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فحيح

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, particularly hissing or sibilant noises, often associated with snakes. It also extends to meanings of intensity, heat, and sincerity, as well as specific terms for snakes and a river.

Derived headwords

فَحِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    hissing soundboth

    The sound produced by a snake from its mouth.

فَحِيح الأَفْعَىnoun
  1. 1.
    snake's hissboth

    The specific hissing sound made by a snake.

تَفْحَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    hissing soundclassical

    A hissing sound, similar to that of a snake.

فَحّnoun
  1. 1.
    hissing soundclassical

    A hissing sound, particularly of a snake.

تَفَحّverb
  1. 1.
    to hissclassical

    To make a hissing sound, like a snake.

فَحّverb
  1. 1.
    to hissclassical

    To make a hissing sound, like a snake.

الفَحْحnoun
  1. 1.
    raging snakesclassical

    A term for agitated or raging snakes.

فَحْفَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to correctclassical

    To correct or rectify something, particularly in the context of friendship.

  2. 2.
    to become hoarseclassical

    To develop a hoarseness in one's voice.

  3. 3.
    to snoreclassical

    To breathe noisily during sleep, to snore.

فَحْفَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    hoarse-voicedclassical

    Describing someone who has a hoarse voice.

فَحّةnoun
  1. 1.
    heat of pepperclassical

    The pungent heat or spiciness of pepper.

الفَحْفَاحname
  1. 1.
    name of a river in Paradiseclassical

    A proper noun referring to a river located in Paradise (Jannah).

Parallel reading

فحيح الأفعى: صوتها من فيها
The hissing of the snake: its sound from its mouth.
كتفحاحها وفحها
Like its hissing sound and its hiss.
وهي تفح وتفح
And it hisses and hisses.
والفحح، بضمتين: الأفاعي الهائجة
And Al-Fahḥ, with two dammahs: the agitated snakes.
وفحفح: صحح المودة وأخلصها
And Faḥfaḥa: he corrected the friendship and made it sincere.
وأخذته بحة في صوته، فهو فحفاح
And hoarseness affected his voice, so he is Faḥḥāḥ (hoarse-voiced).
ونفخ في نومه، كفح
And he breathed noisily in his sleep, like Faḥḥ (snoring).
وفحة الفلفل، بالضم: حرارته
And Faḥḥah of the pepper, with dammah: its heat.
والفحفاح: اسم نهر في الجنة
And Al-Faḥḥāḥ: the name of a river in Paradise.