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فرقع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sound and action of cracking, snapping, or breaking apart. It often describes the sound made by fingers, or things breaking with a sharp noise. It can also extend to meanings of scattering or dispersing.

Derived headwords

فَرْقَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cracking soundboth

    The sound produced by cracking or snapping, particularly of the fingers.

فَرْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to crackboth

    To make a cracking or snapping sound, especially with the fingers.

فَرَقَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to crack (transitive)both

    To cause something to crack or snap, such as cracking one's own fingers.

تَفَرَّقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to crack (intransitive)both

    To crack or snap, often used reflexively or intransitively, indicating that something has broken or made a cracking sound.

اِفْرَنْقَعُواverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterclassical

    To disperse, scatter, or move away from a place.

  2. 2.
    to clear awayclassical

    To clear off or move aside, used as a command.

Parallel reading

الفرقعة: تنقيض الأصابع.
Al-farqa'ah: the cracking of the fingers.
وقد فرقعها فتفرقعت.
And he cracked them (his fingers), and they cracked.
وفي كلام عيسى بن عمر: " افرنقعوا عني "،
And in the speech of Isa ibn Umar: 'Clear away from me',
أي انكشفوا وتنحوا.
meaning, disperse and move aside.