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فحق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of fullness, expansion, and abundance, particularly in speech and physical space. It also extends to a specific term for a dog's resting place.

Derived headwords

فَحْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dog's resting placeclassical

    A place where a dog rests or lies down, specifically mentioned as a term used by the people of Yemen.

أَفْحَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to fillclassical

    To fill something completely.

تَفَيَّحَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak expansivelyclassical

    To speak at length, to elaborate or expand upon one's words.

تَفِيهَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak expansivelyclassical

    To speak at length, to elaborate or expand upon one's words, similar to تفَيَّحَقَ.

اِنْفَحَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak expansivelyclassical

    To speak at length or with great elaboration.

اِنْفِحَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    expansive speechclassical

    The act of speaking at length or with great elaboration.

مُنْفَحِقadjective
  1. 1.
    wideclassical

    Describing a path or road that is wide and spacious.

Parallel reading

الفحقة راحة الكلب بلغة أهل اليمن.
Al-faḥqah is the resting place of a dog, in the language of the people of Yemen.
وأفحق الشيء: ملأه
And 'afḥaqa' a thing means to fill it.
وقيل؛ حاؤه بدل من هاء أفهق.
And it is said: its ḥāʼ is a substitute for the hāʼ of 'afhaqa'.
العرب تقول فلان يتفيحق في كلامه ويتفيهق إذا توسع فيه.
The Arabs say: 'So-and-so speaks expansively in his speech and 'yatafayhaqu' if he elaborates on it.'
قال أبو عمرو: انفحق بالكلام انفحاقا.
Abū ʿAmr said: 'He spoke expansively in speech, an 'infḥāq'.
وطريق منفحق: واسع
And an 'unfḥaq' road is wide.
والعيس فوق لاحب معبد، ... غبر الحصى منفحق عجرد
And the camels are upon a worn, trodden path, ... dusty gravel, a wide, barren expanse.