فلك

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root 'فلك' primarily relates to circularity, rotation, and orbits. It extends to celestial bodies, the sea (waves), land formations, and even parts of the body and tools. It also encompasses the concept of a ship and the act of being stubborn or obstinate.

Derived headwords

الفُلْكnoun

1.
orbit of starsclassical
The celestial path or sphere on which stars and planets move.
2.
shipboth
A vessel that sails on water, used for transport or travel. It can refer to a single vessel, two, or a group.

أَفْلاكnoun

1.
orbitsclassical
The plural of 'falk', referring to the celestial spheres or paths of stars and planets.

فُلْكnoun

1.
circularityboth
The state of being round or circular; a rounded or elevated part.
2.
waveclassical
A rounded, rolling wave of the sea.
3.
elevated landclassical
A circular and elevated piece of land, like a mound.
4.
sand duneclassical
Rounded, elevated sand formations, often dug into by gazelles.

فَلَكَةnoun

1.
circular objectboth
A rounded or circular thing, often used as a unit or part.
2.
spindle whorlboth
The circular part of a spindle used in spinning, known for its roundness.
3.
part of a camel's vertebraclassical
The joint connecting two vertebrae in a camel.
4.
part of the tongueclassical
The protruding part at the root of the tongue.
5.
part of the throatclassical
The rounded side of the throat.
6.
small moundsclassical
Small, rounded hillocks or mounds of earth.

فُلَاكnoun

1.
circular objectsclassical
The plural of 'falkah', referring to multiple circular or rounded things.

تَفْلِيكnoun

1.
preventing nursingclassical
The act of fitting a device made of hair around a young animal's tongue to prevent it from nursing.

تَفَلَّكَverb

1.
to become circularclassical
To become round or circular in shape.

مُفَلَّكadjective

1.
circularclassical
Having become circular or rounded.

فَالِكadjective

1.
circular (of breasts)classical
Describing a young woman's breasts that have become rounded or developed.

فَلَكَverb

1.
to become circularclassical
To become round or circular, specifically used for the development of a young woman's breasts.

أَفْلَكَverb

1.
to be stubbornclassical
To be obstinate, stubborn, or resistant.

فُلْكnoun

1.
stubborn personclassical
A person with stiff joints or large buttocks; a stubborn or obstinate individual.

إِفْلِيكَانnoun

1.
uvular musclesclassical
The two muscles that flank the uvula.

فِيلْكُونnoun

1.
shoemaker's pasteclassical
A type of paste or adhesive used by shoemakers (likely a loanword).
2.
reedclassical
A type of reed plant.

Parallel reading

الفلك: مدار النجوم، والجمع أفلاك.

The falk: the orbit of the stars, and the plural is aflak.

وفلك كل شيء: مستداره ومعظمه.

And the falk of everything: its roundness and its greatest part.

وفلك البحر: موجه المستدير المتردد.

And the falk of the sea: its round, recurring wave.

فإني تركت فرسك كأنه يدور في فلك

For I left your horse as if it were spinning in a falk (orbit/wave).

فأما الذي تعرفه العامة فإنه شبهه بفلك السماء الذي تدور عليه النجوم

As for what the common people know, they likened it to the falk of the sky on which the stars revolve.

وقال بعض العرب الفلك هو الموج إذا ماج في البحر فاضطرب وجاء وذهب فشبه الفرس في اضطرابه بذلك

And some of the Arabs said the falk is the wave when it surges in the sea, becomes agitated, comes and goes, so he likened the horse in its agitation to that.

والفلك: موج البحر.

And the falk: the wave of the sea.

والفلك: جاء في الحديث أنه دوران السماء ، وهو اسم للدوران خاصة

And the falk: it came in the hadith that it is the rotation of the sky, and it is a name specifically for rotation.

والمنجمون يقولون سبعة أطواق دون السماء قد ركبت فيها النجوم السبعة، في كل طوق منها نجم، وبعضها أرفع من بعض يدور فيها بإذن الله تعالى.

And the astronomers say there are seven collars below the sky in which the seven stars are placed, in each collar a star, some higher than others, revolving therein by the permission of God Almighty.

الفراء: الفلك استدارة السماء.

Al-Farra': The falk is the roundness of the sky.

كل في فلك يسبحون

Each in a falk (orbit) is swimming.

والفلك: قطع من الأرض تستدير وترتفع عما حولها، الواحدة فلكة، بفتح اللام

And the falk: pieces of land that are round and elevated above their surroundings, the singular is falkah, with a fatha on the lam.

إذا خافت هول بطون البلاد، ... تضمنها فلك مزهر

When they feared the terror of the depths of the lands, ... a shining falk (elevated land) encompassed them.

والفلكة، بسكون اللام: المستدير من الأرض في غلظ أو سهولة، وهي كالرحى.

And the falkah, with a sukoon on the lam: the rounded part of the earth, whether rough or smooth, and it is like a millstone.

والفلك من الرمال: أجوية غلاظ مستديرة كالكذان يحتفرها الظباء.

And the falk of the sands: thick, round hollows like the dunes dug by gazelles.

الأفلك الذي يدور حول الفلك، وهو التل من الرمل حوله فضاء.

The aflak which revolves around the falk, and it is the sand dune with open space around it.

والفلكة أصاغر الإكام، وإنما فلكها اجتماع رأسها كأنه فلكة مغزل لا ينبت شيئا.

And the falkah is smaller mounds, and its falkah is the convergence of its top, like a spindle whorl that does not grow anything.

والفلكة: طويلة قدر رمحين أو رمح ونصف؛ وأنشد: يظلان، النهار، برأس قف ... كميت اللون، ذي فلك رفيع

And the falkah: long, about two lances or a lance and a half; and he recited: They shade, during the day, the top of the cliff ... dark red in color, with a high falkah (elevated part).

والفلكة قطعة من الأرض تستدير وترتفع على ما حولها؛ قال الشاعر: خوانهم فلكة لمغزلهم، ... يحار فيه، لحسنه، البصر

And the falkah is a piece of land that is round and elevated above its surroundings; the poet said: Their table is a falkah for their spindle, ... the sight is bewildered in it, due to its beauty.

والجمع فلك؛ قال الكميت: فلا تبك العراص ودمنتيها ... بناظرة، ولا فلك الأميل

And the plural is falk; Al-Kumait said: So do not weep for the dwellings and their ruins ... with a watchful eye, nor for the falk of the sand dune.

وفي غريب المصنف فلكة وفلك، بالتحريك، وفي كتاب سيبويه: فلكة وفلك مثل حلقة وحلق ونشفة ونشف، ومنه قيل: فلك ثدي الجارية تفليكا، وتفلك: استدار.

And in Gharib Al-Musannaf, falkah and falk, with harakah, and in Sibawayh's book: falkah and falk like halqah and halq, and nashfah and nashf, and from this it is said: the breast of the girl falked (became circular) tafleekan, and tafalak: to become circular.

والفلكة من البعير: موصل ما بين الفقرتين.

And the falkah of a camel: the joint between the two vertebrae.

والفلكة: الهنة الناتئة على رأس أصل اللسان.

And the falkah: the protruding part at the root of the tongue.

والفلكة: جانبه وما استدار منه.

And the falkah: its side and what is rounded from it.

والفلكة: معروفة سميت لاستدارتها، وكل مستدير فلكة، والجمع من ذلك كله فلك إلا الفلكة من الأرض.

And the falkah: is known, named for its roundness, and everything round is a falkah, and the plural of all of that is falk, except for the falkah of land.

وفلك الفصيل: عمل له من الهلب مثل فلكة المغزل، ثم شق لسانه فجعلها فيه لئلا يرضع؛ قال ابن مقبل فيه: ربيب لم تفلكه الرعاء، ولم ... يقصر بحومل، أدنى شربه ورع

And the falk of the young camel: a device made for it from hair like a spindle whorl, then its tongue was slit and it was placed in it so it would not nurse; Ibn Muqbil said about it: A nursling not prevented from nursing by the shepherds, and not...

والتفليك أن يجعل الراعي من الهلب مثل فلكة المغزل ثم يثقب لسان الفصيل فيجعله فيه لئلا يرضع أمه.

And the tafleek is for the shepherd to make from hair something like a spindle whorl, then pierce the tongue of the young camel and place it in it so it does not nurse its mother.

وهو قضيب يدارعلى لسانه لئلا يرضع؛ قال الأزهري: والصواب في التفليك ما قال أبو عمرو.

And it is a rod that is placed around its tongue so it does not nurse; Al-Azhari said: And the correct thing in tafleek is what Abu Amr said.

والثدي الفوالك: دون النواهد.

And the fawalik breasts: less than the budding ones.

وفلك ثديها وفلك وأفلك: وهو دون النهود؛ الأخيرة عن ثعلب.

And her breast falked, and falk, and aflak: and it is less than budding; the latter from Tha'lab.

جارية شبت شبابا هبركا، ... لم يعد ثديا نحرها أن فلكا، مستنكران المس قد تدملكا

A young woman who grew up vigorously, ... her breasts did not become falking (rounded) at her neck, they are strange to the touch, having become plump.

والفلك: بالضم: السفينة، تذكر وتؤنث وتقع على الواحد والاثنين والجمع

And the falk: with damma: the ship, it is masculine and feminine and refers to one, two, or many.

في الفلك المشحون

In the laden ship.

وترى الفلك فيه مواخر

And you see the ships therein cleaving (the water).

والفلك التي تجري في البحر

And the ships which run in the sea.

حتى إذا كنتم في الفلك وجرين بهم

Until when you were in the ships and they sailed with them.

فلك الرجل في الأمر وأفلك: لج.

A man falked (was stubborn) in the matter and aflak: he was obstinate.

ورجل فلك: جافي المفاصل، وهو أيضا العظيم الأليتين؛ قال رؤبة: ولا شظ فدم ولا عبد فلك، ... يربض في الروث كبرذون رمك

And a falk man: stiff-jointed, and also large-buttocked; Ru'bah said: Neither a weak-boned nor a falk slave, ... squatting in dung like a dull-colored mule.

الفلك العبد الذي له ألية على خلقة الفلكة، وأليات الزنج مدورة.

The falk is the slave who has a buttock shaped like a falkah, and the buttocks of the Zanj are round.

والإفليكان: لحمتان تكتنفان اللهاة.

And the iflikan: two muscles that flank the uvula.

الأفلك الذي يدور حول الفلك، وهو التل من الرمل حوله فضاء.

The aflak which revolves around the falk, and it is the sand dune with open space around it.

والفيلكون الشوبق؛ قال أبو منصور: وهو معرب عندي.

And the filkun is the shoemaker's paste; Abu Mansur said: And it is a loanword in my opinion.

والفيلكون: البردي.

And the filkun: the reed.