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الفلح

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of splitting, cutting, or cleaving, extending to agricultural labor and success. It also encompasses notions of deception, survival, and prosperity.

Derived headwords

الفَلْحnoun
  1. 1.
    Successboth

    Success, victory, salvation, and enduring in goodness.

  2. 2.
    Splittingboth

    A split, a crack, or a fissure.

  3. 3.
    Deceptionclassical

    Cunning, trickery, or deceit.

  4. 4.
    Price inflationclassical

    Artificial inflation of prices in trade, also known as Najsh.

الفَلَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    Successboth

    Success, salvation, and remaining in goodness.

  2. 2.
    Dawn mealclassical

    The meal taken before dawn during fasting.

  3. 3.
    Sailorclassical

    A sailor or navigator.

  4. 4.
    Farmerclassical

    A farmer or cultivator.

  5. 5.
    Muleteerclassical

    A person who transports goods using mules.

فَلَحَverb
  1. 1.
    To succeedboth

    To achieve success, prosperity, or salvation.

  2. 2.
    To splitboth

    To split, cleave, or cut something.

فَلَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Farmingboth

    Agriculture, cultivation, or plowing the land.

  2. 2.
    Deceptionclassical

    Cunning, trickery, or deceit.

فَلِيحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Crackclassical

    A small crack or fissure, specifically referring to a part of the 'Markh' plant that splits.

أَفْلَحَverb
  1. 1.
    To succeedboth

    To achieve success or prosperity.

  2. 2.
    To liveclassical

    To live or survive by means of something.

تَفْلِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    Mockeryclassical

    Mockery, ridicule, or making fun of someone.

  2. 2.
    Deceptionclassical

    Cunning, trickery, or deceit.

فَلْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Cleaved landclassical

    Uncultivated, virgin land that has been split or opened up.

  2. 2.
    Split lipclassical

    A split or cleft in the lower lip.

مُفْلِحname
  1. 1.
    Nameboth

    A proper name, often associated with success.

مُفَلَّحadjective
  1. 1.
    Successfulboth

    One who has achieved success or prosperity.

مُفَلِّحnoun
  1. 1.
    Farmerboth

    A farmer or cultivator.

فُلُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    Cracksclassical

    Cracks or fissures, particularly in the leg.

استَفْلِحِيverb
  1. 1.
    To succeedclassical

    An imperative form used in divorce pronouncements, meaning 'seek your success' or 'go your own way'.

Parallel reading

الفلح، محركة، والفلاح: الفوز، والنجاة، والبقاء في الخير، والسحور.
Al-filḥ (vowelized), and al-falāḥ: success, salvation, remaining in goodness, and the pre-dawn meal.
والفلح: الشق، والمكر، والنجش في البيع، كالفلاحة، فعل الكل: كمنع، ومحركة: شق في الشفة السفلى.
And al-filḥ: a split, cunning, price inflation in selling, like al-filāḥah. All verbs follow the pattern 'to prevent', and (al-filḥah, vowelized): a split in the lower lip.
والفلاح: الملاح، والأكار، والمكاري.
And al-falāḥ: the sailor, the farmer, and the muleteer.
وأفلح بالشيء: عاش به.
And 'aflaḥa bi-sh-shay': he lived by means of it.
والتفليح: الاستهزاء، والمكر.
And at-taflīḥ: mockery, and cunning.
والفلحة، محركة: القراح من الأرض.
And al-filḥah (vowelized): virgin land.
والفليحة: سنفة المرخ إذا انشقت.
And al-fayḥah: a part of the Markh plant when it splits.
ومن ألفاظ الطلاق: استفلحي بأمرك.
And among the words of divorce: 'istafliḥī bi-amrik' (seek your success with your affair).
والفلاحة، بالفتح: الحراثة.
And al-filāḥah (with fatḥah): plowing.
وفي رجله فلوح: شقوق.
And in his leg were fulūḥ: cracks.
والحديد بالحديد يفلح، أي يشق ويقطع.
And iron with iron is 'yaflaḥu', meaning it is split and cut.
ومفلح، وكسحاب وزبير وأحمد: أسماء.
And Muflaḥ, and like Suḥāb, Zubayr, and Aḥmad: are names.