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فصا

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of escaping, getting out of, or separating from a difficult situation, confinement, or a physical attachment. It extends to the idea of relief from hardship and the cessation of something.

Derived headwords

تَفَصَّىٰverb
  1. 1.
    he escaped from the narrow place and the calamityboth

    he escaped from the narrow place and the calamity

الفَصْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    with 'fathah' on the 'fa' and 'sukūn' on the 'ṣād'both

    with 'fathah' on the 'fa' and 'sukūn' on the 'ṣād'

الفَصِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    with 'fathah' on the 'fa' and 'sukūn' on the 'ṣād'both

    with 'fathah' on the 'fa' and 'sukūn' on the 'ṣād'

تَفَصَّيْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I escaped, I got freeboth

    Past tense of 'tafaṣṣā', indicating successful extrication from a difficult situation.

تَفْصِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    separating, freeingboth

    The act of separating or freeing something, particularly flesh from bone.

فَصَىverb
  1. 1.
    to separate flesh from boneboth

    To remove flesh from a bone, to strip it clean.

أَفْصَىٰverb
  1. 1.
    to go out, to ceaseclassical

    To depart, to leave, or to stop, often used for weather phenomena like heat or rain.

أفصىname
  1. 1.
    name of a manclassical

    A proper name of a male individual.

Parallel reading

تفصى الإنسان، إذا تخلص من المضيق والبلية.
A person 'tafaṣṣā' if he gets free from distress and calamity.
والاسم الفصية بالتسكين.
And the noun is 'al-faṣyah' with sukoon.
قالت الحديباء: " الفصية والله، لا يزال كعبك عاليا ".
Al-Ḥudaybā' said: 'By God, it is 'al-faṣyah', may your heel remain high.'
وأصل الفصية الشئ تكون فيه ثم تخرج منه، فكأنها أرادت أنها كانت في مضيق وشدة من قبل عم بناتها فخرجت منه إلى السعة.
The origin of 'al-faṣyah' is a thing one is in, then exits from it, so it is as if she meant she was in a narrowness and hardship because of her daughters' uncle, then exited from it to ease.
ما كدت أتفصى من فلان
I could hardly escape from so-and-so.
تفصيت من الديون، إذا خرجت منها وتخلصت.
I 'tafaṣṣaytu' from debts, if I exited from them and got free.
فصى اللحم عن العظم
The flesh separated from the bone.
وفصيته منه تفصية، إذا خلصته منه.
And I 'faṣsaytuhu' it from it, 'tafṣiyatan', if I freed it from it.
قد أفصى عنك الحر
The heat has gone out from you.
وأفصى المطر، أي أقلع.
And the rain 'afṣā', meaning it ceased.