فسء

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of tearing, splitting, and breaking apart, often applied to fabric. It also extends to physical descriptions of a person's body, such as a protruding chest or a specific posture, and metaphorically to the spread of disease.

Derived headwords

فَسَأَ الثَّوْبُverb

1.
to tearboth
The garment tore or split.

فَسَأَهُverb

1.
to tear itboth
To cause a garment to tear or split.

تَفَزَّرَverb

1.
to split apartclassical
To split or break apart, often used for fabric stretching to the point of tearing.

كَفَسَأَهُverb

1.
to tear itclassical
To cause something to tear or split.

تَفْسِئَةًnoun

1.
tearingclassical
The act of causing something to tear or split.

تَفَسَّأَverb

1.
to tearboth
The garment tore or split.
2.
to wear outclassical
The garment became worn out and disintegrated.

فَسَأَ فُلَانًاverb

1.
to strike his backclassical
To strike someone on the back with a stick.

تَفَسَّأَهُverb

1.
to strike his backclassical
To strike someone on the back with a stick.

فَسَأَ عَنْهُverb

1.
to prevent himclassical
To prevent someone from doing something or to deter them.

الأَفْسَأُadjective

1.
broad-chestedclassical
A person whose chest protrudes or is broad.
2.
with protruding buttocksclassical
A person whose buttocks protrude.
3.
difficulty standingclassical
A person who finds it difficult to stand up after sitting.
4.
sunken loinsclassical
A person whose loins are sunken into their hips.

فَسَّاءَadjective

1.
protrudingclassical
Describing a woman with a protruding chest or buttocks.

المَفْسُوءُadjective

1.
like the one with protruding buttocksclassical
Describing someone who resembles the 'afsa'' (الأفسأ) type, particularly regarding protruding buttocks.

فَسِئَverb

1.
to be tornclassical
To be torn or split, referring to fabric.

فَسْأًnoun

1.
tearingclassical
The state or act of being torn or split.
2.
protrusionclassical
The state of having a protruding chest or buttocks.
3.
difficulty standingclassical
The condition of finding it difficult to stand up.
4.
sunken loinsclassical
The condition of sunken loins.

تَفَاسَأَverb

1.
to show one's backsideclassical
A man showing his buttocks and back.

تَفَسَّأَ المَرَضُ فِيهِمْverb

1.
disease spread among themclassical
The disease spread widely and affected them all.

Parallel reading

فسأ الثوب، كجمع

The garment tore, like 'jama'a'.

مده حتى تفزر

He stretched it until it split apart.

تفسئة

causing it to tear

فتفسأ أي تشقق

and it tore, meaning it split.

وتفسأ الثوب أي تقطع وبلي

And the garment tore, meaning it was cut and worn out.

فسأ فلاناً: ضرب ظهره بالعصا

He struck so-and-so: he hit his back with a stick.

فسأته بالعصا إذا ضربت به ظهره

You struck him with a stick if you hit his back with it.

فسأ فلاناً عنه أي منعه

He deterred so-and-so from it, meaning he prevented him.

هو الذي خرج صدره ونتأت خثلته

He is the one whose chest protruded and whose buttocks became prominent.

والأنثى من ذلك فسآء كحمراء

And the female of that is 'fassa'a' like 'hamra'a'.

هو الذي إذا مضى كأنه يرجع استه، كالمفسوء

He is the one who, when he walks, it is as if his backside is returning, like the 'mafsu''.

بخارج الخثلة مفسوء القطن

with the protruding buttocks of the 'mafsu'' of the cotton.

مفسوء القطن

'mafsu'' of the cotton.

من إذا قعد لا يستطيع أن يقوم إلا بجهد شديد

one who, when he sits, cannot stand up except with great difficulty.

من دخل صلبه في وركيه

one whose spine has sunk into his hips.

وفي وركيه فسأ

and in his hips there is a 'fasa'' (sunkenness).

والاسم من الكل فسأ محركة

And the noun from all of these is 'fasa'' (with vowelization).

تفاسأ الرجل تفاسؤا بهمز وغير همز: أخرج عجيزته وظهره

A man showed his backside, 'tafasa'a' with hamza and without hamza: he exposed his buttocks and his back.

وتفسأ فيهم المرض إذا انتشر

And the disease spread among them when it became widespread.