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فقحل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is quick to anger, often inappropriately so. It also refers to a specific tribe.

Derived headwords

فَقْحَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be quick to angerboth

    To become angry rapidly and intensely, often in a situation where anger is not warranted.

الفَقْحَلnoun
  1. 1.
    quick-tempered personboth

    A person characterized by a rapid and excessive display of anger.

الفَقْحَلname
  1. 1.
    tribe of Shaybanclassical

    A specific clan or lineage within the larger Arab tribe of Shayban.

Parallel reading

أسرع الغضب في غير موضعه.
Anger was quick in its inappropriate place.
والفقحل، بالضم: السريع الغضب.
And al-faqḥal, with dammah: the quick-tempered.
وكجعفر: حي من شيبان.
And like Ja'far: a clan from Shayban.