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فصع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of peeling, exposing, or forcefully extracting something. It extends to concepts of revealing or taking something completely, and also describes a physical state related to exposure.

Derived headwords

فَصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to peelboth

    To peel or strip the skin off something, particularly a date.

  2. 2.
    to exposeclassical

    To expose or reveal something, often used in the context of a child's foreskin.

فَصْعnoun
  1. 1.
    peelingboth

    The act of peeling or stripping the skin off something.

افتَصَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to take entirelyclassical

    To take or seize one's right or due completely and forcefully.

تَفْصِيْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    forceful extractionclassical

    The act of forcefully extracting or causing something to come out.

أفْصَعadjective
  1. 1.
    exposed foreskinclassical

    Describing a boy whose foreskin is visibly retracted, exposing the glans.

Parallel reading

فصع الرطبة: عصرها لتنقشر.
He peeled the date: he squeezed it so that its skin would come off.
أنه نهى عن فصع الرطبة.
That he forbade the peeling of the date.
وفصع الغلام وافتصع، إذا كشر قلفته.
And the boy had his foreskin peeled back, or had it peeled back, if his foreskin was retracted.
وغلام أجلع أفصع: بادي القلفة من كمرته.
And a boy with a retracted foreskin, exposed: the foreskin is visible from his glans.
وفصعته من كذا تفصيعا، أي أخرجته فانفصع.
And I forcefully extracted it from such-and-such, meaning I made it come out, and it came out.
افتصعت حقي من فلان، أي أخذته كله على المكان.
I took my right entirely from so-and-so, meaning I took it all by force from that place.