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فظع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root pertains to things that are severe, heinous, or excessive. It describes actions, events, or situations that are extremely bad, shocking, or beyond normal limits, often evoking a sense of disgust or horror.

Derived headwords

فظعverb
  1. 1.
    to be severeboth

    The matter or situation was severe, heinous, and exceeded the proper measure.

فظاعةnoun
  1. 1.
    severityboth

    The state or quality of being severe, heinous, or excessive.

فظيعadjective
  1. 1.
    severeboth

    Describing something that is severe, heinous, shocking, and beyond the normal limit.

أفظعverb
  1. 1.
    to befall (passive)classical

    The man was afflicted by a great matter or a severe event.

  2. 2.
    to find severeboth

    To perceive or find something to be severe, heinous, or shocking.

مفظعadjective
  1. 1.
    severeboth

    Describing a matter or situation that is severe and beyond the proper measure.

استفظعverb
  1. 1.
    to find severeboth

    To perceive or find something to be severe, heinous, or shocking.

Parallel reading

فظع الأمر بالضم فظاعة فهو فظيع، أي شديد شنيع جاوز المقدار.
The matter was severe (فظع) with damma, resulting in severity (فظاعة), and its subject was severe (فظيع), meaning it was intense, heinous, and exceeded the limit.
وكذلك أفظع الأمر فهو مفظع.
Similarly, the matter was severe (أفظع), and it is severe (مفظع).
وأفظع الرجل على ما لم يسم فاعله، أي نزل به أمر عظيم.
And the man was afflicted (أفظع) passively, meaning a great matter befell him.
وهم السعاة إذا العشيرة أفظعت
And they are the mediators when the tribe is afflicted by a great matter.
وأفظعت الشئ واستفظعته، أي وجدته فظيعا.
And I found the thing severe (أفظعت) and I found it severe (استفظعته), meaning I found it to be severe.