فحح

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the hissing or sibilant sound made by a snake, particularly from its mouth or skin. It also extends to related concepts of sound and intensity, with a specific mention of a river name.

Derived headwords

فَحَّverb

1.
to hissboth
To make a hissing sound, specifically attributed to a snake.

تَفِحُverb

1.
to hissboth
The present tense form of the verb meaning to hiss, used for snakes.

فَحِيحٌnoun

1.
hissing soundboth
The sound produced by a snake, especially from its mouth.

كَشِيشٌnoun

1.
rustling soundclassical
A sound made by a snake, specifically from its skin, often described as a rustling or hissing.

فَحْفَاحٌname

1.
name of a riverclassical
A proper noun referring to a river in Paradise (Jannah).

Parallel reading

فحيح الأفعى: صوتها من فيها.

The hissing of the snake: its sound from its mouth.

والكشيس: صوتها من جلدها.

And the kashish: its sound from its skin.

وقد فحت الأفعى تفح وتفح فحيحا.

And the snake has hissed, it hisses and hisses a hissing sound.

وكل ما كان من المضاعف لازما فالمستقبل منه يجئ على يفعل بالكسر، إلا سبعة أحرف جاءت بالضم والكسر، وهى: يعل، ويشج، ويجد في الامر، ويصد أي يضج، ويجم من الجمام، والافعى تفح، والفرس يشب.

And whatever is from the doubled (root) and intransitive, its future tense comes with a kasra (under the middle radical), except for seven letters which came with damma and kasra: ya'allu, yashujju, yajiddu in command, yasuddu meaning to roar, yajammu from jamam, and the snake tafhu, and the horse yashubbu.

وما كان متعديا فالمستقبل يجئ بالضم، إلا خمسة أحرف جاءت بالضم والكسر: وهى يشده، ويعله، ويبث الشئ، وينم الحديث، ورم الشئ يرمه.

And whatever is transitive, its future tense comes with a damma (over the middle radical), except for five letters which came with damma and kasra: they are yashudduhu, ya'alluhu, yubaththu the thing, yanummu the talk, and rama shay'an yaramuhu.

والفحفاح: اسم نهر في الجنة.

And Al-Fahfah: the name of a river in Paradise.