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فحج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a wide or splayed stance, particularly between the legs. It extends to related concepts of arrogance and hesitation, possibly stemming from a physical posture.

Derived headwords

فَحَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be arrogantclassical

    To exhibit pride or haughtiness, often associated with a physical bearing.

  2. 2.
    to splay legsboth

    To walk with the feet spread wide apart, specifically with the fronts of the feet close together and the heels far apart.

تَفَحَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread legs wideboth

    To spread one's legs apart widely.

أَفْحَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to hesitateclassical

    To hold back or refrain from doing something.

  2. 2.
    to spread legsclassical

    To cause the space between the legs to widen.

فَحْجnoun
  1. 1.
    splayed legsboth

    The condition of having the legs spread wide apart, particularly in the manner described for the verb.

فُحَّاجadjective
  1. 1.
    splayed-leggedclassical

    Describing someone who walks with their legs spread wide apart.

أَفْحَجُadjective
  1. 1.
    splayed-leggedboth

    Having legs that are spread wide apart.

بَيِّنُ الفَحَجِadjective
  1. 1.
    very splayed-leggedclassical

    Clearly and noticeably having legs spread wide apart.

التَّفَحُّجnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading legsboth

    The act of spreading the legs apart.

فَحَجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    space between legsclassical

    The gap or space between a female animal's legs.

Parallel reading

فَحَجَ كَمَنَعَ: تَكَبَّرَ
Faḥaja (like mana'a): to be arrogant.
وَ في مِشيَتِهِ: تَدَانَى صُدُورُ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَ تَبَاعَدَ عَقِبَاهُ
And in his gait: the fronts of his feet came close together, and his heels moved apart.
كَفَحَجَ، وَ هُوَ أَفْحَجُ، بَيِّنُ الفَحَجِ، مُحَرَّكَةً
Like faḥaja, and he is afḥaju, bayyinu al-faḥaji, with the vowel (on faḥaj).
وَ التَّفَحُّجُ: التَّفْرِيجُ بَيْنَ الرِّجْلَيْنِ
And al-tafaḥḥuju: the spreading apart between the legs.
وَ أَفْحَجَ: أَحْجَمَ
And afḥaja: to refrain/hesitate.
وَ عَنْهُ: انْثَنَى
And from it: to bend back/incline.
وَ حَلُوبَتَهُ: فَرَجُ مَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهَا
And his milch-animal: the space between her legs.