← Back to Al-Qamus al-Muhit

فحص

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root فحص (faḥaṣa) primarily relates to searching, examining, and investigating. It extends to concepts of moving, digging, and even specific physical features like the chin dimple. It also denotes places of habitation or specific locations.

Derived headwords

فَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to searchboth

    To look for something thoroughly, to investigate or examine closely.

  2. 2.
    to move quicklyclassical

    Used to describe someone moving with haste or speed.

  3. 3.
    to sprout (teeth)classical

    Used to describe the initial emergence or movement of a child's teeth.

فَحَصَ عنهverb
  1. 1.
    to inquire aboutboth

    To ask about someone or something, to seek information regarding them.

تَفَحَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to examine closelyboth

    To inspect something with great care and attention to detail.

اِفْتَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to examine closelyclassical

    To inspect something with great care and attention to detail.

فَحَصَ المطر الترابverb
  1. 1.
    rain churned the soilclassical

    Describes the action of rain disturbing and turning over the soil.

فَحَصَ الصبيverb
  1. 1.
    child's teeth movedclassical

    Refers to the movement or emergence of a child's teeth.

فَحَصَ القطَا الترابverb
  1. 1.
    sandgrouse dug a hollowclassical

    Describes the sandgrouse digging a depression in the ground for nesting.

أَفْحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to dig a hollowclassical

    To make a hollow or depression in the ground, typically for nesting.

أُفْحُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    nesting hollowclassical

    A hollow or depression dug in the ground, serving as a nest or resting place.

مِفْحَصnoun
  1. 1.
    nesting hollowclassical

    A hollow or depression dug in the ground, serving as a nest or resting place.

فَحْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    chin dimpleboth

    The indentation or hollow in the chin.

فَحْصnoun
  1. 1.
    place of dwellingclassical

    Any place where one resides or settles.

  2. 2.
    investigationboth

    The act of searching or examining.

فَحِيصِيadjective
  1. 1.
    one who searches for faultsclassical

    Describing someone who actively looks for the flaws or secrets of others.

مُفَاحِصِيadjective
  1. 1.
    one who searches for faultsclassical

    Describing someone who actively looks for the flaws or secrets of others.

فَاحِصَنِيadjective
  1. 1.
    one who searches for faultsclassical

    Describing someone who actively looks for the flaws or secrets of others.

Parallel reading

فحص عنه، كمنع: بحث
He inquired about it, like 'manaa': he searched.
و المطر التراب: قلبه
And the rain churned the soil: it turned it over.
و فلان: أسرع
And so-and-so: he hurried.
و الصبي: تحركت ثناياه
And the child: his teeth moved.
و القطا التراب: اتخذ فيه أفحوصا
And the sandgrouse dug in the soil: it made a hollow.
وهو مجثمه، كالمفحص
And it is his resting place, like a hollow.
والفحصة: نقرة الذقن
And the faḥṣah: the dimple of the chin.
والفحص: كل موضع يسكن
And al-faḥṣ: every place one inhabits.
ومواضع بالغرب: فحص طليطلة، وأكشونية، وإشبيلية، والبلوط، والأجم، وسورنجين
And places in the West: Faḥṣ Ṭulayṭilah, Ukshūniyyah, Ishbīliyyah, al-Balūṭ, al-Ajam, and Sūrjīn.
وهو فحيصي ومفاحصي وفاحصني، كأن كلا منهما يفحص عن عيب صاحبه وسره
And he is faḥīṣī, mufāḥiṣī, and fāḥiṣnī, as if each of them searches for his companion's fault and secret.