فنقع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily relate to small creatures, specifically a type of mouse or rat, and also has meanings associated with the anus and death. The derivations are scarce and some are obscure or dialectal.

Derived headwords

الفِنْقَعnoun

1.
mouse/ratclassical
A type of small rodent, possibly a mouse or rat. This is an obscure term, noted by Al-Azharī.

الفِنْقَعَةnoun

1.
anusclassical
The anus, described as a Yamanite dialectal term.

الفُنْقُعnoun

1.
deathclassical
Death, as a metaphorical meaning.

Parallel reading

الفنقع، كقنفذ، أهمله الجوهري، وقال الأزهري: هي الفأرة

Al-finqa', like qinfudh, was neglected by Al-Jawhari, and Al-Azharī said: it is the mouse.

الفاء قبل القاف

The Fā' before the Qāf.

والفرنب مثله

And al-furnab is similar to it.

وهو قول ابن الأعرابي

And this is the saying of Ibn Al-A'rābī.

وقد تقدم القاف على الفاء

And the Qāf has preceded the Fā'.

وهو قول أبي عمرو

And this is the saying of Abū 'Amr.

الفنقعة، بهاء: الاست، لغة يمانية

Al-finqa'ah, with hā': the anus, a Yamanite dialect.

نقله الليث

Al-Layth transmitted it.

ويفتح

And it is opened (vowelized with fatḥah).

وبهما روي قول الشاعر: (قفرنية كأن بطبطبيها ... وفنقعها طلاء الأرجوان)

And with both (vocalizations) the saying of the poet is narrated: (Like a desert creature, as if its flanks... and its anus were dyed with saffron).

هكذا ضبطه الصاغاني في التكملة

Thus Al-Ṣāghānī vocalized it in Al-Takmilah.

والصواب أن الفنقعة، بالفاء بالضم

And the correct pronunciation is that al-finqa'ah, with Fā' with ḍammah.

ويقال: الفنقعة، بتقديم القاف، كلتاهما عن كراع

And it is said: al-qinfa'ah, with the Qāf preceding, both are from Kurā'.

وقد قلد الصاغاني في الفتح

And Al-Ṣāghānī followed (this pronunciation) with fatḥah.

الفنقع، كجعفر: الموت

Al-funqu', like Ja'far: death.

نقله الصاغاني

Al-Ṣāghānī transmitted it.