ف ع س

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of opening, spreading, and things that are wide or large. It also extends to terms for dangerous entities, heavy or slow creatures, and specific objects or games.

Derived headwords

الفَاعُوسnoun

1.
snakeclassical
A type of snake, specifically mentioned as a large or venomous one.
2.
viperclassical
Another term for a viper, a venomous snake.
3.
dangerclassical
A dangerous or calamitous event or situation.
4.
man of great dangerclassical
A man who is a source of great danger or trouble.
5.
ibexclassical
A wild goat, specifically the ibex.
6.
cupclassical
A vessel or goblet from which one drinks.
7.
heavy creatureclassical
A slow, heavy, and mature creature, particularly a quadruped.
8.
game piececlassical
A name for one of the participants in a game called 'al-muwāghadah'.

الفُعْسnoun

1.
collection of fa'ūsclassical
The plural or collective noun for 'al-fā'ūs'.

الفَاعُوسَةnoun

1.
vaginaclassical
The female genitalia, so named because it opens or spreads.
2.
fireclassical
A fire or ember that produces no smoke.

فاعوسname

1.
name of a manclassical
A proper name of a man to whom a mosque in Baghdad was attributed.

Parallel reading

الحية، كما نقله عنه الصاغاني

The snake, as narrated by al-Saghani from him.

وفي اللسان: الأفعى

And in Al-Lisān: the viper.

وأنشد ابن الأعرابي: (بالموت ما عيرت يا لميس ... قد يهلك الأرقم والفاعوس)

And Ibn al-A'rabi recited: 'You did not taunt with death, O Lamis... the viper and the fa'ūs may perish.'

وقال ابن عباد: جمعه الفعس.

And Ibn 'Abbad said: its plural is al-fu's.

والفاعوس: الكمر.

And al-fā'ūs: the cup.

والداهية من الرجال يسمى فاعوس.

And a dangerous man is called fā'ūs.

والفاعوس: الوعل، نقله الصاغاني.

And al-fā'ūs: the ibex, as narrated by al-Saghani.

والفاعوس: الكراز الذي يشرب فيه.

And al-fā'ūs: the goblet in which one drinks.

والفاعوس: الفدم الثقيل المس ن، هكذا في سائر أصول القاموس، وفي التكملة: الفدم المتين من كل الدواب، وليس فيها لفظ كل ولا يحتاج إليه، ثم رأيت ابن عباد قال: الفاعوس من كل شيء من الدواب: الفدم الثقيل المسن.

And al-fā'ūs: the slow, heavy, mature one. Thus in all versions of the dictionary. In Al-Takmilah: the strong, heavy one of all quadrupeds. Ibn 'Abbad said: al-fā'ūs of any quadruped is the slow, heavy, mature one.

والفاعوس: لعبة لهم والذي صرح به الصاغاني أنه يسمى به أحد الملاعبين بالمواغدة، وهي لعبة لهم، يجتمع نفر فيتسمون بأسماء.

And al-fā'ūs: a game of theirs, and al-Saghani explicitly stated it is the name of one of the players in al-muwāghadah, which is a game where a group gathers and names themselves.

والفاعوسة، بهاء: الفرج، لأنها تنفعس، أي تنفرج، قال حميد بن الأرقط: (كأنما ذر عليه الخردل ... تبيت فاعوستها تألل)

And al-fā'ūsah, with ta' marbuta: the vulva, because it opens (tanfa'is), meaning it spreads. Humayd ibn al-Arqaṭ said: 'As if mustard seeds were scattered upon it... its vulva spends the night opening.'

ومما يستدرك عليه: الفاعوسة: نار أو جمر لا دخان له.

And among what is added: al-fā'ūsah: fire or embers without smoke.

وداهية فاعوس: شديدة، قال رياح الجديسي.

And a fā'ūs calamity: severe, according to Rayāḥ al-Judaysi.

جئتك من جديس بالمؤيد الفاعوس إحدى بنات الحوس

I came to you from Judays with al-Mu'ayyad al-Fā'ūs, one of the daughters of al-Ḥaws.

وفاعوس: اسم رجل نس ب إليه المسجد ببغداد.

And Fā'ūs: the name of a man to whom a mosque in Baghdad was attributed.