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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of foolishness, weakness, and something being corrupt or unpleasant. It also extends to descriptions of objects like swords and mosaics, as well as specific plants and places.

Derived headwords

الفَسْفَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish personclassical

    A term referring to a foolish or simple-minded individual.

  2. 2.
    dull swordclassical

    Describing a sword that is dull or lacks sharpness.

  3. 3.
    unpleasant plantclassical

    A plant, possibly with a foul smell, that grows in water channels.

الفَسِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    weak-minded personclassical

    Someone who is weak in intellect or understanding.

  2. 2.
    weakly personclassical

    Someone who is physically weak or frail.

الفُسَيْفِسَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    mosaicboth

    Colored pieces of glass or stone fitted together to form a pattern, often used to decorate interior walls of houses.

الفَسْفَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    moisteningclassical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling of 'fasfasa' (لغة في الفصفصة), referring to something moist or damp. It is considered a loanword.

الفُسْفُسَىnoun
  1. 1.
    a gameclassical

    A specific game played by people.

الفَسْفَسnoun
  1. 1.
    decorated houseclassical

    A house decorated with mosaics (فسيفساء).

فَسَىname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, often mentioned with Darab. The form with shadda is considered a poetic necessity.

فَسَّةname
  1. 1.
    a person's nameclassical

    Part of a name, likely a patronymic or given name component.

الفَسَافِسnoun
  1. 1.
    bedbugsclassical

    A plural term for bedbugs.

Parallel reading

هو الأحمق
He is the foolish one.
الفسفاس من السيوف: الكهام
Al-Fasfas of swords: the dull ones.
الفسفاس: نبت، قيل: أخضر خبيث الريح، له زهرة بيضاء ينبت في مسايل الماء.
Al-Fasfas: a plant, it is said to be green with a foul smell, having a white flower, growing in water channels.
الفسيس: الضعيف العقل أو الضعيف البدن
Al-Fasis: the weak-minded or the weak-bodied.
الفسيفساء: ألوان من الخرز يؤلف بعضها إلى بعض ثم تركب في حيطان البيوت من داخل، كأنه نقش مصور
Al-Fusayfisaa': colors of beads assembled together then fitted into the inner walls of houses, like depicted patterns.
والفسفسة، بالكسر، لغة في الفصفصة، بالصاد، للرطبة، والصاد أعرب، وهما معربتان، فارسيتهما إسب ست.
And al-Fasfasa, with kasra, is a dialectal variant of al-Fasfasa, with sad, for the moist thing; the form with sad is more Arabic, and both are loanwords, their Persian being 'isb st'.
والفسفسى، بالفتح: لعبة لهم
And al-Fusfusa, with fatha: a game of theirs.
البيت المصور بالفسيفساء
The house decorated with mosaics.
كصوت اليراعة في الفسفس
Like the sound of the nightingale in the decorated house.
وفسى بالتشديد: بلد
And Fassa with shadda: a country.
من أهل فسى ودراب جلد
From the people of Fassa and Darab, tough-skinned.
سهل بن المرزبان ابن فسة
Sahl bin Al-Marzuban bin Fassa.
والفسافس، كعلابط: البق
And Al-Fasafis, like 'alabot': the bedbugs.