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فاس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of corruption, decay, and moral degradation. It can also refer to the act of spoiling or becoming putrid, often in a physical sense, but extending to moral and societal contexts.

Derived headwords

فَاسَverb
  1. 1.
    to rot, decayboth

    To undergo decomposition or putrefaction, becoming spoiled or corrupted. This can apply to physical substances as well as moral or spiritual states.

  2. 2.
    to become corruptboth

    To be morally or ethically degraded; to lose integrity or virtue.

فَوْسnoun
  1. 1.
    corruption, decayboth

    The state or process of rotting, putrefaction, or moral decay.

فَائِسadjective
  1. 1.
    corrupt, rottenboth

    Describing something that has decayed, rotted, or become morally corrupt.

Parallel reading

فاسَ الشيءُ يَفُوسُ فَوْساً
The thing rotted, it rots, with rot.
فاسَ الرجلُ
The man became corrupt.