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فرصه

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to cutting, tearing, and splitting. It extends to concepts of opportunity, seizing a chance, and taking turns. It also encompasses specific anatomical terms and a type of camel.

Derived headwords

فَرَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to cutboth

    To cut something, to tear it, or to split it.

  2. 2.
    to strike the ribclassical

    To strike or hit someone's rib.

  3. 3.
    to seize an opportunitymodern

    To seize an opportunity or a favorable moment.

فُرْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    opportunitymodern

    A favorable moment or chance to do something.

  2. 2.
    wind causing hunchbackclassical

    A wind that causes a hunchback.

  3. 3.
    turnboth

    A turn, a period of time, or a share in drinking.

فُرْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cloth for menstruationclassical

    A piece of cloth or cotton used by a woman to wipe away menstrual flow.

فُرَيْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    flesh between flank and shoulderclassical

    The flesh between the flank and the shoulder, which is said to tremble.

  2. 2.
    ribclassical

    A rib.

  3. 3.
    a specific camelclassical

    A camel named Umm Suwayd.

فَرِيصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ribclassical

    A rib.

فِرَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    strong personclassical

    A strong, red-faced person.

  2. 2.
    garmentclassical

    A garment.

فِرَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    engraving the soleclassical

    Engraving or decorating the lower part of a sole with the tip of an iron tool.

فِرَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    pieces of clothclassical

    Pieces of cloth or cotton used for wiping, plural of 'furṣah'.

مِفْرَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting toolclassical

    An iron tool used for cutting metal or silver.

مِفْرَصnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting toolclassical

    An iron tool used for cutting metal or silver.

فَارَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to take turns drinkingclassical

    To compete with someone in drinking, taking turns.

مُفَارَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    taking turnsclassical

    The act of taking turns or alternating.

تَفَارَصُواverb
  1. 1.
    to take turns with a wellclassical

    To take turns using their well.

افْتَرَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to seize an opportunitymodern

    To seize an opportunity or take advantage of a situation.

أَفْرَصَتْهُverb
  1. 1.
    it enabled himclassical

    An opportunity or situation enabled him.

فُرْصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a specific camelclassical

    A she-camel that stands aside and drinks only when the water trough is empty.

فُرْصَةname
  1. 1.
    Abu Baṭnclassical

    A clan or lineage within the Baḥilah tribe.

فَرِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    one who competes in drinkingclassical

    One who competes with you in drinking.

  2. 2.
    neck veinsclassical

    The veins of the neck.

Parallel reading

قطعه، وخرقه، وشقه
to cut it, tear it, and split it
وأصاب فريصته
and he struck his rib
والفرص: نوى المقل، واحدته بهاء
And al-furuṣ are the pits of the apricot; its singular is bahā'
والفرصة: الريح التي يكون منها الحدب
And al-furṣah is the wind from which hunchback occurs
والفرصة: النوبة، والشرب
And al-furṣah (with dammah) is the turn, and the drinking
والمفرص والمفراص: الحديد يقطع به الحديد أو الفضة
And al-mifraṣ and al-mifrāṣ are the iron with which iron or silver is cut
والفريص: من يفارصك في الشرب، وأوداج العنق
And al-farīṣ is one who competes with you in drinking, and the neck veins
والفريصة: واحدته، واللحمة بين الجنب والكتف لا تزال ترعد، وأم سويد
And al-farīṣah is its singular, and the flesh between the flank and the shoulder that is always trembling, and Umm Suwayd
والفرصاء: ناقة تقوم ناحية فإذا خلا الحوض، شربت
And al-fursā' is a she-camel that stands aside, and when the trough is empty, she drinks
وككتان: أبو بطن من باهلة
And ka-kittān: Abu Baṭn from Baḥilah
والفرصة، بالكسر: خرقة أو قطنة تتمسح بها المرأة من الحيض ج: فراص
And al-furṣah (with kasrah) is a rag or cotton with which a woman wipes herself from menstruation, pl. firāṣ
وأفرصته الفرصة: أمكنته
And the opportunity enabled him
وافتـرصـهـا: انتهزها
And he seized it: he took advantage of it
والفراص، بالكسر: الشديد، والغليظ الأحمر، وجد لعمرو بن أحمر الشاعر
And al-firāṣ (with kasrah) is the strong one, the red-faced one, and the ancestor of the poet Amr ibn Aḥmar
وما عليه فراص: ثوب
And he has no firāṣ on him: meaning a garment
وتفريص أسفل النعل: تنقيشه بطرف الحديد
And tafriṣ of the sole: is its engraving with the tip of an iron tool
والمفارصة: المناوبة
And al-mufāraṣah: is taking turns
وتفارصوا بئرهم: تناوبوها
And they took turns with their well: they alternated its use