فلغ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of splitting, cleaving, or breaking something open, particularly the head. It can also refer to a type of plant or a measure of volume.

Derived headwords

فَلَغnoun

1.
splitboth
A split or a crack, especially a severe one.
2.
cleavageclassical
The act of splitting or cleaving something open.

يَفْلُغُverb

1.
to splitboth
To split or cleave something open, particularly the head.
2.
to break openclassical
To break something open forcefully, as with a stick.

فَلَغَverb

1.
to splitboth
To split or cleave something open, particularly the head.
2.
to break openclassical
To break something open forcefully, as with a stick.

العترةnoun

1.
plantclassical
A type of plant, used here as an analogy for something being split.

فَالِغَاnoun

1.
measure of volumeclassical
A measure of volume, referred to in Syriac.

فَلَجnoun

1.
measure of volumeclassical
An Arabic adaptation of the Syriac word 'فالغا', referring to a measure of volume.

Parallel reading

الفلغ: الشدخ.

Al-falgh: the split.

فلغ رأسه، زاد في التهذيب: بالعصا، يفلغه فلغا.

He split his head, and in Al-Tahdhib it is added: with a stick, he splits it (y-flughu) with a split (falghan).

إني إن آتهم يفلغ رأسي كما تفلغ العترة

Indeed, if I approach them, my head will be split as the 'utrah plant is split.

أي يكسر.

Meaning, it is broken.

وأصل الفلغ الشق، والعترة نبت،

And the origin of al-falgh is the split, and al-'utrah is a plant,

وفلغه مثل ثلغه إذا شدخه؛

And his splitting (falghuhu) is like his splitting (thalghuhu) when he crushes him;

حكاه يعقوب في البدل أي أن فاء فلغ بدل من ثاء ثلغ؛

Ya'qub narrated it in the context of substitution, meaning that the 'f' of 'falgh' is a substitute for the 'th' of 'thalgh';

يقال للقفيز بالسريانية فالغا،

The qafiz is called 'fālghā' in Syriac,

وأعربته العرب فقالت فلج.

And the Arabs Arabized it and said 'falaj'.