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فرصن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of cutting or separating something. The primary meaning discussed is the act of cutting an object, with some debate on the grammatical structure of the word.

Derived headwords

فَرَسَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to cutclassical

    To cut something into pieces. This is the primary meaning attributed to the verb form.

فَرْصَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cuttingclassical

    The act of cutting something into pieces. This is the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb 'farasana'.

Parallel reading

فَرَسَنَ الشيءَ فَرْصَنَةً: قطعه؛ عن كراع.
He cut the thing into pieces, a cutting; according to Kra'a.
هكذا ذكره صاحب اللسان.
Thus it was mentioned by the author of Lisan al-Arab.
وقيل: النون زائدة.
And it was said: the letter 'nun' is an addition.