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فصم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking, splitting, or separating something without completely severing it. It can also extend to meanings of ceasing or stopping, particularly in relation to weather or illness.

Derived headwords

فَصَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he broke it without separating itboth

    he broke it without separating it

انْفَصَمَverb
  1. 1.
    it broke without separatingboth

    it broke without separating

انْفِصَامnoun
  1. 1.
    inseparabilityclassical

    The state of being unbreakable or inseparable, often used in a figurative sense.

تَفَصَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to break without severingclassical

    Similar to 'infasama', indicating something becoming broken without complete separation.

مَفْصُومadjective
  1. 1.
    partially brokenclassical

    Describing something that is broken but still connected or in two pieces, often due to bending or being incomplete.

أَفْصَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to ceaseclassical

    Used for rain stopping or ceasing.

  2. 2.
    to abateclassical

    Used for an illness or fever subsiding or abating.

Parallel reading

فصم الشئ: كسره من غير أن يبين.
To break something: to break it without it becoming distinct (i.e., completely separated).
تقول: فصمته فانفصم.
You say: I broke it, and it became broken (without complete separation).
لا انفصام لها
There is no breaking it (inseparably).
وتفصم مثله.
And 'tafasama' is similar.
كأنه دملج من فضة نبه في ملعب من جواري الحي مفصوم
As if it were a bracelet of silver, awakened in a playing field of the neighborhood's young women, partially broken.
وإنما جعله مفصوما لتثنيه وانحنائه إذا نام، ولم يقل مقصوم بالقاف فيكون بائنا باثنين.
He only made it 'mafsoum' (partially broken) because of its bending and curving when it sleeps, and he did not say 'maqsoom' (with a qaf) which would mean completely separated into two.
وأفصم المطر، أي أقلع.
And the rain 'afsama', meaning it ceased.
وأفصمت عنه الحمى.
And the fever 'afasamat' from him, meaning it abated.