فرع

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root 'فرع' primarily relates to branches, offshoots, and extensions. It extends to geographical locations, tribal names, and specific times of intense heat, often metaphorically representing a peak or extreme.

Derived headwords

فُرعانname

1.
Tribe nameclassical
A name of a tribe, specifically mentioned as being from the lineage of Al-Ahnaf ibn Qays.

الأفرعname

1.
Tribal nameclassical
A name of a clan or a branch of the tribe of Himyar.

فروعname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, mentioned in poetry.

فارعname

1.
Fortress nameclassical
The name of a fortress located in Medina, reputed to belong to Hassan ibn Thabit.

الفارعانname

1.
Land nameclassical
The name of a piece of land, mentioned in poetry.

الفرعname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name.
2.
Water source nameclassical
The name of a specific water source.
3.
Location between Mecca and Medinaclassical
A location situated between Mecca and Medina, mentioned in hadith.

فروع الجوزاءname

1.
Peak of summer heatclassical
Refers to the most intense period of summer heat, associated with the constellation Gemini (Al-Jawza').

فروعname

1.
Stars of Geminiclassical
A name for the stars of Gemini, used to denote the hottest part of summer.

فروغname

1.
Stars of Aquariusclassical
A name for the stars of Aquarius (Al-Dalw), indicating a cold period.

Parallel reading

ومنازل بن فرعان: من رهط الأحنف بن قيس.

And the dwellings of Banu Fur'an: from the clan of Al-Ahnaf ibn Qays.

والأفرع: بطن من حمير.

And Al-Afra': a clan from Himyar.

وفروع: موضع؛ قال البريق الهذلي: وقد هاجني منها بوعساء فروع، ... وأجزاع ذي اللهباء، منزلة قفر

And Furu': a place; Al-Burayq Al-Hudhali said: And Bu'sa' Furu' stirred me from it, ... and the plains of Dhi Al-Lahba', a desolate dwelling place.

وفارع: حصن بالمدينة يقال إنه حصن حسان بن ثابت؛

And Fari': a fortress in Medina, said to be the fortress of Hassan ibn Thabit;

قال مقيس بن صبابة حين قتل رجلا من فهر بأخيه: قتلت به فهرا، وحملت عقله ... سراة بني النجار أرباب فارع

Maqis ibn Sababah said when he killed a man from Fahm for his brother: I killed a man from Fahm for him, and I carried his intellect ... the high ground of Banu Al-Najjar, lords of Fari'.

والفارعان: اسم أرض؛ قال الطرماح: ونحن، أجارت بالأقيصر هاهنا ... طهية، يوم الفارعين، بلا عقد

And Al-Fari'an: the name of a land; Al-Tirmmah said: And we, O neighbor, at Al-Uqaysir here ... Tahiyyah, on the day of Al-Fari'an, without agreement.

والفرع: موضع وهو أيضا ماء بعينه؛ عن ابن الأعرابي؛ وأنشد: تربع الفرع بمرعى محمود

And Al-Fara': a place, and it is also a specific water source; from Ibn Al-A'rabi; and he recited: Al-Fara' settled in a good pasture.

وفي الحديث ذكر الفرع، بضم الفاء وسكون الراء، وهو موضع بين مكة والمدينة،

And in the Hadith, the mention of Al-Fara', with a dammah on the Fa' and sukun on the Ra', which is a place between Mecca and Medina,

وفروع الجوزاء: أشد ما يكون من الحر، قال أبو خراش: وظل لنا يوم، كأن أواره ... ذكا النار من نجم الفروع طويل

And Furu' Al-Jawza': the most intense of heat, Abu Khurash said: And a day cast a shadow for us, as if its heat ... was the blaze of fire from the long star of Furu'.

قال: وقرأته على أبي سعيد بالعين غير معجمة؛ قال أبو سعيد في قول الهذلي: وذكرها فيح نجم الفروع، ... من صيهب الحر، برد الشمال

He said: And I read it to Abu Sa'id with a 'ayn' not dotted; Abu Sa'id said regarding the saying of Al-Hudhali: And the expanse of the star of Al-Furu' was mentioned, ... from the heat of summer, the cold of the north.

قال: هي فروع الجوزاء بالعين، وهو أشد ما يكون من الحر، فإذا جاءت الفروغ، بالغين، وهي من نجوم الدلو كان الزمان حينئذ باردا ولا فيح يومئذ.

He said: It is Furu' Al-Jawza' with 'ayn', and it is the most intense of heat. But when Al-Furugh, with 'ghayn', comes, and it is from the stars of Aquarius, the time then would be cold, and there would be no heat then.