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الفجس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns arrogance, haughtiness, and excessive pride, often associated with falsehood or evil actions. It can also refer to oppression and the initiation of wrongful deeds.

Derived headwords

الفَجْسnoun
  1. 1.
    Arroganceboth

    Excessive pride and haughtiness, a feeling of superiority.

  2. 2.
    Haughtinessboth

    Disdainful pride, characterized by a superior attitude.

  3. 3.
    Oppressionclassical

    The act of unjustly exercising power or authority.

  4. 4.
    Initiating an actclassical

    To start or invent a deed, often a wrongful one.

التَفَجُّسnoun
  1. 1.
    Arroganceclassical

    The act or state of being arrogant, synonymous with الفجس.

أَفْجَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To be arrogantclassical

    To act with arrogance or pride.

  2. 2.
    To boast falselyclassical

    To take pride in something that is untrue or unjustified.

Parallel reading

التكبر، والتعظم
Arrogance, and haughtiness
والقهر
And oppression
وابتداع فعل
And initiating an act
ولا يكون إلا شرا
And it is only evil
وأفجس: افتخر بالباطل
And أفجس: boasted falsely