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فدع

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes crookedness, deviation, or displacement, particularly in joints like the wrist or ankle. It extends to describe a person or animal with such a condition, or a slight crack or break.

Derived headwords

الفَدَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Crookedness/deviation in jointsboth

    A crookedness and inclination in all the joints, whether congenital or due to disease, as if the joints have moved from their places and cannot be straightened.

  2. 2.
    Slight crack/breakclassical

    A slight crack or break, such as when a stone breaks something.

فَدَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be crooked/deviatedboth

    To have crookedness or deviation, especially in the joints.

  2. 2.
    To crack/break slightlyclassical

    To cause a slight crack or break.

فَدَعَاverb
  1. 1.
    To be crooked/deviatedclassical

    To be crooked or deviated, referring to a person or animal with crooked joints.

أَفْدَعadjective
  1. 1.
    Having crooked jointsboth

    Describing someone or something with crookedness or deviation in the joints, particularly the wrist or ankle.

  2. 2.
    Walking on the back of the footclassical

    One who walks on the back of their foot, or whose heel bones touch and feet spread wide.

  3. 3.
    Ostrich (due to crooked toes)classical

    A male ostrich, due to the crookedness of its toes; this is a common characteristic.

  4. 4.
    Inclined/leaningclassical

    Describing something that is inclined or leaning, like a fish.

فَدْعَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Having crooked joints (female)classical

    Feminine form of أفْدَع, describing a female animal with crooked joints.

فَدَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Place of crookednessclassical

    The location or site where the crookedness (الفدع) occurs, typically in a joint.

أُفَيْدِعadjective
  1. 1.
    Slightly crookedclassical

    Diminutive of أفْدَع, meaning slightly crooked or having minor joint deviation.

تَفَدَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be cracked/splitclassical

    To be cracked or split, used in the context of a head being split.

فَدَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To crack/breakclassical

    To crack or break something, as in a lion cracking a head.

مُفَدَّعadjective
  1. 1.
    Cracked/splitclassical

    Something that has been cracked or split, particularly the throat when not properly slaughtered.

Parallel reading

الفدع: عوج وميل في المفاصل كلها، خلقة أو داء كأن المفاصل قد زالت عن مواضعها لا يستطاع بسطها معه، وأكثر ما يكون في الرسغ من اليد والقدم.
Al-Fada': crookedness and inclination in all the joints, congenital or due to disease, as if the joints have moved from their places and cannot be straightened, and it most often occurs in the wrist of the hand and the foot.
فَدَعَ فَدَعَا وهو أَفْدَعُ بَيْنَ الفَدَعِ: وهو المُعْوَجُّ الرِّسْغِ من اليد أو الرجل فيكون مُنْقَلَبَ الكَفِّ أو القدم إلى إنسيهما؛
He had crookedness, he was crooked, and he is afda' among the crooked: meaning the one with a crooked wrist of the hand or foot, so that the palm or foot turns inward.
ولا يكون الفدع إلا في الرسغ جسأة فيه،
And al-fada' only occurs in the wrist with stiffness in it.
والأَفْدَعُ الذي يمشي على ظهر قدمه،
And al-afda' is one who walks on the back of his foot.
وفي رجله قسط، وهو أن تكون الرجل ملساء الأسفل كأنها مالج؛
And in his foot is qist, which is for the foot to be smooth underneath as if it were a malij (a type of sandal or foot covering).
الفدع في اليدين تراه يطأ على أم قردانه فيشخص صدر خفه،
Al-fada' in the hands, you see him stepping on Umm Qurdana (a type of shoe) such that the front of his shoe stands out.
جمل أفدع وناقة فدعاء،
A crooked camel and a crooked she-camel.
وقيل: الفدع أن تصطك كعباه وتتباعد قدماه يمينا وشمالا.
And it was said: Al-fada' is when his heels knock together and his feet spread apart to the right and left.
أنه مضى إلى خيبر ففدعه أهلها ؛
That he went to Khaybar and its people 'fada'ahu' (cracked/broke him, or perhaps afflicted him with crookedness).
الفدع، بالتحريك، زيغ بين القدم وبين عظم الساق وكذلك في اليد، وهو أن تزول المفاصل عن أماكنها.
Al-fada', with harakah, is a deviation between the foot and the shin bone, and likewise in the hand, which is when the joints move from their places.
كأني به أَفَيْدَعُ أَصَيْلِعُ ؛
As if I see him as afaydi' (slightly crooked) and asayli' (short-necked).
والأَفْدَعُ الظَّلِيمُ لانحراف أصابعه، صفة غالبة، وكل ظليم أفدع لأن في أصابعه اعوجاجا.
And the ostrich is afda' due to the crookedness of its toes, a dominant characteristic, and every ostrich is afda' because its toes have crookedness.
وسمك أفدع: مائل على المثل؛
And an afda' fish: leaning, by analogy.
فضغمه الأسد ضغمة فَدَعَتْه ؛
So the lion crushed him with a crush that 'fada'athu' (cracked/broke him).
إن لم يَفْدَعِ الحلقوم فكل،
If it does not crack the throat, then eat.
كل ما لم يُفَدَّعْ، يريد ما قد بحده فكله وما قد بثقله فلا تأكله؛
Eat whatever has not been cracked; he means whatever is cut by its edge, so eat it, and whatever is crushed by its weight, do not eat it.
إذا تَفَدَّعَ قريش الرأس.
When the head of Quraysh is cracked.