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فهد

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the animal 'leopard' or 'cheetah'. It extends to describe someone resembling a leopard in their sleep habits, specific anatomical features in horses, and a term for a plump, adolescent boy or girl.

Derived headwords

الفَهْدnoun
  1. 1.
    well-known (cheetah)both

    well-known (cheetah)

فَهَدَverb
  1. 1.
    he resembled the cheetah in his excessive sleep and stretchingboth

    he resembled the cheetah in his excessive sleep and stretching

الفَهْدَتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two fleshy lumpsclassical

    Two prominent fleshy lumps located in the chest area of a horse, resembling small stones.

الفُوهَدnoun
  1. 1.
    plump adolescent boyclassical

    A boy who is plump and has just reached the age of puberty.

فُوهَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plump adolescent girlclassical

    A girl who is plump and has just reached the age of puberty.

Parallel reading

الفهد: واحد الفهود.
The leopard: the singular of leopards.
وفهد الرجل بالكسر (1) ، أي أشبه الفهد في كثرة نومه.
And the man 'fahada' (with kasra), meaning he resembled the leopard in his excessive sleep.
إن دخل فهد، وإن خرج أسد.
If a leopard enters, and if a lion exits.
والفهدتان: لحمتان في زور الفرس ناتئتان مثل الفهرين.
And the fahdatan: two fleshy lumps in the chest of a horse, protruding like two stones.
والفوهد: الغلام السمين الذي راهق الحلم، والجارية فوهدة.
And the fuwahid: the plump boy who has reached puberty, and the female is a fuwahidah.
تحب منا $ مطرهفافوهدا * عجزة شيخين غلاما أمردا
She desires from us a plump youth, like the offspring of two old men, a smooth-faced boy.