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فغا

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the blooming or emergence of flowers, specifically the henna flower. It also extends to describe a type of spoiled, dusty date.

Derived headwords

الفَغْوnoun
  1. 1.
    Henna flowerboth

    The blossom or flower of the henna plant.

الفَاغِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Henna flowerboth

    The blossom or flower of the henna plant.

أفْغَىverb
  1. 1.
    To bloomboth

    The plant bloomed, meaning its flower emerged.

الفَغَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Spoiled datesclassical

    Refers to dates that are spoiled and dusty.

أفْغَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To spoil (dates)classical

    The date palm produced spoiled, dusty dates.

Parallel reading

الفغو والفاغية: نور الحناء.
Al-faghw and al-faghiyah: the flower of the henna.
وأفغى النبات، أي خرجت فاغيته.
And the plant bloomed, meaning its flower emerged.
والفغاء مقصور: البسر الفاسد المغبر.
And al-figha' (shortened) is the spoiled, dusty date.
يقال منه: أفغت النخلة.
It is said from it: the palm tree produced spoiled dates.