فظع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of something being severe, terrible, or overwhelming. It extends to the feeling of being overwhelmed or daunted by a difficult situation, and also has a less common meaning related to abundance or fullness, particularly concerning water.

Derived headwords

فَظُعَ الأَمْرُverb

1.
the matter became severeboth
The matter or affair became severe, heinous, excessive, or unbearable.

فَظَاعَةًnoun

1.
severityboth
The state or quality of being severe, heinous, or terrible.

فَظِيعٌadjective

1.
terribleboth
Describing something that is severe, heinous, excessive, or unbearable.

فَظِعٌadjective

1.
attributed by lineageclassical
An adjective used to denote attribution by lineage or relation, derived from the root.

أَفْظَعَ الأَمْرُverb

1.
the matter became severeboth
The matter became severe, heinous, exceeded the limit, and was unbearable.

مُفْظِعٌadjective

1.
severeboth
Describing something that is severe, heinous, and excessive.

أَفْظَعَverb

1.
to find severeboth
To perceive or find something to be severe, terrible, or overwhelming.

اسْتَفْظَعَهُverb

1.
to find severeboth
To perceive or find something to be severe, terrible, or overwhelming.

فَظِعْتُ بِالأَمْرِverb

1.
to be overwhelmed by the matterboth
To be overwhelmed, overcome, or daunted by a matter, feeling unable to cope.

فَظِعْتُهُمَاverb

1.
to be daunted by themclassical
To be daunted or intimidated by something, often due to its magnitude or perceived difficulty. Used transitively here, implying a sense of awe or fear.

فَظِعٌnoun

1.
fullnessclassical
A state of being full or abundant, particularly used in reference to water.

الفَظِيعُnoun

1.
fresh waterclassical
Fresh, pure, and clear water.

Parallel reading

فظع الأمر، بالضم، يفظع فظاعة، بالضم، فهو فظيع وفظع

The matter became severe, with damma, it becomes severe (فظع) with severity (فظاعة), with damma, so it is terrible (فظيع) and severe (فظع).

وأفظع الأمر: اشتد وشنع وجاوز المقدار وبرح

And the matter became severe (أفظع): it intensified, became heinous, exceeded the limit, and was unbearable.

لا تحل المسألة إلا لذي غرم مفظع

Begging is not permissible except for one who is burdened by a severe debt.

المفظع: الشديد الشنيع

The severe (المفظع): the intense and heinous.

لم أر منظرا كاليوم أفظع

I have not seen a scene today more terrible (أفظع).

لم أر منظرا أفظع منه فحذفها وهو في كلام العرب كثير

I have not seen a scene more terrible than it, and he omitted it, which is common in the speech of Arabs.

ما وضعنا سيوفنا على عواتقنا إلى أمر يفظعنا إلا أسهل بنا

We did not lay our swords on our shoulders for a matter that would overwhelm us (يفظعنا) except that it became easy for us.

أي يوقعنا في أمر فظيع شديد

Meaning, it would plunge us into a terrible and severe matter.

أفظع الرجل، على ما لم يسم فاعله، أي نزل به أمر عظيم

The man was overwhelmed (أفظع), passively, meaning a great matter befell him.

وهم السعاة، إذا العشيرة أفظعت

And they are the mediators, when the tribe is overwhelmed (أفظعت).

وأفظعه الأمر وفظع به فظاعة وفظعا واستفظعه وأفظعه: رآه فظيعا

And the matter overwhelmed him (أفظعه) and he was overwhelmed by it (فظع به) with severity (فظاعة) and severity (فظعا), and he found it severe (استفظعه) and he found it severe (أفظعه): he saw it as terrible.

وقاسيت فيه اللين والفظعا

And I endured in it gentleness and severity (الفظعا).

فظعت بالأمر أفظع فظاعة إذا هالك وغلبك فلم تثق بأن تطيقه

I was overwhelmed by the matter (فظعت بالأمر), I am overwhelmed (أفظع), with overwhelmingness (فظاعة), if it exhausts you and overcomes you so you are not confident you can bear it.

لما أسري بي وأصبحت بمكة فظعت بأمري أي اشتد علي وهبته

When I was taken on the night journey and I became in Mecca, my situation became severe to me (فظعت بأمري), meaning it intensified for me and I feared it.

أريت أنه وضع في يدي سواران من ذهب ففظعتهما

I was shown that two gold bracelets were placed in my hands, and I was daunted by them (فظعتهما).

والمعروف فظعت به أو منه

And the known usage is 'I was daunted by it' (فظعت به) or 'from it' (منه).

ترى العلافي منها موفدا فظعا

You see the camels sent forth from it, full (فظعا).

قال فظعا أي ملآن

He said 'full' (فظعا) meaning 'filled'.

وقد فظع فظعا أي امتلأ

And he became full (فظع) with fullness (فظعا), meaning he became filled.

والفظيع: الماء العذب

And the fresh (الفظيع): the sweet water.

هو الماء الزلال الصافي، وضده المضاض، وهو الشديد الملوحة

It is the pure, clear water, and its opposite is 'al-mudadh', which is intensely salty.

يردن بحورا ما يمد جمامها ... أتي عيون، ماؤهن فظيع

They approach seas whose depths are not reached... springs of pure water, their water is fresh (فظيع).