon before it ripens.
وانفقصت البيضة
And the egg cracked open.
وفي حديث الحديبية: وفقص البيضة أي كسرها
And in the Hadith of Al-Hudaybiyyah: 'wa faqaṣa al-bayḍah' means to break the egg.
وبالسين أيضا
And with 'sīn' (س) as well.