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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of searching, examining, or investigating something, particularly the head for lice. It also extends to understanding deeper meanings, testing someone's intellect, and in a classical sense, to being cut off or a specific mountain.

Derived headwords

فَلَاةَverb

1.
to search for liceboth
To search for lice in someone's hair, often by parting it.
2.
to examine closelyboth
To examine something thoroughly, to investigate its details.
3.
to test intellectclassical
To test or probe someone's mind or intellect.

فَلِيَverb

1.
to be cut offclassical
To be severed, cut off, or separated.

كَفَلَاهُverb

1.
to search for liceboth
A variant form of searching for lice in the hair.

الفَلَايةnoun

1.
the act of searching for liceboth
The noun form denoting the act of searching for lice in the hair.

تَدَبَّرَverb

1.
to ponder meaningsboth
To ponder or reflect deeply upon the meanings of something, especially poetry.

استَفْلَىverb

1.
to desire lice removalclassical
To desire or wish for one's head to be searched for lice.

تَفَالَىverb

1.
to desire lice removalclassical
To desire or wish for one's head to be searched for lice.

فَالِيَةnoun

1.
harbinger of evilclassical
Refers to the beginnings or omens of evil.
2.
spotted beetleclassical
A spotted beetle that associates with scorpions and snakes, signaling their presence when it emerges.

جَبَلname

1.
a mountainclassical
A proper name for a mountain.

Parallel reading

فلاه بالسيف يفليه: كيفلوه

He searched it with the sword, he searched it: they searched it.

ورأسه: بحثه عن القمل، كفلاه

And his head: searching it for lice, like searching it.

والاسم: الفلاية، بالكسر

And the noun: Al-Falayah, with kasra.

والشعر: تدبره، واستخرج معانيه

And poetry: pondering it, and extracting its meanings.

وفلانا في عقله: رازه

And so-and-so in his mind: he tested him.

واستفلى رأسه

And he desired his head to be searched.

وتفالى: اشتهى أن يفلى

And they desired: they wished to be searched.

وكرضي: انقطع

And like 'radi': it was cut off.

وكحتى: جبل

And like 'Hatta': a mountain.

وفالية الأفاعي: أوائل الشر

And the harbinger of snakes: the beginnings of evil.

وخنفساء رقطاء تألف العقارب والحيات، فإذا خرجت من جحرها، آذنت بها

And a spotted beetle that associates with scorpions and snakes; when it emerges from its hole, it signals their presence.