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فشج

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of spreading one's legs apart, often in the context of urination or defecation, for animals and humans. It can also refer to a wider stance or separation.

Derived headwords

فَشَجَverb
  1. 1.
    spread legs to urinateclassical

    To spread one's legs apart, specifically for the purpose of urinating.

فَشْجnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading of legsclassical

    The act of spreading the legs apart, less pronounced than 'tafāj'.

تَفَشَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    spread legs (animal)classical

    Said of a female camel when she spreads her legs to urinate or be milked.

  2. 2.
    spread legs (human)classical

    To spread one's legs apart.

تَفَشُّجnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading of legsclassical

    The act of spreading the legs apart, similar to 'tafḥuj'.

انْفَشَجَverb
  1. 1.
    spread legs (animal)classical

    Said of a female camel when she spreads her legs to urinate or be milked.

تَفَشَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    spread legs (animal)classical

    Said of a female camel when she spreads her legs to urinate or be milked.

تَفْشِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    wide spreading of legsclassical

    A wider spreading of the legs than 'fashj'.

تَفَحَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    spread legs wideclassical

    To spread one's legs wide apart.

تَفَحُّجnoun
  1. 1.
    wide spreading of legsclassical

    The act of spreading the legs wide apart.

Parallel reading

إذا (فرج بين رجليه ليبول)
When he spreads his legs apart to urinate.
أن أعرابيا دخل مسجد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمففشج فبال
An Arab man entered the mosque of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, spread his legs, and urinated.
الفشج: تفريج ما بين الرجلين دون التفاج
Al-fashj: Spreading the legs apart, less than al-tafāj.
وفشجت الناقة وتفشجت وانفشجت: تفاجت وتفرشحت لتحلب أو تبول
And the she-camel fashjat, tafashshajat, and infashajat: she spread herself to be milked or to urinate.
تفشجت ثم بالت
She spread herself and then urinated.
التفشيج: أشد من الفشج، وهو تفريج ما بين الرجلين
Al-tafshīj: More intense than al-fashj, which is spreading the legs apart.
والتفشج: التفحج
And al-tafashshuj: al-tafaḥḥuj.
وتفشج الرجل: تفحج
And the man tafashshaja: he spread his legs wide.
التفشج: التفحج على النار
Al-tafashshuj: Spreading oneself wide over the fire.