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فلح

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root فلح (flaḥa) primarily relates to success, prosperity, and enduring well-being, often achieved through effort or divine favor. It also extends to meanings of splitting, cutting, and deception, as well as specific agricultural and maritime professions.

Derived headwords

الفَلْحُnoun
  1. 1.
    Success and prosperityboth

    Achieving what is desired and brings happiness, encompassing well-being, salvation, and eternal bliss.

  2. 2.
    Survival and enduranceclassical

    Remaining alive and in a state of well-being, often implying lasting prosperity.

  3. 3.
    Splitting or cuttingboth

    A physical act of dividing or making a cut, particularly in the context of the ground or lips.

  4. 4.
    Deception or trickeryclassical

    Engaging in cunning or deceitful practices, especially in trade.

  5. 5.
    Lip cleftboth

    A split or fissure in the lip, especially the lower lip.

الفَلَاحُnoun
  1. 1.
    Success and prosperityboth

    The ultimate attainment of well-being, salvation, and eternal happiness, often associated with religious devotion.

  2. 2.
    Sailor or boatmanclassical

    A person who serves on ships or manages maritime vessels.

  3. 3.
    Farmer or plowmanboth

    One who cultivates the land by plowing it.

  4. 4.
    Carrier or transporterclassical

    Someone who transports goods, often by animal, likened to a farmer.

  5. 5.
    Deception in tradeclassical

    The act of engaging in deceptive practices in selling, such as price manipulation.

فَلَحَverb
  1. 1.
    To succeedboth

    To achieve prosperity, salvation, or lasting well-being.

  2. 2.
    To split or cutboth

    To make a physical incision or break in something, like the ground or a lip.

  3. 3.
    To plowboth

    To till or break up the soil for cultivation.

  4. 4.
    To deceiveclassical

    To trick or mislead someone, particularly in a transaction.

أَفْلَحَverb
  1. 1.
    To succeedboth

    To attain prosperity, salvation, or lasting success, often used in a religious context.

  2. 2.
    To live by somethingclassical

    To subsist or survive by means of a particular thing or activity.

الفَلْحَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Lip cleftboth

    A split or fissure in the lower lip, or a general cracking and enlargement of the lips.

  2. 2.
    Fertile landclassical

    Good, arable land suitable for cultivation.

الفَلِيحَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Split date palm frondclassical

    A split part of a palm frond, specifically from the 'morkh' tree.

التَّفْلِيحُnoun
  1. 1.
    Deception and trickeryclassical

    The act of plotting or deceiving others, often through cunning means.

  2. 2.
    Mockery or jestingclassical

    To make fun of someone or engage in playful but potentially deceitful banter.

الفَلَّاحَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    Farming or agricultureboth

    The practice of cultivating land, tilling the soil, and growing crops.

مُفْلِحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Successfulboth

    One who has achieved prosperity, salvation, or lasting success.

أَفْلَاحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Successful (plural)classical

    A group of people who are successful or prosperous.

مُفْلِحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    State of successclassical

    A condition or state of being successful or prosperous, often referring to a group's collective well-being.

مُتَفَلِّحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Having cracked lips/skinclassical

    Describing someone whose lips, hands, or feet have developed cracks, often due to cold.

استَفْلَحِي بأمركِverb
  1. 1.
    Achieve your goalclassical

    A directive to a woman to succeed in her affairs or take charge of her own matters.

فَلْحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Split or cutboth

    A physical incision or break.

فَلْحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Lip cleftboth

    A split in the lower lip.

فَلْحَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Having a cleft lipboth

    A woman with a split or cleft lip.

فَلْحَانِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of figclassical

    A specific variety of fig tree and its fruit, known for being black and good for drying.

Parallel reading

بشرك الله بخير وفلح
May God bless you with goodness and prosperity.
لا أفعل ذالك فلاح الدهر
I will not do that for all eternity.
حي على الفلاح
Come to prosperity!
صلينا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمحتى خشينا أن يفوتنا الفلاح
We prayed with the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, until we feared that we would miss the suhoor.
لأن به بقاء الصوم، وأصل الفلاح البقاء
Because it ensures the survival of the fast, and the origin of al-falah is survival.
وفلح رأسه فلحا: شقه
And he split his head, splitting it.
وقد فلح به، وذالك أن يطمئن إليك فيقول لك بع لي عبدا أو متاعا أو اشتره لي، فتأتى التجار فتشتريه بالغلاء وتبيع بالوكس وتصيب من التاجر.
And he engaged in deception with him, which is when someone trusts you and asks you to buy or sell a slave or goods for them, so you bring merchants, buy it at a high price, sell it at a loss, and profit from the merchant.
والفلح: شق في الشفة السفلى
And al-filḥ: a split in the lower lip.
وفلح الأرض للزراعة يفلحها فلحا، إذا شقها للحرث.
And he plowed the land for agriculture, plowing it, when he split it for tilling.
قد اءفلح المؤمنون
The believers have succeeded.
أفلح بما شئت فقد يبلغ بال نوك وقد يخدع الأريب
Succeed by whatever means you wish, for foolishness can sometimes lead to success, and the intelligent can be deceived.
وقد اءفلح. . استعلى
And he succeeded... he gained dominance.
قد فلحوا به، أي مكروا
They plotted against him, meaning they deceived him.
دعوا فلحات الشام قد حال دونها طعان كأفواه المخاض الأوارك
Leave the fertile lands of Sham, for spears like the mouths of pregnant she-camels have stood between us and them.
إذا قال الرجل لامرأته استفلحي بأمرك، فقبلته، فواحدة بائنة
If a man says to his wife, 'Take charge of your affairs,' and he kisses her, it is one pronouncement of a final divorce.
الحديد بالحديد يفلح أي يشق ويقطع
Iron with iron is split, meaning it is cut and divided.
كل قوم على مفلحة من أنفسهم
Every people is upon a path of success for themselves.
المرأة إذا غاب عنها: زوجها تفلحت وتنكبت الزينة
When a woman's husband is absent, she becomes disheveled and abandons adornment.