فاح

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف و ح (f-w-ḥ). Also compare فَاخَ (fāḵa), نَفَحَ (nafaḥa), نَفَخَ (nafaḵa), فَحَّ (faḥḥa), Aramaic פּוּחַ / ܦܘܚ (fūḥa, to exhale, to give out odour).

Pronunciation

Verb

فَاحَ (fāḥa) I (non-past يَفُوحُ (yafūḥu), verbal noun فَوْح (fawḥ) or فَوَحَان (fawaḥān)) (intransitive)

  1. to spread, to emanate (of perfume, etc.)
  2. to be fragrant (of spring, the land, etc.)
  3. to spread, to reek (of a bad smell)
  4. to boil (of a pot)
  5. to bleed (of a wound)
  6. to blaze, to become intense (of heat)

Conjugation

Verb

فَاحَ (fāḥa) I (non-past يَفِيحُ (yafīḥu), verbal noun فَيْح (fayḥ) or فَيَحَان (fayaḥān)) (intransitive)

  1. to spread, to expand
  2. to become spacious

Conjugation

References

  • pwḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • فاح” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “فاح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 379
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فاح”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 986