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فسد

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns corruption, decay, and ruin, encompassing moral, physical, and societal breakdown. It also relates to injustice, scarcity, and the opposite of what is beneficial or righteous.

Derived headwords

فَسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be corruptboth

    To become morally or physically decayed, spoiled, or ruined. It is the opposite of being sound or righteous.

  2. 2.
    to be spoiledboth

    To become unfit for use or consumption, often referring to food or materials.

فَسَادًاnoun
  1. 1.
    corruptionboth

    The state or act of being corrupt, morally or physically. It can also refer to decay or ruin.

  2. 2.
    injusticeclassical

    The act of taking property unjustly or wrongfully.

  3. 3.
    famineclassical

    A state of severe scarcity or lack of food, leading to widespread hunger.

فَسُودًاnoun
  1. 1.
    corruptionclassical

    A variant masdar (verbal noun) for the root, signifying corruption or decay.

فَاسِدadjective
  1. 1.
    corruptboth

    Characterized by moral decay, depravity, or being spoiled. It describes something that is not sound or righteous.

  2. 2.
    spoiledboth

    Damaged, ruined, or no longer fit for use.

فِسِيدadjective
  1. 1.
    corruptclassical

    An alternative adjective form indicating corruption or being spoiled, derived from the root.

أَفْسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to corruptboth

    To cause something to become corrupt, spoiled, or ruined. It implies actively bringing about decay or moral degradation.

  2. 2.
    to spoilboth

    To damage or ruin something, making it unfit for its intended purpose.

مَفْسَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    harmboth

    Something that causes damage, injury, or loss; the opposite of what is beneficial or leads to welfare.

  2. 2.
    corruptionboth

    An act or source of corruption or depravity.

تَفَاسَدُواverb
  1. 1.
    to sever tiesclassical

    To break or cut off familial or social bonds, implying a state of mutual estrangement or hostility.

اِسْتَفْسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek corruptionclassical

    To actively seek or desire corruption, or to act in a way that leads to ruin.

  2. 2.
    to seek to spoilclassical

    To endeavor to cause something to be spoiled or ruined.

Parallel reading

فسد، كنصر وعقضد وكرم، فسادا وفسودا: ضد صلح
Fasada, like nasara, 'aqdada, and karuma, [means] fasadan and fasudan: the opposite of salaha (to be sound/righteous).
فهو فاسد وفسيد من فسدى
And he is fasid and fasid, from fasida (to be corrupt).
والفساد: أخذ المال ظلما
And fasad: taking money unjustly.
والجدب
And famine.
والمفسدة: ضد المصلحة
And mafsadah: the opposite of maslahah (benefit/welfare).
وفسده تفسيدا: أفسده
And fasadahu tafsidan: afsadahu (he corrupted it).
وتفاسدوا: قطعوا الأرحام
And tafasadū: they severed ties of kinship.
واستفسد: ضد استصلح
And istifsada: the opposite of istaslaḥa (to seek to make sound/righteous).