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فحز

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of arrogance, haughtiness, and self-importance. It describes a person who behaves in an ostentatious or puffed-up manner.

Derived headwords

الفَحْزnoun
  1. 1.
    arroganceclassical

    A state of being arrogant, haughty, or self-important.

مُتَفَحِّزadjective
  1. 1.
    arrogantclassical

    Describing a person who is arrogant, haughty, or puffed up with self-importance.

Parallel reading

ومما يستدرك على المصنف: الفحز، بالحاء المهملة، يقال: رجل متفحز، أي متعظم متفجس حكاه الجوهري عن ابن السكيت.
And among what should be added to the author's work is: al-faḥz, with the unpointed ḥāʼ. It is said: a man mutafaḥḥiz, meaning arrogant and puffed up, as narrated by al-Jawharī from Ibn al-Sikkit.
وكأن المصنف في تركه هذا الحرف قلد الصاغاني، فإنه أهمله، وهو ثابت في اللسان.
And it is as if the author, in omitting this letter, followed al-Sāghānī, for he neglected it, and it is established in al-Lisān.