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الفظ

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes harshness, roughness, and coarseness, extending to both disposition and speech. It also has a specific, less common meaning related to extracting and drinking the contents of an animal's stomach, particularly in arid conditions.

Derived headwords

فظٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    Harsh, coarseboth

    Describes someone who is rough in disposition, ill-mannered, or coarse in speech.

  2. 2.
    Rough-sidedclassical

    Literally refers to something having rough or coarse sides.

فظاظةnoun
  1. 1.
    Harshness, rudenessboth

    The state or quality of being harsh, rude, or ill-mannered. It is the abstract noun derived from the adjective 'فظ'.

فظظnoun
  1. 1.
    Harshness, rudenessclassical

    Similar to 'فظاظة', this refers to the state of being harsh or rude, often used with vowel markings indicating movement.

فظverb
  1. 1.
    To be harshboth

    To possess the quality of harshness or rudeness in disposition or speech.

افتظّverb
  1. 1.
    To squeeze outclassical

    To squeeze out the contents of something, specifically referring to the water from an animal's stomach.

فظّverb
  1. 1.
    To squeeze outclassical

    To squeeze out the contents of something, particularly the water from an animal's stomach.

فظيظnoun
  1. 1.
    Fluid from animal's stomachclassical

    Refers to the fluid extracted from the stomach of a camel or other animal, or the fluid from a fetus.

فظ بظother
  1. 1.
    Followed byclassical

    An idiomatic expression used as a follower or an appendage, often in a sequence.

Parallel reading

الغليظ الجانب، السيئ الخلق، القاسي الخشن الكلام
Harsh in disposition, ill-mannered, harsh and rough in speech.
ماء الكرش يعتصر ويشرب في المفاوز
The water of the stomach (paunch) is squeezed out and drunk in the deserts.
وقد فظه وافتظه: عصره
And he squeezed it and he squeezed it out: he extracted it.
والفظيظ، كأمير: ماء الفحل أو المرأة
And al-Fathith, like Ameer: the fluid of the stallion or the woman (referring to semen or fetal fluid).
والفظاظة، بالضم: فعالة منه
And al-Fathathah, with dammah: the abstract noun from it (referring to harshness).
ولكن الله لعن أباك وأنت في صلبه، فأنت فظاظة من لعنة الله
But God cursed your father while you were in his loins, so you are a manifestation of God's curse.
ويروى: فضض، وتقدم
And it is narrated: Fathath, and it has preceded.
فظ بظ: إتباع
Fath bath: a follower (an appendage).