فوز

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root فوز (fawz) primarily relates to success, salvation, and achieving one's desires. However, it also carries a contrasting meaning of perishing or destruction, often in specific contexts or through semantic shift. The derived terms frequently describe journeys through desolate lands and the act of dying.

Derived headwords

الفوزnoun

1.
Salvation, successboth
Deliverance from evil, and triumph in achieving good and one's desires.
2.
Perishing, destructionclassical
This is an opposite meaning, indicating ruin or death.

فازverb

1.
Succeeded, triumphedboth
To achieve success, gain victory, or attain a desired outcome.
2.
Was saved, escapedboth
To be delivered from harm or suffering.
3.
Died, perishedclassical
To meet one's end, to perish or be destroyed.
4.
Met with joyclassical
To encounter something that brings happiness or contentment, implying a departure from the disliked.

فاز بالخير — He succeeded in achieving good.

فاز من العذاب — He was saved from torment.

فاز يفوز: مات وهلك — He died and perished.

فوزاnoun

1.
Success, triumphboth
The act or state of succeeding or triumphing.
2.
Salvation, escapeboth
The act of being saved or escaping from danger or hardship.
3.
Death, perishingclassical
The state of having died or perished.

مفازاnoun

1.
Salvation, escapeboth
A place or means of escape or salvation.
2.
Success, achievementboth
The attainment of a desired outcome or goal.
3.
Perishing, destructionclassical
A place of destruction or perishing.

مفازةnoun

1.
Desert, wildernessboth
A large, barren, and often desolate tract of land, especially a desert.
2.
Place of salvationboth
A place from which one can be saved or escape.
3.
Place of perishingclassical
A place where one might perish or be destroyed.

أفازه الله بكذاverb phrase

1.
God granted him successclassical
God caused him to be victorious or to achieve something.

المفازةnoun

1.
Place of salvationboth
A means of escape or deliverance from hardship.
2.
Desert, barren landboth
A vast, empty, and often dangerous expanse of land.
3.
Place of perishingclassical
A location where one might perish, derived from the meaning of 'fawz' as destruction.

فوز الرجلverb phrase

1.
The man diedclassical
An expression indicating that a man has passed away.
2.
The man entered the desertclassical
The man went into a desolate or barren place.

فوز الطريقverb phrase

1.
The road appearedclassical
The path became visible or evident.
2.
The road endedclassical
The path came to an end or was interrupted.

المفازة والفلاةnoun phrase

1.
Desert with water scarcityclassical
A desert or barren land characterized by a significant distance between water sources.

فوز الرجل بإبلهverb phrase

1.
The man drove his camels into the desertclassical
The man led his camels into a barren or desolate area.

الفازةnoun

1.
Tent with polesclassical
A type of tent or awning supported by poles.

فازةname

1.
Faza (place name)classical
A place name, specifically a location in Yemen near Zabid.

الفائزname

1.
Al-Fa'iz (sword name)classical
The name of a sword belonging to Sa'id ibn Zayd.

فاز القدحverb phrase

1.
The lot wonclassical
A lot or draw was successful, or it came out before others.

فازverb

1.
Won (in gambling)classical
To win in a game of chance, specifically referring to a lot or draw.

المفازnoun

1.
Desert, barren landclassical
Synonymous with 'al-mafaza', referring to a desolate or empty area.

فوز الرجلverb phrase

1.
The man migratedclassical
The man moved from one land to another, similar to migrating.

تفوزverb

1.
Migrated, movedclassical
To move from one place to another, often implying a journey or departure.

فاوزتverb

1.
Competed with, vied withclassical
To contend with others, similar to 'faraṣtu' (I competed).

فوزname

1.
Fawz (given name)both
A given name, with an example of a narrator named Fawz.

فاز بفائزةverb phrase

1.
Achieved a great successclassical
To attain something fortunate or a significant victory.

Parallel reading

الفوز: النجاة من الشر، والظفر بالخير والأمنية

Al-fawz: Salvation from evil, and triumph in achieving good and one's desires.

يقال: فاز بالخير، وفاز من العذاب.

It is said: He succeeded in good, and he was saved from torment.

الفوز أيضا: الهلاك، وهو ضد، يقال: فاز يفوز: مات وهلك.

Al-fawz also: perishing, and it is an opposite; it is said: he succeeded/perished, he perishes/dies: he died and perished.

فاز به فوزا ومفازا ومفازة: ظفر

He achieved it with success, a success, and a place of success: he triumphed.

ويقال: فاز، إذا لقي ما يغتبط، وتأويله التباعد من المكروه.

And it is said: he succeeded, when he encountered what brings joy, and its interpretation is distancing from the disliked.

فاز منه فوزا ومفازا: نجا.

He escaped from it with success and a place of escape: he was saved.

وأفازه الله بكذا: أظفره، ففاز به، أي ذهب به.

And God granted him success with such-and-such: He made him victorious, so he achieved it, meaning He took it with him.

المفازة: المنجاة، وبه فسر أبو إسحاق قوله تعالى: فلا تحسبنهم بمفازة من العذاب أي بمنجاة منه

Al-mafaza: the place of salvation. And with this, Abu Ishaq interpreted the Almighty's saying: 'Do not think that they are in a place of escape from the torment,' meaning in a place of salvation from it.

وقال الفراء: أي ببعيد منه.

And Al-Farra' said: meaning far from it.

قيل: أصل المفازة: المهلكة، من الفوز بمعنى الهلاك.

It is said: the origin of al-mafaza is the place of destruction, from al-fawz meaning perishing.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: سميت المفازة، من فوز الرجل، إذا مات، وقيل: سميت تفاؤلا بالسلامة، من الفوز: النجاة، وهذا قول الأصمعي حققه ابن فارس في المجمل وغيره، وقد أنكره أبو حيان في شرح التسهيل حيث قال: السليم للديغ، من سلمته الحية: لدغته، ولا تنظر إلى قول من قال: إنه على طريقة التفاؤل، فقد غلط في ذلك جماعة من العلماء، كما غلطوا في قولهم: إن المفازة سميت من الفوز، على التفاؤل، وإنما سميت من فاز الإنسان فوزا، إذا هلك.

And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: Al-mafaza is named from 'fawz al-rajul' (the man's death), when he dies. And it was said: it was named optimistically for safety, from al-fawz: salvation. And this is the saying of Al-Asma'i, confirmed by Ibn Faris in Al-Mujmal and others. Abu Hayyan denied it in Sharh Al-Tasheel, where he said: The one who is safe from a snakebite, from the snake that bit him: it bit him. Do not look at the saying of one who said it is based on optimism, for a group of scholars erred in that, just as they erred in their saying that al-mafaza was named from al-fawz optimistically. It was only named from 'faza al-insan fawzan' (a person perished with perishing), if he perished.

المفازة: البرية، وكل قفر مفازة.

Al-mafaza: the wilderness, and every desolate place is a mafaza.

وقيل: المفازة: الفلاة التي لا ماء بها، قاله ابن شميل.

And it was said: Al-mafaza: the desert that has no water, said Ibn Shumayl.

وقال بعضهم: إذا كانت ليلتين لا ماء فيها فهي مفازة، وما زاد على ذلك كذلك، وأما الليلة واليوم فلا يعد مفازة.

And some of them said: if it is two nights without water, it is a mafaza, and what exceeds that is likewise. As for one night and a day, it is not considered a mafaza.

وقيل: المفازة والفلاة، إذا كان بين الماءين ربع من ورود الإبل وغب من سائر الماشية.

And it was said: Al-mafaza and al-fala, if the distance between two water sources is a quarter day's journey for camels to arrive and a day's rest for other livestock.

وقال ابن الأعرابي أيضا: سميت الصحراء مفازة لأن من خرج منها وقطعها فاز.

And Ibn Al-A'rabi also said: The desert is named mafaza because whoever exits it and crosses it succeeds.

وفوز الرجل: مات، قال كعب بن زهير: (فمن للقوافي شانها من يحوكها ... إذا ما توى كعب وفوز جرول)

And 'fawz al-rajul': the man died. Ka'b ibn Zuhayr said: (Who will compose the poetry for them, who weaves it... if Ka'b and Jarwal's Fawz die?)

وكذا فوز.

And likewise 'fawz'.

وقال غيره: يقال للرجل إذا مات: قد فوز، أي صار في مفازة ما بين الدنيا والآخرة من البرزخ الممدود.

And others said: It is said of a man when he dies: he has 'fawz', meaning he has entered a desolate place between this world and the hereafter, in the extended purgatory.

فوز الطريق: بدا وظهر، نقله الصاغاني، وزاد بعده: أو انقطع، وتركه المصنف قصورا.

Fawz al-tariq: it appeared and became evident, as transmitted by Al-Saghani, who added after it: or it was cut off, and the author omitted it due to brevity.

قال ابن الأعرابي: ويقال فوز الرجل إذا صار إلى المفازة.

Ibn Al-A'rabi said: And it is said 'fawz al-rajul' if he reached the desert.

وقيل: ركبها ومضى فيها. يقال: فوز الرجل بإبله، إذا ركب بها المفازة، ومنه قول الراجز: (فوز من قراقر إلى سوى ... خمسا إذا ما سارها الجبس بكى.)

And it was said: he rode it and went into it. It is said: 'fawz al-rajul bi-ibilih' (the man's driving his camels), if he rode his camels into the desert. And from this is the saying of the rajaz poet: (A journey from Qaraqir to Suwa... five days, if the miserable one traveled it, he would weep.)

والفازة: مظلة بعمودين، ونص الجوهري: مظلة تمد بعمود، عربي فيما أرى.

And al-faza: a tent with two poles. And Al-Jawhari states: an awning extended by a pole, it is Arabic as far as I can see.

وفاز القدح فوزا: أصاب، وقيل: خرج قبل صاحبه قال الطرماح: (وابن سبيل قريته أصلا ... من فوز قدح منسوبة تلده)

And 'faza al-qadah' (the lot won) with 'fawzan': it hit the mark, or it was said: it came out before its companion. Al-Tirmah said: (And Ibn Sabil, his village originally... from a successful lot attributed to him.)

وإذا تساهم القوم على الميسر فكلما خرج قدح رجل قيل: قد فاز فوزا.

And if people draw lots for gambling, whenever a man's lot comes out, it is said: he has won with success.

والمفاز: المفازة، ومنه حديث كعب بن مالك: فاستقبل سفرا بعيدا ومفازا.

And al-mafaz: al-mafaza. And from this is the hadith of Ka'b ibn Malik: 'He faced a long journey and a desolate place.'

وفوز الرجل: خرج من أرض إلى أرض، كهاجر.

And 'fawz al-rajul': the man went out from one land to another, like Hajar.

وتفوز كفوز. قال النابغة الجعدي: (ضلال خوي إذ تفوز عن حمى ... ليشرب غبا بالنباج ونبتلا)

And 'tafawwaza' is like 'fawz'. Al-Nabigha Al-Ja'di said: (Lost is his companion when he departs from the protected area... to drink intermittently at Al-Nabaj and Nabtal.)

ويقال: فاوذت بين القوم وفارصت بمعنى واحد.

And it is said: 'fawaztu' between people and 'faraṣtu' have one meaning.

وقد سموا فوزا. وخطاب بن عثمان - الفوزي: محدث.

And they named (people) Fawz. And Khitab ibn Uthman - Al-Fawzi: a traditionist.

وفاز بفائزة: أي بشيء يسره ويصيب به الفوز.

And 'faza bi-fa'izah': meaning with something that pleases him and through which he achieves success.