فقم

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes malocclusion or misalignment of the jaw and teeth, specifically when the lower jaw protrudes or the upper teeth do not meet the lower ones. It extends metaphorically to describe crookedness, crookedness in affairs, and even arrogance.

Derived headwords

فَقِمَverb

1.
to have an underbiteclassical
The upper teeth recede into the mouth, or the lower jaw protrudes, causing misalignment.
2.
to be crookedclassical
Describing something that is bent or not straight.
3.
to become arrogantclassical
To become conceited or haughty, deviating from proper conduct.
4.
to become abundantclassical
To increase in quantity, referring to wealth or possessions.
5.
to become fullclassical
Referring to a container becoming filled with liquid.

يَفْقَمُverb

1.
to have an underbiteclassical
The present tense of having a misaligned jaw or teeth.
2.
to be crookedclassical
The present tense of being bent or not straight.
3.
to become arrogantclassical
The present tense of becoming conceited.
4.
to become abundantclassical
The present tense of increasing in quantity.
5.
to become fullclassical
The present tense of a container becoming filled.

فَقْمًاnoun

1.
underbiteclassical
The condition of having the lower jaw protrude or the upper teeth not meeting the lower ones.
2.
crookednessclassical
The state of being bent, not straight, or misaligned.
3.
arroganceclassical
Conceit or haughtiness, a deviation from proper conduct.
4.
abundanceclassical
A state of being plentiful, especially referring to wealth.
5.
fullnessclassical
The state of being filled, especially a container with liquid.

أَفْقَمُadjective

1.
underbittenclassical
Having a jaw or teeth that are misaligned, specifically with a protruding lower jaw.
2.
crookedclassical
Bent, not straight, or deviating from the norm.
3.
arrogantclassical
Conceited or haughty.

الفَقَمnoun

1.
jawboneclassical
Specifically refers to the lower jawbone.
2.
chinclassical
The part of the face below the lower lip.
3.
mouthclassical
The opening through which a person or animal eats and speaks.

الفُقْمnoun

1.
jawboneclassical
Specifically refers to the lower jawbone.
2.
chinclassical
The part of the face below the lower lip.
3.
mouthclassical
The opening through which a person or animal eats and speaks.

مَفْقُومadjective

1.
gripped by the jawclassical
Describing someone whose jaw has been grasped.

تَفَاقَمَverb

1.
to worsen
An affair or situation becoming more severe or serious.
2.
to become greatclassical
An affair or situation becoming large in scale or importance.

مُتَفَاقِمadjective

1.
worsening
Describing a situation that is becoming more severe.
2.
greatclassical
Describing something that has become large in scale or importance.

فَقْمَاءadjective

1.
underbittenclassical
Having a misaligned jaw, specifically with the lower incisors protruding.
2.
crooked-jawedclassical
Having a jaw that is bent or not straight.

المُفَاقَمَةnoun

1.
sexual intercourseclassical
The act of sexual intercourse.

فَقِيمnoun

1.
a clan nameclassical
A name of a tribe or clan within the Kinanah and Banu Darim.

أَفْقَمname

1.
A nameclassical
A proper name.

فَقَمnoun

1.
jawboneclassical
Specifically refers to the lower jawbone.
2.
chinclassical
The part of the face below the lower lip.
3.
mouthclassical
The opening through which a person or animal eats and speaks.

فَقَمِيّadjective

1.
نسب to Fiqimclassical
Relating to the clan Fiqim.

فَقِيمِيّadjective

1.
نسب to Fiqimclassical
Relating to the clan Fiqim (Banu Darim).

Parallel reading

الفقم في الفم: أن تدخل الأسنان العليا إلى الفم

Al-faqm in the mouth: that the upper teeth enter into the mouth.

وهو أن يخرج أسفل اللحي ويدخل أعلاه

And it is that the lower jaw protrudes and the upper jaw enters.

فقم يفقم فقما وهو أفقم

Faqima, yafqamu, faqman, and he is afqam.

ثم كثر حتى صار كل معوج أفقم

Then it became widespread until everything crooked became afqam.

وقيل: الفقم في الفم أن تتقدم الثنايا السفلى فلا تقع عليها العليا إذا ضم الرجل فاه

And it was said: Al-faqm in the mouth is that the lower incisors protrude so the upper ones do not fall upon them when a man closes his mouth.

وقال أبو عمرو: الفقم أن يطول اللحي الأسفل ويقصر الأعلى

And Abu Amr said: Al-faqm is that the lower jaw is long and the upper is short.

ويقال للرجل إذا أخذ بلحية صاحبه وذقنه: أخذ بفقمه

And one says to a man, if he takes hold of his companion's beard and chin: He has taken hold of his faqmah.

وفقمت الرجل فقما، وهو مفقوم إذا أخدت بفقمه

And I gripped the man's faqmah, and he is mafqum if I took hold of his faqmah.

أبو زيد: بهظته أخذت بفقمه وبفغمه؛ قال شمر: أراد بفقمه فمه وبفغمه أنفه

Abu Zayd: I oppressed him, I took hold of his faqmah and his faghmah; Shamir said: He meant by his faqmah his mouth and by his faghmah his nose.

قال: والفقمان هما اللحيان

He said: And the faqman are the two jaws.

وفي الحديث: من حفظ ما بين فقميه دخل الجنة أي ما بين لحييه

And in the hadith: Whoever guards what is between his two faqmayhi enters Paradise, meaning what is between his two jaws.

والفقم، بالضم: اللحي

And al-fuqm, with dammah: the jaw.

الليث: الفقم ردة في الذقن، والنعت أفقم

Al-Layth: Al-faqm is a receding of the chin, and the adjective is afqam.

وفي حديث موسى، عليه السلام: لما صارت عصاه حية وضعت فقما لها أسفل وفقما لها فوق

And in the hadith of Musa, peace be upon him: When his staff became a snake, it placed a faqman for it below and a faqman for it above.

وفي حديث الملاعنة: فأخذت بفقميه أي بلحييه

And in the hadith of mutual cursing: So she took hold of his two faqmayhi, meaning his two jaws.

وفقم الرجل فقما: رجع ذقنه إلى فمه

And the man faqama: his chin receded towards his mouth.

وفقم أيضا: كثر ماله

And he faqama also: his wealth became abundant.

وفقم الإناء: امتلأ ماء

And the vessel faqama: it became full of water.

ويقال: فقم الشيء اتسع، والفقم الامتلاء

And it is said: Faqama the thing, it became wide, and al-faqm is fullness.

يقال: أصاب من الماء حتى فقم؛ عن أبي زيد

It is said: He drank of the water until he faqama; from Abu Zayd.

والأمر الأفقم: الأعوج المخالف

And the afqam affair: the crooked, contrary one.

وأمر متفاقم، وتفاقم الأمر أي عظم

And a mutafaqqim affair, and tafāqama the affair, meaning it became great.

وفقم الأمر فقوما: عظم، وفقم أيضا فقما

And the affair faqama faquman: it became great, and it faqama also faqman.

وفقم الأمر يفقم فقما وفقوما وتفاقم: لم يجر على استواء، مشتق من ذلك

And the affair faqama, yafqamu, faqman, fuquman, and tafāqama: it did not proceed evenly, derived from that.

وفقم الرجل فقما: بطر، وهو من ذلك لأن البطر خروج عن الاستقامة والاستواء؛ قال رؤبة: فلم تزل ترأمه وتحسمه، ... من دائه، حتى استقام فقمه

And the man faqama faqman: he became arrogant, and it is from that because arrogance is a deviation from straightness and evenness; Ru'bah said: You continued to pity him and heal him, ... from his illness, until his faqmah became straight.

التهذيب: وإن قيل فقم الأمر كان صوابا؛ وأنشد: فإن تسمع بلأمهما، ... فإن الأمر قد فقما

Al-Tahdhib: And if it is said 'faqama the affair', it was correct; and he recited: If you hear of their bickering, ... then the affair has indeed faqama.

أبو تراب: سمعت عراما يقول رجل فقم فهم إذا كان يعلو الخصوم، ورجل لقم لهم مثله

Abu Turab: I heard Arram say a man is faqam fahm if he prevails over opponents, and a man is laqam lahum similarly.

وفي حديث المغيرة يصف امرأة: فقماء سلفع ؛ الفقماء: المائلة الحنك، وقيل: هو تقدم الثنايا السفلى حتى لا تقع عليها العليا

And in the hadith of Al-Mughirah describing a woman: faqmaa' salfa'; Al-faqmaa': the one with a crooked jaw, and it was said: it is the protrusion of the lower incisors so that the upper ones do not fall upon them.

والفقم والفقم: طرف خطم الكلب ونحوه، وقيل: ذقن الإنسان ولحييه، وقيل: هما فمه

And al-faqm and al-fuqm: the tip of a dog's muzzle and the like, and it was said: the chin of a human and his jaws, and it was said: they are his mouth.

والمفاقمة: البضع، وفي الصحاح: البضاع؛ قال الشاعر: ولا الفغام دون أن تفاقما

And al-mufāqamah: sexual intercourse, and in Al-Sihah: sexual intercourse; the poet said: Nor al-fughām without mufāqamah.

وفقم المرأة: نكحها

And he faqama the woman: he had intercourse with her.

وفقم ماله فقما: نفد ونفق

And his wealth faqama faqman: it was depleted and spent.

وفقيم: بطن في كنانة، النسب إليه فقمي نادر؛ حكاه سيبويه، وفي الصحاح: والنسبة إليهم فقمي مثل هذلي، وهم نسأة الشهور

And Fiqim: a clan in Kinanah, the attribution to them is faqmi, which is rare; Sibawayh narrated it, and in Al-Sihah: and the attribution to them is faqmi like Hadhali, and they are the intercalators of months.

وفقيم أيضا في بني دارم النسب إليه فقيمي على القياس

And Fiqim also among Banu Darim, the attribution to them is fiqimi according to analogy.