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فهق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of fullness, expansion, and overflowing. It extends to speaking in an exaggerated, verbose, or pompous manner, as if one's mouth is filled to capacity.

Derived headwords

تَفَيْهَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak pompouslymodern

    To speak in an exaggerated, verbose, or pompous manner, often with excessive detail or self-importance.

  2. 2.
    to expandclassical

    To become wide or expanded, to overflow.

فَهْقnoun
  1. 1.
    fullnessclassical

    The state of being full or overflowing; a state of complete filling.

  2. 2.
    expansionclassical

    The act of expanding or widening.

مُنْفَهَقadjective
  1. 1.
    wideclassical

    Describing something that is wide, spacious, or expansive.

Parallel reading

فلان يتفيهق في كلامه
So-and-so speaks pompously in his speech.
وذلك إذا توسع فيه وتنطع
And that is when he expands upon it and speaks pretentiously.
وأصله الفهق، وهو الامتلاء
And its origin is al-fahq, which is fullness.
كأنه ملأ به فمه
As if he filled his mouth with it.
المنفهق: الواسع
Al-munfahiqu: the wide.