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فشق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root 'fashaq' (فشق) primarily relates to concepts of expansion, spreading out, and suddenness. It encompasses notions of eagerness, swiftness, and sometimes a forceful breaking or scattering. It can also describe physical separation, like the widening of animal horns.

Derived headwords

الفَشَقnoun
  1. 1.
    Eagerness, keennessclassical

    Enthusiasm or intense desire, often associated with eagerness to pursue something.

  2. 2.
    Suddenness, surpriseclassical

    An act of acting suddenly or unexpectedly, often to gain an advantage.

  3. 3.
    Scattering, spreadingclassical

    The act of scattering or spreading out, particularly used to describe the widening of animal horns.

  4. 4.
    Eating heartilyclassical

    A manner of eating with great intensity or volume.

فَشَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To be eagerclassical

    To exhibit eagerness or keenness, often in pursuit.

  2. 2.
    To act suddenlyclassical

    To act with suddenness or surprise, especially to avoid detection.

  3. 3.
    To break, shatterclassical

    To break or shatter something.

  4. 4.
    To flee, runclassical

    To run away or flee.

فَشْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Eagerness, keennessclassical

    The state of being eager or keen, a masdar of فشق.

  2. 2.
    Suddennessclassical

    The quality of being sudden or unexpected, a masdar of فشق.

  3. 3.
    Breaking, shatteringclassical

    The act of breaking or shattering, a masdar of فشق.

  4. 4.
    Running, fleeingclassical

    The act of running or fleeing, a masdar of فشق.

فَشِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Eager, keenclassical

    Possessing eagerness or keenness.

فَاشَقَverb
  1. 1.
    To surprise, ambushclassical

    To surprise or ambush someone, to act suddenly against them.

الفَشْقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Wide-hornedclassical

    Describing sheep or gazelles with widely spread horns.

أفْشَقadjective
  1. 1.
    Wide-hornedclassical

    Describing a gazelle with widely spread horns.

Parallel reading

النشاط
Activity, vigor
وقيل الفشق انتشار النفس من الحرص
And it was said that 'al-fashaq' is the spreading of the soul out of eagerness.
فبات والحرص من النفس الفشق
So he spent the night, and eagerness was the soul's spreading.
والنفس من الحرص الفشق
And the soul was the spreading out of eagerness.
وقد فشق بالكسر، فشقا، فهو فشق
And he was eager (fashaq) with a kasra, an eagerness (fashqan), so he is eager (fashiq).
وقيل: الفشق أن يترك هذا ويأخذ هذا رغبة فربما فاتاه جميعا
And it was said: 'al-fashaq' is to leave this and take that out of desire, and perhaps he misses both.
والفشق: المباغتة
And 'al-fashaq' is suddenness.
وقيل: الفشق الحرص
And it was said: 'al-fashaq' is eagerness.
معناه أنه يباغت الورد لئلا يفطن له الصياد
Its meaning is that he approaches the watering place suddenly so the hunter does not notice him.
وفاشقه أي باغته
And he surprised him (fashaqahu), meaning he ambushed him.
والفشق: تباعد ما بين القرنين
And 'al-fashaq' is the widening of the space between the horns.
والفشقاء من الغنم والظباء: المنتشرة القرنين
And 'al-fashqa'' from sheep and gazelles: those with spread-out horns.
وظبي أفشق بين الفشق: بعيد ما بين القرنين
And a gazelle 'afshaq' (wide-horned) among the wide-horned: far apart are the horns.
والفشق: ضرب من الأكل في شدة
And 'al-fashaq' is a manner of eating with intensity.
وفشق الشيء يفشقه فشقا: كسره
And 'fashaq' the thing, it breaks it (yafshuquhu) with breaking (fashqan): it shatters it.
والفشق: العدو والهرب
And 'al-fashaq' is running and fleeing.