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فحص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of searching, examining, or investigating something thoroughly. It extends to meanings of disturbing or turning over something, and also refers to a specific resting place or hollow made by a bird.

Derived headwords

الفَحْصnoun
  1. 1.
    the search for somethingboth

    the search for something

فَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    he searched for itboth

    he searched for it

  2. 2.
    the resting place of the sandgrouse because it digs itboth

    the resting place of the sandgrouse because it digs it

تَفَحَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    it means faḥaṣa (he searched)both

    it means faḥaṣa (he searched)

اِفْتَحَصَverb
  1. 1.
    it means faḥaṣa (he searched)both

    it means faḥaṣa (he searched)

الأَفْحُوصnoun
  1. 1.
    Bird's nesting placeclassical

    The place where a sandgrouse (قطاة) rests or nests, because it hollows out the ground.

المِفْحَصnoun
  1. 1.
    Bird's resting hollowclassical

    The hollow or resting place of a sandgrouse (قطاة), similar to الأفحوص.

Parallel reading

الفحص: البحث عن الشئ.
The examination: searching for something.
وقد فحص عنه، وتفحص، وافتحص، بمعنى.
And he searched for it, and examined it, and investigated it, all meaning the same.
وربما قالوا فحص المطر التراب: قلبه.
And sometimes they say the rain examined the soil: it turned it over.
والأفحوص: مجثم القطاة لأنها تفحصه.
And the أفْحُوص is the resting place of the sandgrouse because it hollows it out.
وكذلك المفحص.
And likewise is the مِفْحَص.
يقال: ليس له مفحص قطاة.
It is said: He does not have a resting place like a sandgrouse.
" فحصوا عن رؤوسهم "
"They examined their heads"
كأنهم حلقوا وسطها وتركوها مثل أفاحيص القطا.
As if they shaved the middle of them and left them like the hollows of sandgrouse.