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فءء

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to splitting, cleaving, or fracturing, particularly in the context of striking with a sword. It also extends to concepts of separation, division, and groups or factions.

Derived headwords

فَأْوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to cleave, splitboth

    To cleave or split something, especially the head of a man with a sword.

فَأْيًاverb
  1. 1.
    to cleave, splitboth

    To cleave or split something, especially the head of a man with a sword.

انْفَأَىverb
  1. 1.
    to split, crackclassical

    To split or crack open, used to describe a vessel or a crack appearing.

الفَأْوnoun
  1. 1.
    on the pattern of 'jarw'both

    on the pattern of 'jarw'

الفِئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the group, and the plural is fi'ūnboth

    the group, and the plural is fi'ūn

فِئُونnoun
  1. 1.
    groups, factionsboth

    The plural of 'fi'ah', referring to multiple groups, parties, or factions.

فَئِينadjective
  1. 1.
    scattered, separatedclassical

    Describing something as scattered or separated into parts, like dispersed troops or individuals.

Parallel reading

فأوت رأس الرجل فأوا
I cleaved the man's head with a sword, cleaving it.
وفأيته فأيا
And I cleaved him, cleaving him.
حتى انفأى الفأو عن أعناقها سحرا
Until the split appeared from their necks at dawn.
وانفأى القدح
And the cup cracked.
والفأو: ما بين الجبلين
And the fa'w: the space between the two mountains.
والفئة: الطائفة
And the fi'ah: the group.
والجمع فئون
And the plural is fi'un.
ترى منه جماجمعم فئينا
You see from them their skulls scattered.
أي فرقا متفرقة
Meaning scattered, separated.