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ف ي م

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to concepts of strength, agreement, and possibly a group or assembly. The primary derived terms describe a strong man and a covenant or agreement.

Derived headwords

الفِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    strong manclassical

    A man who is intensely strong and powerful.

فُيومnoun
  1. 1.
    strong menclassical

    The plural form of 'الفيم', referring to multiple strong men.

الفَيْمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    covenantclassical

    An agreement or pact, considered to be a loanword from Persian.

الفِيَامnoun
  1. 1.
    groupclassical

    A gathering or assembly of people or other entities.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري، وهو الرجل الشديد القوي
Al-Jawhari neglected it, and it is the intensely strong man.
بالضم
with dammah.
والفيمان: العهد، معرب يمان.
And 'al-faymān' means covenant, a loanword from Yāmān.
الفيام، كسحاب، وكتاب: الجماعة من الناس وغيرهم
'Al-fiyām', like 'sahāb' and 'kitāb', means a group of people and others.
وليس بمخفف من الفئام كما في اللسان.
And it is not a softened form of 'al-fi'ām' as in Al-Lisān.