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الفقع

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of whiteness, paleness, or intense color, particularly in the context of truffles and other natural phenomena. It also extends to meanings of theft, intense heat, death, and physical characteristics like paleness or redness.

Derived headwords

الفُقَّعnoun
  1. 1.
    White truffleboth

    The soft, white type of truffle (kam'ah).

  2. 2.
    Despicable personclassical

    Used metaphorically for a base or despicable person, often in the idiom 'more despicable than faqa' bi-qarqarh'.

فَقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To stealclassical

    To steal or pilfer.

  2. 2.
    To fartclassical

    To pass wind.

فُقِعَverb
  1. 1.
    To become intensely yellowclassical

    To become intensely yellow or to become pure yellow.

  2. 2.
    To be crushedclassical

    To be crushed or overwhelmed.

فَاقِعadjective
  1. 1.
    Intense (color)both

    Intensely yellow or red, or any pure, bright color, including white.

فُقَاعِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Intense (color)classical

    Intense, used as an intensifier for colors like yellow or red.

أَفْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To overwhelmclassical

    To overwhelm or crush someone.

  2. 2.
    To grow upclassical

    For a boy to grow up or mature.

  3. 3.
    To die from heatclassical

    For a person to die from intense heat.

أَبْيَضُ فَقِيعadjective
  1. 1.
    Very whiteclassical

    Extremely white.

فَقِيعadjective
  1. 1.
    White pigeonclassical

    A white pigeon.

أَفْقَعadjective
  1. 1.
    Redclassical

    Red.

الفَاقِعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Calamityclassical

    A great disaster or calamity.

فُقَّاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Foamboth

    The foam that rises on a drink, especially when poured.

  2. 2.
    Plantclassical

    A plant that becomes hard and brittle like horns when dry.

الفُقَاقِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    Bubblesboth

    Bubbles, especially of water.

فُقَّاعadjective
  1. 1.
    Intensely wickedclassical

    Intensely wicked or malicious.

  2. 2.
    Red-facedclassical

    A person with a very red complexion.

الإِفْقَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    Bad conditionclassical

    A state of poor condition or hardship.

مُفْقَعadjective
  1. 1.
    Destituteclassical

    Destitute or extremely poor.

التَّفْقِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    Boastingclassical

    Speaking boastfully or pompously.

  2. 2.
    Cracking soundclassical

    Making a cracking sound, like a rose petal struck by hand.

  3. 3.
    Tanningclassical

    The process of tanning or dyeing leather.

المُفَقَّعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Birdclassical

    A bird, black and white, with a specific tail type.

  2. 2.
    Shoeclassical

    A type of shoe or slipper.

تَفَاقَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    Eyes became whiteclassical

    His eyes became white, possibly due to illness or shock.

انْفَقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To split openboth

    To split open or burst.

مُتَفَقِّعadjective
  1. 1.
    Hardened (plant)classical

    A plant that has dried and become hard.

الأَفْقَعadjective
  1. 1.
    Extremely whiteclassical

    Extremely white.

Parallel reading

الفُقَّعُ: البيضاء الرخوة من الكمأة
Al-fuqqa'u: The white, soft type of truffle.
ويقال للذليل: هو "أذل من فقع بقرقرة"
And for the base person it is said: 'He is more despicable than faqa' bi-qarqarh'.
لأنه لا يمتنع على من اجتناه، أو لأنه يوطأ بالأرجل
Because it does not resist whoever picks it, or because it is trodden underfoot.
وفَقَعَ، كَمَنَعَ: سَرَقَ، وَضَرَطَ
And faqa'a, like mana'a: stole, and farted.
وفُقِعَ، كَمُنِعَ ونُصِرَ، فُقُوعاً: اشتدت صفرته
And fuqi'a, like muni'a and nusira, fuqu'an: its yellowness intensified.
وأصفر أو أحمر فَاقِعٌ وفُقَاعِيٌّ، بالضم: مبالغة
And yellow or red faqi'un and fuqa'iyyun, with damma: is an intensifier.
وكَفَرِحَ: احْمَرَّ، أو كل ناصع اللون: فَاقِعٌ، من بياض وغيره
And ka-faraha: became red, or anything of pure color: faqi'un, from whiteness and other colors.
وأبيضُ فَقِيعٌ، كَسِكِّيتٍ: شديد
And abyaḍu faqi'un, like sikkittin: intense.
والفَاقِعَةُ: الداهية
And al-fāqi'atu: the calamity.
والفُقَاقِيعُ: نفاخات الماء
And al-fuqāqī'u: bubbles of water.
وإنه لَفُقَّاعٌ، كَشَدَّادٍ: شديد خبيث
And indeed he is fuqqa'un, like shaddād: intensely wicked.
والتَّفْقِيعُ: التشدق في الكلام
And al-tafqī'u: boasting in speech.
وأن تضرب الوردة بالكف فتفقع وتصوت
And to strike a rose petal with the hand so it cracks and makes a sound.
والمُفَقَّعَةُ، كَمُحَدَّثَةٍ: طائر أسود أبيض أصل الذنب
And al-mufaqqa'atu, ka-muḥaddathatin: a bird, black and white, with the base of the tail.
وتَفَاقَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ: ابيضتا
And tafāqa'at 'aynāhu: his eyes became white.
وانْفَقَعَ: انشق
And infaqqa'a: split open.
ونباتٌ مُتَفَقِّعٌ: إذا يبس صلب
And a mutafaqqi' plant: when it dries and becomes hard.
والأَفْقَعُ: الشديد البياض
And al-afqa'u: intensely white.