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فلح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of success, victory, and survival, often linked to sustenance and the continuation of life. It also extends to the physical act of splitting or cleaving, particularly in the context of agriculture and the earth.

Derived headwords

الفلاحnoun
  1. 1.
    success, triumphboth

    success, triumph

  2. 2.
    survival, permanenceboth

    survival, permanence

  3. 3.
    salvation, deliveranceboth

    salvation, deliverance

  4. 4.
    the pre-dawn mealboth

    the pre-dawn meal

  5. 5.
    meaning, come to salvationboth

    meaning, come to salvation

استفلحيverb
  1. 1.
    succeed in your matterboth

    succeed in your matter

استفلحي بأمرك — Achieve your affair/goal.
الفلاحnoun
  1. 1.
    success, triumphboth

    success, triumph

  2. 2.
    survival, permanenceboth

    survival, permanence

  3. 3.
    salvation, deliveranceboth

    salvation, deliverance

  4. 4.
    the pre-dawn mealboth

    the pre-dawn meal

  5. 5.
    meaning, come to salvationboth

    meaning, come to salvation

ولكن ليس للدنيا فلاح — But the world has no permanence.
الفلاحnoun
  1. 1.
    success, triumphboth

    success, triumph

  2. 2.
    survival, permanenceboth

    survival, permanence

  3. 3.
    salvation, deliveranceboth

    salvation, deliverance

  4. 4.
    the pre-dawn mealboth

    the pre-dawn meal

  5. 5.
    meaning, come to salvationboth

    meaning, come to salvation

حتى خفنا أن يفوتنا الفلاح — Until we feared that salvation would escape us.
الفلاحnoun
  1. 1.
    success, triumphboth

    success, triumph

  2. 2.
    survival, permanenceboth

    survival, permanence

  3. 3.
    salvation, deliveranceboth

    salvation, deliverance

  4. 4.
    the pre-dawn mealboth

    the pre-dawn meal

  5. 5.
    meaning, come to salvationboth

    meaning, come to salvation

يعني السحور — Meaning the suhoor.
الفلاحnoun
  1. 1.
    success, triumphboth

    success, triumph

  2. 2.
    survival, permanenceboth

    survival, permanence

  3. 3.
    salvation, deliveranceboth

    salvation, deliverance

  4. 4.
    the pre-dawn mealboth

    the pre-dawn meal

  5. 5.
    meaning, come to salvationboth

    meaning, come to salvation

حي على الفلاح — Come to salvation.
الفَلَجnoun
  1. 1.
    with the measure of 'fals': victory and triumphboth

    with the measure of 'fals': victory and triumph

  2. 2.
    with ḍammaboth

    with ḍamma

  3. 3.
    in teeth, with two fatḥas: the spacing between the incisors and caninesboth

    in teeth, with two fatḥas: the spacing between the incisors and canines

والفلح: لغة في الفلاج — And 'al-fulh' is a dialectal variant of 'al-falaj'.
فلحverb
  1. 1.
    he plowed it for cultivationboth

    he plowed it for cultivation

وفلحت الأرض: شققتها للحرث — And I plowed the land: I split it for cultivation.
فلاحnoun
  1. 1.
    Farmerboth

    One who cultivates the land, derived from the act of plowing.

ومنه سمى الاكار فلاحا — And from this, the plowman is named a farmer.
الفلاحةnoun
  1. 1.
    agriculture, farmingboth

    agriculture, farming

والفلاحة، بالكسر: الحراثة — And 'al-filaha', with a kasra, means cultivation.
يُفلَحverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, it splits and cutsboth

    meaning, it splits and cuts

إن الحديد بالحديد يفلح — Indeed, iron is split by iron.
فلوحnoun
  1. 1.
    Splitsclassical

    Plural of 'falha', meaning cracks or fissures in a person.

وفي رجل فلان فلوح — And in so-and-so's face are splits.
الأفلحadjective
  1. 1.
    Having a split lipclassical

    Describing a person whose lower lip is split.

والأفلح: المشقوق الشفة السفلى — And 'al-aflah' is one with a split lower lip.
الفَلْحnoun
  1. 1.
    A splitclassical

    The name of the split or fissure, particularly in a lip.

واسْمُ ذلك الشق الفلحة — And the name of that split is 'al-falha'.
الفلحاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Split-lippedclassical

    Feminine adjective describing a woman with a split lip.

وكان عنترة العبسى يقلب " الفلحاء " لفلحة كانت به — And Antarah al-Absi used to call [himself] 'al-Falha' because of a split he had.

Parallel reading

الفلاح: الفوز والنجاة، والبقاء، والسحور.
Al-Falah: success and salvation, survival, and suhoor.
يقول الرجل لامرأته: استفلحي بأمرك، أي فوزي بأمرك.
A man says to his wife: 'Istafilhi bi-amrik', meaning 'Achieve your affair/goal'.
ولكن ليس للدنيا فلاح
But the world has no permanence.
حتى خفنا أن يفوتنا الفلاح
Until we feared that salvation would escape us.
يعني السحور.
Meaning the suhoor.
وحي على الفلاح، أي أقبل على النجاة.
And 'Hayya 'ala al-Falah' means 'Come to salvation'.
والفلح: لغة في الفلاج.
And 'al-fulh' is a dialectal variant of 'al-falaj'.
ولئن كنا كقوم هلكوا * ما لقوم يالقوم من فلح
And if we were like a people who perished * then what is there for people, O people, of permanence.
وفلحت الأرض: شققتها للحرث.
And I plowed the land: I split it for cultivation.
ومنه سمى الاكار فلاحا.
And from this, the plowman is named a farmer.
والفلاحة، بالكسر: الحراثة.
And 'al-filaha', with a kasra, means cultivation.
إن الحديد بالحديد يفلح
Indeed, iron is split by iron.
وفي رجل فلان فلوح، أي شقوق، وبالجيم أيضا.
And in so-and-so's face are splits, meaning cracks, and also with a 'jim'.
والأفلح: المشقوق الشفة السفلى، يقال رجل أفلح بين الفلح، واسم ذلك الشق الفلحة مثل القطعة.
And 'al-aflah' is one with a split lower lip; it is said a man is 'aflah' between the split, and the name of that split is 'al-falha', like a piece.
وكان عنترة العبسى يقلب " الفلحاء " لفلحة كانت به.
And Antarah al-Absi used to call [himself] 'al-Falha' because of a split he had.
وإنما ذهبوا به إلى تأنيث الشفة.
And they intended by it the feminine form of the lip.