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فضا

Root entry · 33 derived lemmas

The root فضا (faḍā) primarily relates to spaciousness, emptiness, and vastness, whether of physical space or abstract concepts. It extends to notions of reaching, entering, and union, as well as openness and lack of restraint.

Derived headwords

الفضاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Space, expanseboth

    A wide, open area of land or the sky; vastness.

  2. 2.
    Courtyard, open areaboth

    A large open space, such as a courtyard or a public square.

  3. 3.
    Emptiness, voidclassical

    A state of being empty or vacant.

فضاverb
  1. 1.
    To become spaciousclassical

    The place became wide and spacious.

يفضوverb
  1. 1.
    To become spaciousclassical

    The place became wide and spacious.

فضواverb
  1. 1.
    To become spaciousclassical

    The place became wide and spacious.

فاضٍadjective
  1. 1.
    Spacious, wideclassical

    Describing a place that is wide and open.

أفضىverb
  1. 1.
    To reach, arrive atboth

    To arrive at or reach a place or person.

  2. 2.
    To enter upon, approachboth

    To enter upon or approach something, especially one's family or spouse.

  3. 3.
    To have intercourse withboth

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

  4. 4.
    To reveal a secretboth

    To confide or reveal a secret to someone.

  5. 5.
    To become emptyclassical

    To become empty or vacant.

المفضيadjective
  1. 1.
    Open, desolateclassical

    Describing an open, empty, or desolate area.

مفضاةadjective
  1. 1.
    Wide, spaciousclassical

    Describing a place that is wide and spacious.

  2. 2.
    Having intercourse withclassical

    A woman with whom intercourse has occurred, making her passages one.

المفضاةnoun
  1. 1.
    The passageclassical

    The passage between a woman's labia, which becomes one after intercourse.

  2. 2.
    A fissure, splitclassical

    A split or fissure.

فضاverb
  1. 1.
    To not entrustclassical

    To cast aside or not entrust something.

الفضاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Empty, vacant spaceboth

    An empty, vacant, and wide area of land.

يفضيverb
  1. 1.
    To become spaciousclassical

    Everything in it becomes spacious or empty.

أفضيتverb
  1. 1.
    To go out into the openclassical

    To go out into the open, spacious land.

  2. 2.
    To reveal a secretboth

    To confide or reveal a secret to someone.

الفضىnoun
  1. 1.
    Mixed, disordered thingclassical

    A mixed or disordered thing; chaos.

فضاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Level, wide landclassical

    Level and wide land, like a desert.

  2. 2.
    Water, streamclassical

    Water that flows on the surface of the earth; a stream.

فضيةnoun
  1. 1.
    Puddle, poolclassical

    A pool of stagnant water.

فضاnoun
  1. 1.
    Side, directionclassical

    A side or direction of a place.

ضفويnoun
  1. 1.
    Sidesclassical

    The sides or directions of something.

فاضadjective
  1. 1.
    Spacious, wideclassical

    Describing a place that is wide and spacious.

مفضadjective
  1. 1.
    Spacious, wideclassical

    Describing a place that is wide and spacious.

المفضىadjective
  1. 1.
    Spacious, wideclassical

    Describing a place that is wide and spacious.

أفضىverb
  1. 1.
    To reach a placeclassical

    To reach a place, bringing them to a wide area.

أفضيةnoun
  1. 1.
    Open spacesboth

    Plural of 'fadaa', meaning open spaces.

فضاverb
  1. 1.
    To leave something looseclassical

    To leave a matter unorganized or unaccomplished.

فضاadjective
  1. 1.
    One, singleclassical

    Meaning one or single, like a lone arrow.

فضاadjective
  1. 1.
    Alone, solitaryclassical

    Meaning remaining alone or solitary.

فضاadjective
  1. 1.
    Weak, unaccomplishedclassical

    Describing a weak or unaccomplished matter.

أفضىverb
  1. 1.
    To touch the groundclassical

    To touch the ground with the palm of the hand during prostration.

الفضاnoun
  1. 1.
    Raisin seedsclassical

    The seeds or pulp of raisins.

فضاadjective
  1. 1.
    Scattered, mixedclassical

    Describing dates that are scattered and mixed, possibly with raisins.

فضاadjective
  1. 1.
    Equal, sameclassical

    Describing a matter that is equal or the same among them.

فضاadjective
  1. 1.
    Disordered, commonclassical

    Describing something that is mixed, shared, or in common.

فضاverb
  1. 1.
    To become poorclassical

    To become poor or destitute.

Parallel reading

الفضاء: المكان الواسع من الأرض
Al-fadaa': The spacious place on earth.
وأفضى فلان إلى فلان أي وصل إليه
And so-and-so reached so-and-so, meaning he arrived at him.
وأفضى الرجل: دخل على أهله
And the man entered upon his family.
وأفضى إلى المرأة: غشيها
And he reached the woman: meaning he had intercourse with her.
وكيف تأخذونه وقد أفضى بعضكم إلى بعض
And how could you take her, when you have already joined intimately with each other?
وأفضى الرجل إلى امرأته باشرها وجامعها
And the man touched his wife and had intercourse with her.
وفي حديث معاذ في عذاب القبر: ضربه بمرضافة وسط رأسه حتى يفضي كل شيء منه أي يصير فضاء
And in the hadith of Mu'adh about the punishment of the grave: He struck him with a mace in the middle of his head until everything in him became spacious, meaning empty.
يقال: أفضيت إذا خرجت إلى الفضاء
It is said: You went out into the open when you went out into the fadaa'.
وأفضيت إلى فلان بسري
And I confided my secret to so-and-so.
ومن يفض قلبه إلى مطمئن البر لا يتجمجم
And whoever directs his heart towards a secure place of righteousness without hesitation.
والفضى، مقصور: الشيء المختلط
And al-fiḍa, shortened: the mixed thing.
والصحراء فضاء
And the desert is fadaa'.
فضاء مفجرا
A fadaa' that was bursting forth.
والفضية: الماء المستنقع
And al-fiḍḍiyyah: the stagnant water.
قفرا بمندفع النحائت من ضفوي ألات الضال والسدر
A desolate place at the outflow of al-Naha'it from the sides of Alaat al-ḍāl and al-sidr.
ومكان فاض ومفض أي واسع
And a place is faaḍ and mufaḍḍ, meaning spacious.
خوقاء مفضاها إلى منخاق
A wide-mouthed one, its expanse leading to an opening.
حتى أفضى بهم، وأمضى سفر ما أمضى
Until he brought them to a wide place, and completed a journey as no journey was completed.
تركت الأمر فضا أي تركته غير محكم
I left the matter fadaa', meaning I left it unaccomplished.
ما بقي في كنانته إلا سهم فضا
There remained in his quiver only one arrow.
بقيت من أقراني فضا أي بقيت وحدي
I remained alone from my peers, meaning I remained by myself.
وأفضى بيده إلى الأرض إذا مسها بباطن راحته في سجوده
And he touched the ground with his hand when he touched it with the palm of his hand in his prostration.
وتمر فضا: منثور مختلط
And fadaa' dates: scattered and mixed.
وأمرهم بينهم فضا أي سواء
And their affair among them is fadaa', meaning equal.
طعامهم فوضى فضا في رحالهم
Their food is disordered and mixed in their dwellings.
وأمرهم فضا بينهم أي لا أمير عليهم
And their affair is fadaa' among them, meaning they have no leader over them.