فهه

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of speech impediment, specifically stammering or being tongue-tied. It extends to meanings of being foolish, ignorant, or making mistakes, and also encompasses the idea of being distracted or having something made to be forgotten.

Derived headwords

الفَهَه والفَهَاهَةnoun

1.
stammeringboth
A speech impediment characterized by difficulty in speaking fluently, often involving repetitions or prolongations of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases.
2.
foolishnessclassical
A state of being foolish, lacking sense, or acting unwisely.

فَهٌadjective

1.
stammeringboth
Describing a male person who stammers or has a speech impediment.

فَهَةٌadjective

1.
stammeringboth
Describing a female person who stammers or has a speech impediment.

فَهِهَverb

1.
to stammerboth
To speak with a stammer or impediment, to be tongue-tied.
2.
to be foolishclassical
To be foolish or ignorant.

فَهْهَهاverb

1.
to make someone stammerclassical
To cause someone to stammer or become tongue-tied.

أَفْهَهَهُverb

1.
to make someone forgetclassical
To cause someone to forget something, to distract them from it.

Parallel reading

ورجل فه وامرأة فهة.

And a stammering man and a stammering woman.

وقد فههت يا رجل بالكسر فهها، أي عييت.

And you have stammered, O man, with kasra, meaning you became tongue-tied.

يقال سفيه فهيه.

It is said, a foolish stammerer.

وفهه الله وفههه.

And Allah made him eloquent, and He made him stammer.

ويقال: خرجت لحاجة فأفهني عنها فلان حتى فههت، أي أنسانيها.

And it is said: I went out for a need, and so-and-so made me forget it until I became forgetful of it, meaning he made me forget it.

ما سمعت منك فهة في الإسلام قبلها

I have not heard from you any mistake or ignorance in Islam before this.