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فشغ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of covering, overwhelming, or spreading over something. It can also denote entering into or between things, and in a derived sense, refers to a spreading plant.

Derived headwords

فَشَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to cover overboth

    To rise above something until it covers it completely.

  2. 2.
    to strike withboth

    To strike someone or something with a whip or similar object.

فَشْغَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    spreadingclassical

    Describing hair or a forehead that is spread out or extensive.

أَفْشَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike withboth

    To strike someone or something with a whip or similar object.

تَفَشَّغَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread (hair)classical

    Used to describe hair that has become abundant and spread out.

  2. 2.
    to spread (blood)classical

    Used to describe blood that has overcome and spread throughout the body.

  3. 3.
    to enter betweenclassical

    To enter in between houses or structures.

  4. 4.
    to enter between legsclassical

    To enter between a woman's legs, implying sexual intercourse.

الفَشَاغnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A plant that grows and twines around trees.

Parallel reading

أي علاه حتى غطاه
meaning it rose above it until it covered it.
له قصة فشغت حاجبيه
He had a forelock that covered his eyebrows.
والناصية الفشغاء: المنتشرة
And the spreading forelock: the widespread one.
وفشغه بالسوط فشغا
And he struck him with the whip, striking him.
وكذلك أفشغه به، إذا ضربه
And likewise, he struck him with it, if he hit him.
وتفشغ فيه الشيب، أي كثر وانتشر
And gray hair spread through him, meaning it became abundant and widespread.
وتفشغ فيه الدم، أي غلبه وتمشى في بدنه
And blood spread through him, meaning it overcame him and moved through his body.
وحكى ابن كيسان: تفشغ الرجل البيوت: دخل بينها
And Ibn Kaysan narrated: The man entered between the houses: he went between them.
وتفشغ المرأة: دخل بين رجليها وافترعها
And the woman entered between her legs: she entered between her legs and had intercourse with her.
والفشاغ: نبات يتفشغ على الشجر ويتلوى
And al-Fashagh: a plant that spreads over trees and twines.