فاح
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
- IPA(key): /faː.ħa/
Verb
فَاحَ • (fāḥa) I, non-past يَفُوحُ (yafūḥu)
- (intransitive) to fragrate, to reek, to smell, to odorate; to diffuse, to forspread (said of odors as of blood)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
فَاحَ
(form-I hollow, verbal nouns فَوْح or فَوَحَان)| verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر | فَوْح or فَوَحَان fawḥ or fawaḥān | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | فَائِح fāʾiḥ | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | فُحْتُ fuḥtu | فُحْتَ fuḥta | فَاحَ fāḥa | فُحْتُمَا fuḥtumā | فَاحَا fāḥā | فُحْنَا fuḥnā | فُحْتُمْ fuḥtum | فَاحُوا fāḥū | |||
| f | فُحْتِ fuḥti | فَاحَتْ fāḥat | فَاحَتَا fāḥatā | فُحْتُنَّ fuḥtunna | فُحْنَ fuḥna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أَفُوحُ ʾafūḥu | تَفُوحُ tafūḥu | يَفُوحُ yafūḥu | تَفُوحَانِ tafūḥāni | يَفُوحَانِ yafūḥāni | نَفُوحُ nafūḥu | تَفُوحُونَ tafūḥūna | يَفُوحُونَ yafūḥūna | |||
| f | تَفُوحِينَ tafūḥīna | تَفُوحُ tafūḥu | تَفُوحَانِ tafūḥāni | تَفُحْنَ tafuḥna | يَفُحْنَ yafuḥna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أَفُوحَ ʾafūḥa | تَفُوحَ tafūḥa | يَفُوحَ yafūḥa | تَفُوحَا tafūḥā | يَفُوحَا yafūḥā | نَفُوحَ nafūḥa | تَفُوحُوا tafūḥū | يَفُوحُوا yafūḥū | |||
| f | تَفُوحِي tafūḥī | تَفُوحَ tafūḥa | تَفُوحَا tafūḥā | تَفُحْنَ tafuḥna | يَفُحْنَ yafuḥna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أَفُحْ ʾafuḥ | تَفُحْ tafuḥ | يَفُحْ yafuḥ | تَفُوحَا tafūḥā | يَفُوحَا yafūḥā | نَفُحْ nafuḥ | تَفُوحُوا tafūḥū | يَفُوحُوا yafūḥū | |||
| f | تَفُوحِي tafūḥī | تَفُحْ tafuḥ | تَفُوحَا tafūḥā | تَفُحْنَ tafuḥna | يَفُحْنَ yafuḥna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر | m | فُحْ fuḥ | فُوحَا fūḥā | فُوحُوا fūḥū | ||||||||
| f | فُوحِي fūḥī | فُحْنَ fuḥna | ||||||||||
Verb
فَاحَ • (fāḥa) I, non-past يَفِيحُ (yafīḥu)
- (intransitive) to diffuse, to forspread
Conjugation
Conjugation of
فَاحَ
(form-I hollow, verbal nouns فَيْح or فَيَحَان)| verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر | فَيْح or فَيَحَان fayḥ or fayaḥān | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | فَائِح fāʾiḥ | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | فِحْتُ fiḥtu | فِحْتَ fiḥta | فَاحَ fāḥa | فِحْتُمَا fiḥtumā | فَاحَا fāḥā | فِحْنَا fiḥnā | فِحْتُمْ fiḥtum | فَاحُوا fāḥū | |||
| f | فِحْتِ fiḥti | فَاحَتْ fāḥat | فَاحَتَا fāḥatā | فِحْتُنَّ fiḥtunna | فِحْنَ fiḥna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أَفِيحُ ʾafīḥu | تَفِيحُ tafīḥu | يَفِيحُ yafīḥu | تَفِيحَانِ tafīḥāni | يَفِيحَانِ yafīḥāni | نَفِيحُ nafīḥu | تَفِيحُونَ tafīḥūna | يَفِيحُونَ yafīḥūna | |||
| f | تَفِيحِينَ tafīḥīna | تَفِيحُ tafīḥu | تَفِيحَانِ tafīḥāni | تَفِحْنَ tafiḥna | يَفِحْنَ yafiḥna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أَفِيحَ ʾafīḥa | تَفِيحَ tafīḥa | يَفِيحَ yafīḥa | تَفِيحَا tafīḥā | يَفِيحَا yafīḥā | نَفِيحَ nafīḥa | تَفِيحُوا tafīḥū | يَفِيحُوا yafīḥū | |||
| f | تَفِيحِي tafīḥī | تَفِيحَ tafīḥa | تَفِيحَا tafīḥā | تَفِحْنَ tafiḥna | يَفِحْنَ yafiḥna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أَفِحْ ʾafiḥ | تَفِحْ tafiḥ | يَفِحْ yafiḥ | تَفِيحَا tafīḥā | يَفِيحَا yafīḥā | نَفِحْ nafiḥ | تَفِيحُوا tafīḥū | يَفِيحُوا yafīḥū | |||
| f | تَفِيحِي tafīḥī | تَفِحْ tafiḥ | تَفِيحَا tafīḥā | تَفِحْنَ tafiḥna | يَفِحْنَ yafiḥna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر | m | فِحْ fiḥ | فِيحَا fīḥā | فِيحُوا fīḥū | ||||||||
| f | فِيحِي fīḥī | فِحْنَ fiḥna | ||||||||||
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; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “فاح”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 986