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الفحس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of taking something into the mouth, often with a sucking or licking motion, and also relates to a proud or strutting gait.

Derived headwords

الفَحْسnoun
  1. 1.
    sucking up liquidboth

    The act of taking something, especially water, into the mouth and sucking it up.

  2. 2.
    licking cleanclassical

    The act of licking something until it is clean or all residue is removed.

فَحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to suck up liquidboth

    To take liquid into the mouth and suck it up.

  2. 2.
    to lick cleanclassical

    To lick something until it is clean or all residue is removed.

تَفَيَّحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to strutclassical

    To walk with a proud, swaggering, or strutting gait.

Parallel reading

أخذك الشيء عن يدك بلسانك وفمك، من الماء وغيره، ودلك السلت حتى تقلع عنه السفا.
Your taking something from your hand with your tongue and mouth, of water and other things, and licking it until the residue is removed from it.
وتفيحس في مشيته: تبختر.
And he strutted in his walk: he swaggered.