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فصع

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root فصع (faṣaʿa) primarily relates to the action of pressing, squeezing, or extracting something from its covering or confinement. This can apply to fruits, skin, or even abstract concepts like rights. It also extends to meanings of revealing, exposing, or emitting unpleasant odors and physical characteristics.

Derived headwords

فَصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to press and peelboth

    To press a ripe fruit with a finger and squeeze it until it peels or opens.

  2. 2.
    to extractboth

    To extract or remove something from its covering or confinement by pressing or manipulation.

  3. 3.
    to emit foul odorclassical

    To emit a bad smell or foul odor.

  4. 4.
    to uncoverclassical

    To uncover or remove a turban from the head.

فَصْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pressing and peelingboth

    The act of pressing and peeling a fruit or similar item.

  2. 2.
    extractionboth

    The act of extracting or removing something.

فَصَعَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to press and peel itboth

    To press and peel a ripe fruit (feminine noun).

  2. 2.
    to extract itboth

    To extract or remove something (feminine noun) from its covering.

تَفْصِيعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pressing and peelingboth

    The act of pressing and peeling something repeatedly or extensively.

  2. 2.
    extractionboth

    The act of extracting or removing something forcefully or completely.

  3. 3.
    emitting foul odorclassical

    The act of emitting a bad smell.

أَفْصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to emit foul odorclassical

    To emit a bad smell or foul odor.

الفَصْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    foreskinclassical

    In some dialects, the foreskin of a boy that has become loose or wide, exposing the glans before circumcision.

أَفْصَعَadjective
  1. 1.
    with exposed foreskinclassical

    A boy whose foreskin is loose and exposed.

  2. 2.
    sunken-eyedclassical

    Describing someone with sunken eyes, as if they are emerging from a hole.

غلام أفصع أجلعadjective
  1. 1.
    boy with exposed foreskinclassical

    A boy whose foreskin is loose and exposed, revealing the glans.

فُصِعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be exposedclassical

    To have one's foreskin exposed or retracted.

افْتَصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to retract foreskinclassical

    To retract or pull back the foreskin.

  2. 2.
    to seize completelyclassical

    To seize or take one's right completely and forcefully, leaving nothing behind.

فَصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to uncover headclassical

    To remove a turban or covering from the head.

فاصِعًاadjective
  1. 1.
    bareheadedclassical

    A person who is bareheaded, especially due to heat or inflammation.

الفَصْعَانnoun
  1. 1.
    bareheaded peopleclassical

    People who are habitually bareheaded, suffering from heat and inflammation.

الفَصْعَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    mouseclassical

    A mouse.

فَصَّعْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to extract it fromboth

    To extract something from a place or situation.

انْفَصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be extractedboth

    To be extracted or removed from something.

افْتَصَعْتُ حَقِّيverb
  1. 1.
    I seized my rightclassical

    I took my right completely and forcefully, leaving nothing.

Parallel reading

فَصَعَ الرطبة يفصعها فصعا وفصعها إذا أخذها بإصبعه فعصرها حتى تنقشر
He pressed the ripe fruit, pressing it, pressing it, meaning he took it with his finger and squeezed it until it peeled.
وكذلك كل ما دلكته بإصبعيك ليلين فينفتح عما فيه
And likewise anything you rub with your two fingers until it softens and opens what is inside.
أنه نهى عن فصع الرطبة
That he forbade the pressing and peeling of ripe fruit.
فصعها أن تخرجها من قشرها لتنضبح عاجلا
Its meaning is to take it out of its peel to ripen quickly.
وفصعت الشيء من الشيء إذا أخرجته وخلعته
And you extract something from something if you take it out and remove it.
وفصع الرجل يفصع تفصيعا: بدت منه ريح سوء وفسو
And a man emits a bad smell and foul odor, emitting it extensively.
الفصعة، في بعض اللغات: غلفة الصبي إذا اتسعت حتى تخرج حشفته قبل أن يختن
Al-Faṣʿah, in some languages, is the foreskin of a boy if it becomes wide enough to expose his glans before he is circumcised.
غلام أفصع أجلع: بادي القلفة من كمرته
A boy with an exposed foreskin: his foreskin is visible from his groin.
أبغض صبياننا إلينا الأفيصع الكمرة الأفيطس النخرة الذي كأنه يطلع في جحرة أي هو غائر العينين
The most hated of our boys to us is the one with the exposed foreskin, the flat-nosed one, who looks like he is emerging from a hole, meaning he is sunken-eyed.
يقال: فصع الغلام وافتصع إذا كشر قلفته
It is said: the boy's foreskin was exposed, and he retracted it, if he pulled back his foreskin.
وفصعها الصبي إذا نحاها عن الحشفة
And the boy exposed it (the foreskin) if he moved it away from the glans.
وفصع العمامة عن رأسه فصعا: حسرها
And he removed the turban from his head, uncovering it.
رأيتك هريت العمامة، وبعد ما ... أراك زمانا فاصعا لا تعصب
I saw you wearing out the turban, and after... I saw you for a time bareheaded, not wearing a turban.
والفصعان: المكشوف الرأس أبدا حرارة والتهابا
And Al-Faṣʿān: those who are always bareheaded due to heat and inflammation.
والفصعاء: الفأرة
And Al-Faṣʿāʾ: the mouse.
وفصعته من كذا تفصيعا أي أخرجته منه فانفصع
And I extracted it from such-and-such extensively, meaning I took it out of it and it was extracted.
افتصعت حقي من فلان أي أخذته كله بقهر فلم أترك منه شيئا
I seized my right from so-and-so, meaning I took all of it by force and left nothing of it.
ولا يلتفت إلى القاف
And one does not pay attention to the Qaf.