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فرقع

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the making of sharp, cracking, or popping sounds, often associated with joints, breaking, or sudden movements. It also extends to meanings of expulsion, separation, and even flatulence.

Derived headwords

فَرْقَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cracking soundboth

    The act of cracking one's fingers, making a sound from the joints.

  2. 2.
    popping soundboth

    A sound produced by the impact of two things striking each other.

  3. 3.
    flatulenceclassical

    An anal emission of gas; a fart.

فَرْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to crack (fingers)both

    To crack one's fingers, causing the joints to make a sound.

  2. 2.
    to make a popping soundboth

    To produce a sharp, cracking sound, like that between two striking objects.

تَفَرْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to crackboth

    To become cracked or to make a cracking sound, often referring to joints.

  2. 2.
    to contractclassical

    To shrink or contract, as in the body.

افْرَنْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to disperseclassical

    To scatter, disperse, or move away from.

  2. 2.
    to clear awayclassical

    To become clear or to move aside.

افْرِنْقَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    dispersalclassical

    The act of scattering or moving away.

تَفْقِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    crackingclassical

    The act of cracking fingers or joints to produce a sound.

فَرْقَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    fartclassical

    A loud emission of wind from the anus.

قَرْقَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rattling soundclassical

    A rattling or clattering sound, used synonymously with 'فرقعة' in some contexts.

تَقَرْعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractclassical

    To contract or shrink.

Parallel reading

الفرقعة: تنقيض الأصابع، وقد فرقعها فتفرقعت.
The cracking: is the snapping of the fingers, and he cracked them and they cracked.
كره أن يفرقع الرجل أصابعه في الصلاة
It is disliked for a man to crack his fingers during prayer.
فرقعة الأصابع غمزها حتى يسمع لمفاصلها صوت
Cracking of the fingers is bending them until their joints make a sound.
والفرقعة: الصوت بين شيئين يضربان.
And the cracking: is the sound between two things that strike each other.
والفرقعة: الاست كالقرفعة.
And the cracking: is the anus, like 'qurfaca'.
والفرقاع: الضرط
And the 'firqa'' is: the fart.
يقال سمعت لرجله صرقعة وفرقعة بمعنى واحد
It is said: I heard a rattling sound and a cracking sound from his leg, meaning one and the same.
تقرعف وتفرقع إذا انقبض.
He contracts and cracks when he shrinks.
افرنقعوا عني أي انكشفوا وتنحوا عني
Disperse from me, meaning uncover yourselves and move away from me.
أي تحولوا وتفرقوا، قال: والنون زائدة.
Meaning, move away and separate; he said: and the 'nun' is extra.