ف ض ض

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of breaking, scattering, and separating. It extends to meanings of fragmentation, dispersal, and also the breaking of seals. Figuratively, it can refer to the scattering of people, the loss of teeth, or the abundance of something.

Derived headwords

فَضَّverb

1.
to breakboth
To break something into pieces, often by force or scattering.
2.
to break a sealboth
To break the seal of a letter or container.
3.
to scatterboth
To cause people or things to disperse or scatter.

وقد {فضه} يفضه — He broke it, he breaks it

{فضضت الخاتم عن الكتاب} — I broke the seal off the letter

{فضضتهم} فانفضوا — I scattered them, and they scattered

الفَضُّnoun

1.
breakingboth
The act of breaking or shattering.
2.
scatteringboth
The act of dispersing or scattering people.
3.
breaking a sealboth
The act of breaking a seal.

الفض: الكسر بالتفرقة — Breaking: shattering by scattering

الفض: تفريقك حلقة من الناس بعد اجتماعه — Breaking: your scattering a circle of people after they have gathered

الفض: الكسر — Breaking: shattering

انْفَضَّverb

1.
to scatterboth
To disperse or scatter, often used for groups of people.
2.
to breakboth
To break or shatter.

{فانفضوا} — and they scattered

لو أن أحدا {انفض} انفضاضا مما صنع بابن عفان لحق له — If anyone were to break apart from what was done to Uthman, his limbs would surely fall off

الإفْضَاءnoun

1.
loss of teethclassical
The falling out of teeth, both upper and lower.

الإفضاء: سقوط الأسنان من أعلى وأسفل — The loss of teeth: the falling of teeth from upper and lower

فَضَاضnoun

1.
scattered fragmentsboth
What scatters from a thing upon breaking.
2.
mountainsclassical
The scattered rocks of mountains.

ما تفرق من الشيء عند الكسر — What scatters from a thing upon breaking

وفضاض الجبال: الصخر المنثور بعضه على بعض — And the فضاض of mountains: rocks scattered upon each other

الفَضَاضname

1.
Al-Fidadclassical
A place name, possibly a plain or open area.

وردنا الفضاض قبلنا شيفاتنا — We arrived at Al-Fidad before our scouts

فِضَاضname

1.
Fidadclassical
A male given name.

وفضاض، كتكتان، اسم رجل — And Fidad, like tiktān, is a man's name

فِضَاضname

1.
Fidadclassical
A nickname for Mu'ala bin 'A'idh bin Tha'laba.

وفضاض أيضا: لقب موألة بن عائذ بن ثعلبة — And Fidad also: the nickname of Mu'ala bin 'A'idh bin Tha'laba

الفَضِيضnoun

1.
scattered waterboth
Water that spreads out when used for purification.
2.
fresh waterboth
Fresh, sweet water, especially when newly emerged from a source.
3.
spilled waterboth
Water that is spilled or flowing.
4.
date spatheclassical
The spathe of a date palm, the first part to emerge.

ما انتشر من الماء إذا تطهر به، كالفضيض — What spreads of water when purifying with it, like the فضيض

الفضيض: الماء العذب — The فضيض: sweet water

وهو (الطلع أول ما يطلع) — And it is (the spathe, the first thing that emerges)

فِضَّةnoun

1.
silverboth
The precious metal silver.
2.
glassclassical
A type of transparent material, like glass, possibly referring to the clarity and fragility of paradise's vessels.

قوارير من فضة قدروها تقديرا — Vials of silver, measured out by estimation

أى تكون مع صفاء قواريرها آمنة من الكسر، قابلة للجبر — Meaning, along with their transparency like glass, they are safe from breaking, capable of being mended

الفَضَّةnoun

1.
high, steep placeclassical
A high, towering place, often referring to mountains.

الحرة الشاهقة وتفتح، ج فضض، وفضاض — The free, high, and steep place, plural فضض and فضاض

الفَاضَةnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A great disaster or calamity.

الفاضة: الداهية، ج فواض — The calamity: the disaster, plural فواض

فِضْفَاضadjective

1.
wideboth
Wide, spacious, loose-fitting, used for garments or even life.
2.
abundantboth
Abundant, plentiful, used for generosity or rain.

درع فضفاض وفضفاضة: واسعة — A فضفاض and فضفاضة tunic: wide

وأبيض فضفاض الرداء والبدن — And white, wide of cloak and body

افْتَضَّverb

1.
to breakboth
To break something, like the head of a waterskin.
2.
to pourboth
To pour water little by little.
3.
to break one's waiting periodclassical
For a woman in mourning to break her prescribed waiting period by using perfume or other means.

فجاء رجل بنطفة من إداوة فافتضها — A man came with a drop from a waterskin and broke its opening

افتض الماء: صبه شيئا بعد شيء — To pour water: to pour it little by little

افتضت المرأة: كسرت عدتها بمس الطيب أو بغيره — The woman broke her waiting period: by using perfume or other means

الفَضْفَضَةnoun

1.
widthboth
The width or spaciousness of a garment, armor, or life.

الفضفضة: سعة الثوب، والدرع، والعيش — The فضفضة: the width of a garment, armor, and life

المُفَضَّضadjective

1.
adorned with silverboth
Something decorated or inlaid with silver.

ولجام مفضض: مرصع بالفضة — And a مفضض bridle: studded with silver

تَفَضْفَضَverb

1.
to spreadboth
To spread out, used for liquids like urine or milk.
2.
to widenboth
To make something wide or spacious, like a garment.

وتفضفض بول الناقة، إذا انتشر على فخذيها — And the camel's urine spread, when it spilled on its thighs

وفضفض الثوب والدرع: وسعهما — And فضفض the garment and the armor: he widened them

فَضْفَاضname

1.
lastbornclassical
The lastborn child of one's father.

فلان فضاضة ولد أبيه، أي آخرهم — So-and-so is the فضاض of his father's children, meaning the last of them

المُفَضْفَضadjective

1.
wideclassical
Wide, spacious, used to describe a cloak or body.

أبيض مفضفض الرداء والبدن — White, wide of cloak and body

Parallel reading

إذا اجتمعوا {فضضنا حجرتيهم ... ونجمعهم إذا كانوا بداد

If they gather, we scatter their tents... and we gather them when they are dispersed

يقال: {فضضتهم} فانفضوا، أى فرقتهم فتفرقوا

It is said: I scattered them, and they scattered, meaning I dispersed them, and they dispersed

روى لخداش بن زهير: (فلا تحسبى أني تبدلت ذلة ... ولا {- فضنى في الكور بعدك صائغ)

It was narrated from Khaddash bin Zuhayr: Do not think that I have changed to humiliation... nor that a goldsmith broke my seal in the saddlebag after you

ويقال: {فضضت الخاتم عن الكتاب،} وفضضت ختمه وفككته، أى كسرته

And it is said: I broke the seal off the letter, and I broke its seal and unfastened it, meaning I broke it

ومننه الحديث: " قل، لا يفضض الله فاك " قاله للعباس حين استأذنه في الامتداح، أى لا يكسر أسنانك

And from it is the Hadith: 'Say, may Allah not break your mouth,' he said to Al-Abbas when he asked permission to praise him, meaning may Allah not break your teeth

فما سقطت له سن إلا فغرت مكانها سن

So no tooth fell out for him except that another grew in its place

ويروى: فغبر مائة سنة لم تنفض له سن

And it is narrated: He lived for a hundred years and no tooth fell out for him

يقال: بها فض من الناس، أى نفر متفرقون

It is said: There is a فض of people in it, meaning scattered individuals

ما تفرق من الشيء عند الكسر

What scatters from a thing upon breaking

تطير فضاضا بينهم كل قونس

Scattering among them like the flight of every pigeon

وردنا الفضاض قبلنا شيفاتنا

We arrived at Al-Fidad before our scouts

بميث دماث في رياض دميثة ... تحيل سواقيها بماء فضيض

In fertile plains in lush gardens... its streams flow with abundant water

فأنت فضض من لعنة الله

So you are a scattering of Allah's curse

أي قطعة وطائفة منها، أى لعنة الله ورسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Meaning a piece and a portion of it, meaning the curse of Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him

أي خرجت من صلبه متفرقا، يعنى ما انفض من نطفة الرجل وتردد في صلبه

Meaning it came out of his loins scattered, meaning what dispersed from the man's sperm and moved in his loins

الفضيض: الماء العذب

The فضيض: sweet water

أو هو الماء السائل

Or it is flowing water

فقال الفتى: هى طالق إن نكحتها حتى آكل الفضيض

So the young man said: She is divorced if I marry her until I eat the spathe

تجلو بأخضر من فروع أراكة ... حسن المنصب كالفضيض البارد

Clearing with green from the branches of an acacia... a beautiful setting like cool, flowing water

كانت قوارير (قوارير من فضة قدروها تقديرا)

They were vials (vials of silver, measured out by estimation)

أي تكون مع صفاء قواريرها آمنة من الكسر، قابلة للجبر

Meaning, along with their transparency like glass, they are safe from breaking, capable of being mended

وفضاض الجبال: الصخر المنثور بعضه على بعض

And the فضاض of mountains: rocks scattered upon each other

الفاضة: الداهية، ج فواض

The calamity: the disaster, plural فواض

وأعددت للحرب فضفاضة ... كأنه مطاويها مبرد

And I prepared for war a wide tunic... as if its folds were a file

والفضفاضة: الجارية اللحيمة الجسيمة: الطويلة

And the فضفاضة: the plump, large, tall girl

فنبذت ثم تحية فأعادها ... غمر الرداء مفضفض السربال

So I threw a greeting, then he returned it... generous of cloak, wide of garment

فجاء رجل بنطفة من إداوة فافتضها، فأمر بها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فصبت في قدح فتوضأنا كلنا

A man came with a drop from a waterskin and broke its opening, so the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, ordered it poured into a cup, and we all performed ablution

إنما هي أربعة أشهر وعشرا

It is only four months and ten days

ثم تفتض بطائر تمسح به قبلها وتنبذه فلا يكاد يعيش

Then she would break her waiting period with a bird, wiping her face with it and then casting it away, and it would hardly live

أي تكسر ما هي فيه من العدة بذلك، قال: وهو من فضضت الشيء، أي كسرته

Meaning she breaks what she is in of the waiting period by that, he said: And it is from 'I broke the thing,' meaning I shattered it

أبيض فضفاض الرداء والبدن أراد: واسع الصدر والذراع

White, wide of cloak and body, meaning: wide of chest and arms

لو أن أحدا انفض انفضاضا مما صنع بابن عفان لحق له

If anyone were to break apart from what was done to Uthman, his limbs would surely fall off

وتمر فض: متفرق لا يلزق بعضه ببعض

And dates فض: scattered, not sticking to each other

ورجل فضفاض: كثير العطاء

And a فضفاض man: generous in giving

وشيء مفضض: مموه بالفضة

And a مفضض thing: overlaid with silver

ولجام مفضض: مرصع بالفضة

And a مفضض bridle: studded with silver

وفضفض الثوب والدرع: وسعهما

And فضفض the garment and the armor: he widened them

وفلان فضاضة ولد أبيه، أي آخرهم

And so-and-so is the فضاض of his father's children, meaning the last of them

وفض الله فاه

And may Allah break his mouth