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فقا

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of something being above or over something else, often in the context of arrows or elevated positions. It also extends to the idea of a specific type of bird or a place associated with it.

Derived headwords

فَقَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    arrow's flightclassical

    The part of an arrow that is above its shaft, likely referring to the fletching or the point of balance.

فَقَاnoun
  1. 1.
    he gouged out his eye with its rightboth

    he gouged out his eye with its right

  2. 2.
    its verb form is like قَطَعَboth

    its verb form is like قَطَعَ

Parallel reading

فقوة السهم: فوقه
The fūwat of the arrow: its upper part.
والجمع فقا
And the plural is fūqā.
وأنشد أبو عمرو بن العلاء (2) (*) ونبلي وفقاها كعراقيب قطا ظحل
And Abu Amr bin Al-'Ala' recited: 'And my arrows, and their fūqāh, are like the leg bones of the wild desert bird (qaṭā) that is stuck in the mud.'