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فدح

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being burdened, weighed down, or overwhelmed by something significant, such as debt, a heavy task, or a severe calamity. It describes the state of being afflicted by such difficulties and the nature of these overwhelming events.

Derived headwords

فَدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to burdenboth

    To weigh down or overwhelm someone with a debt, task, or responsibility.

فَدْحnoun
  1. 1.
    burdenclassical

    The state of being burdened or overwhelmed, often by debt or a heavy matter.

فَادِحadjective
  1. 1.
    burdensomeboth

    Describing something that is heavy, overwhelming, or difficult to bear.

  2. 2.
    severeboth

    Referring to a calamity or misfortune that is grave and overwhelming.

مَفْدُوحadjective
  1. 1.
    burdenedboth

    One who is weighed down or overwhelmed by debt, a task, or a calamity.

فَوَادِحnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesboth

    The severe misfortunes, hardships, and grave events of time.

أَفْدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to find burdensomeclassical

    To discover or perceive a matter or situation as being burdensome or overwhelming.

اِسْتَفْدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to find burdensomeboth

    To consider or deem something to be burdensome, difficult, or overwhelming.

  2. 2.
    to find difficultboth

    To perceive a situation or task as being hard or challenging.

فَادِحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityboth

    A severe misfortune, a grave event, or a distressing incident.

Parallel reading

فدحه الدين والأمر والحمل
Debt, a matter, and a burden overwhelmed him.
يفدحه فدحا
He overwhelms him with a burden.
فهو فادح
And he is one who is burdensome.
وذاك مفدوح
And that one is burdened.
أن لا يتركوا في الإسلام مفدوحا في فداء أو عقل
That they should not leave anyone in Islam burdened by ransom or blood money.
هو الذي فدحه الدين، أي أثقله
He is the one whom debt has burdened, meaning it has weighed him down.
وفوادح الدهر: خطوبه وشدائده
And the calamities of time are its grave events and hardships.
أفدح الأمر واستفدحه: وجده فادحا، أي مثقلا
He found the matter overwhelming and sought to find it overwhelming: he found it burdensome, meaning heavy.
واستفدحه: استثقله
And he found it burdensome: he considered it heavy.
والفادحة: النازلة والخطب
And the calamity is the misfortune that befalls and the grave event.
نزل به أمر فادح، إذا غاله وبهظه
A grave matter befell him, meaning it overwhelmed and burdened him.
لم يسمع أفدحه الدين ممن يوثق بعربيته
The verb 'afdaḥahu al-dīn' (debt overwhelmed him) has not been heard from someone whose Arabic is reliable.