فخ

فخ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Compare فَاحَ‎ (fāḥa), فَاخَ‎ (fāḵa), نَفَحَ‎ (nafaḥa), نَفَخَ‎ (nafaḵa), فَحَّ‎ (faḥḥa).

Verb

فَخَّ • (faḵḵa) I, non-past يَفِخُّ‎ or يَفَخُّ‎‎ (yafiḵḵu or yafaḵḵu)

1. to snore

   Synonym: غَطَّ‎ (ḡaṭṭa)

2. to lie resupine
3. to diffuse, to be respired

Conjugation

Conjugation of

فَخَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal nouns فَخّ or فَخِيخ)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						فَخّ or فَخِيخ‎ faḵḵ or faḵīḵ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						فَاخّ‎ fāḵḵ
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	فَخَخْتُ‎ faḵaḵtu	فَخَخْتَ‎ faḵaḵta	فَخَّ faḵḵa		فَخَخْتُمَا‎ faḵaḵtumā	فَخَّا‎ faḵḵā		فَخَخْنَا‎ faḵaḵnā	فَخَخْتُمْ‎ faḵaḵtum	فَخُّوا‎ faḵḵū
	f		فَخَخْتِ‎ faḵaḵti	فَخَّتْ‎ faḵḵat			فَخَّتَا‎ faḵḵatā			فَخَخْتُنَّ‎ faḵaḵtunna	فَخَخْنَ‎ faḵaḵna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	أَفِخُّ‎ or أَفَخُّ‎ ʾafiḵḵu or ʾafaḵḵu	تَفِخُّ‎ or تَفَخُّ‎ tafiḵḵu or tafaḵḵu	يَفِخُّ‎ or يَفَخُّ‎ yafiḵḵu or yafaḵḵu		تَفِخَّانِ‎ or تَفَخَّانِ‎ tafiḵḵāni or tafaḵḵāni	يَفِخَّانِ‎ or يَفَخَّانِ‎ yafiḵḵāni or yafaḵḵāni		نَفِخُّ‎ or نَفَخُّ‎ nafiḵḵu or nafaḵḵu	تَفِخُّونَ‎ or تَفَخُّونَ‎ tafiḵḵūna or tafaḵḵūna	يَفِخُّونَ‎ or يَفَخُّونَ‎ yafiḵḵūna or yafaḵḵūna
	f		تَفِخِّينَ‎ or تَفَخِّينَ‎ tafiḵḵīna or tafaḵḵīna	تَفِخُّ‎ or تَفَخُّ‎ tafiḵḵu or tafaḵḵu			تَفِخَّانِ‎ or تَفَخَّانِ‎ tafiḵḵāni or tafaḵḵāni			تَفْخِخْنَ‎ or تَفْخَخْنَ‎ tafḵiḵna or tafḵaḵna	يَفْخِخْنَ‎ or يَفْخَخْنَ‎ yafḵiḵna or yafḵaḵna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَفِخَّ‎ or أَفَخَّ‎ ʾafiḵḵa or ʾafaḵḵa	تَفِخَّ‎ or تَفَخَّ‎ tafiḵḵa or tafaḵḵa	يَفِخَّ‎ or يَفَخَّ‎ yafiḵḵa or yafaḵḵa		تَفِخَّا‎ or تَفَخَّا‎ tafiḵḵā or tafaḵḵā	يَفِخَّا‎ or يَفَخَّا‎ yafiḵḵā or yafaḵḵā		نَفِخَّ‎ or نَفَخَّ‎ nafiḵḵa or nafaḵḵa	تَفِخُّوا‎ or تَفَخُّوا‎ tafiḵḵū or tafaḵḵū	يَفِخُّوا‎ or يَفَخُّوا‎ yafiḵḵū or yafaḵḵū
	f		تَفِخِّي‎ or تَفَخِّي‎ tafiḵḵī or tafaḵḵī	تَفِخَّ‎ or تَفَخَّ‎ tafiḵḵa or tafaḵḵa			تَفِخَّا‎ or تَفَخَّا‎ tafiḵḵā or tafaḵḵā			تَفْخِخْنَ‎ or تَفْخَخْنَ‎ tafḵiḵna or tafḵaḵna	يَفْخِخْنَ‎ or يَفْخَخْنَ‎ yafḵiḵna or yafḵaḵna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَفِخَّ‎ or أَفِخِّ‎ or أَفْخِخْ‎ or أَفَخَّ‎ or أَفَخِّ‎ or أَفْخَخْ‎ ʾafiḵḵa or ʾafiḵḵi or ʾafḵiḵ or ʾafaḵḵa or ʾafaḵḵi or ʾafḵaḵ	تَفِخَّ‎ or تَفِخِّ‎ or تَفْخِخْ‎ or تَفَخَّ‎ or تَفَخِّ‎ or تَفْخَخْ‎ tafiḵḵa or tafiḵḵi or tafḵiḵ or tafaḵḵa or tafaḵḵi or tafḵaḵ	يَفِخَّ‎ or يَفِخِّ‎ or يَفْخِخْ‎ or يَفَخَّ‎ or يَفَخِّ‎ or يَفْخَخْ‎ yafiḵḵa or yafiḵḵi or yafḵiḵ or yafaḵḵa or yafaḵḵi or yafḵaḵ		تَفِخَّا‎ or تَفَخَّا‎ tafiḵḵā or tafaḵḵā	يَفِخَّا‎ or يَفَخَّا‎ yafiḵḵā or yafaḵḵā		نَفِخَّ‎ or نَفِخِّ‎ or نَفْخِخْ‎ or نَفَخَّ‎ or نَفَخِّ‎ or نَفْخَخْ‎ nafiḵḵa or nafiḵḵi or nafḵiḵ or nafaḵḵa or nafaḵḵi or nafḵaḵ	تَفِخُّوا‎ or تَفَخُّوا‎ tafiḵḵū or tafaḵḵū	يَفِخُّوا‎ or يَفَخُّوا‎ yafiḵḵū or yafaḵḵū
	f		تَفِخِّي‎ or تَفَخِّي‎ tafiḵḵī or tafaḵḵī	تَفِخَّ‎ or تَفِخِّ‎ or تَفْخِخْ‎ or تَفَخَّ‎ or تَفَخِّ‎ or تَفْخَخْ‎ tafiḵḵa or tafiḵḵi or tafḵiḵ or tafaḵḵa or tafaḵḵi or tafḵaḵ			تَفِخَّا‎ or تَفَخَّا‎ tafiḵḵā or tafaḵḵā			تَفْخِخْنَ‎ or تَفْخَخْنَ‎ tafḵiḵna or tafḵaḵna	يَفْخِخْنَ‎ or يَفْخَخْنَ‎ yafḵiḵna or yafḵaḵna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		فِخَّ or فِخِّ or اِفْخِخْ‎ or فَخَّ or فَخِّ or اِفْخَخْ‎ fiḵḵa or fiḵḵi or ifḵiḵ or faḵḵa or faḵḵi or ifḵaḵ			فِخَّا‎ or فَخَّا‎ fiḵḵā or faḵḵā				فِخُّوا‎ or فَخُّوا‎ fiḵḵū or faḵḵū
	f		فِخِّي‎ or فَخِّي‎ fiḵḵī or faḵḵī							اِفْخِخْنَ‎ or اِفْخَخْنَ‎ ifḵiḵna or ifḵaḵna

Noun

فَخّ • (faḵḵ) m

1. verbal noun of فَخَّ (faḵḵa) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun فَخّ (faḵḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَخّ faḵḵ	الْفَخّ‎ al-faḵḵ	فَخّ faḵḵ
Nominative	فَخٌّ faḵḵun	الْفَخُّ‎ al-faḵḵu	فَخُّ faḵḵu
Accusative	فَخًّا‎ faḵḵan	الْفَخَّ‎ al-faḵḵa	فَخَّ faḵḵa
Genitive	فَخٍّ faḵḵin	الْفَخِّ‎ al-faḵḵi	فَخِّ faḵḵi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic פחא‎ /‎ ܦܚܐ‎ (paḥḥā, “trap, snare, gin”).

Noun

فَخّ • (faḵḵ) m (plural فِخَاخ‎ (fiḵāḵ) or فُخُوخ‎ (fuḵūḵ))

1. trap, snare, gin

Declension

Declension of noun فَخّ (faḵḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَخّ faḵḵ	الْفَخّ‎ al-faḵḵ	فَخّ faḵḵ
Nominative	فَخٌّ faḵḵun	الْفَخُّ‎ al-faḵḵu	فَخُّ faḵḵu
Accusative	فَخًّا‎ faḵḵan	الْفَخَّ‎ al-faḵḵa	فَخَّ faḵḵa
Genitive	فَخٍّ faḵḵin	الْفَخِّ‎ al-faḵḵi	فَخِّ faḵḵi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَخَّيْن‎ faḵḵayn	الْفَخَّيْن‎ al-faḵḵayn	فَخَّيْ‎ faḵḵay
Nominative	فَخَّانِ‎ faḵḵāni	الْفَخَّانِ‎ al-faḵḵāni	فَخَّا‎ faḵḵā
Accusative	فَخَّيْنِ‎ faḵḵayni	الْفَخَّيْنِ‎ al-faḵḵayni	فَخَّيْ‎ faḵḵay
Genitive	فَخَّيْنِ‎ faḵḵayni	الْفَخَّيْنِ‎ al-faḵḵayni	فَخَّيْ‎ faḵḵay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِخَاخ‎‎; فُخُوخ‎ fiḵāḵ‎; fuḵūḵ	الْفِخَاخ‎‎; الْفُخُوخ‎ al-fiḵāḵ‎; al-fuḵūḵ	فِخَاخ‎‎; فُخُوخ‎ fiḵāḵ‎; fuḵūḵ
Nominative	فِخَاخٌ‎‎; فُخُوخٌ‎ fiḵāḵun‎; fuḵūḵun	الْفِخَاخُ‎‎; الْفُخُوخُ‎ al-fiḵāḵu‎; al-fuḵūḵu	فِخَاخُ‎‎; فُخُوخُ‎ fiḵāḵu‎; fuḵūḵu
Accusative	فِخَاخًا‎‎; فُخُوخًا‎ fiḵāḵan‎; fuḵūḵan	الْفِخَاخَ‎‎; الْفُخُوخَ‎ al-fiḵāḵa‎; al-fuḵūḵa	فِخَاخَ‎‎; فُخُوخَ‎ fiḵāḵa‎; fuḵūḵa
Genitive	فِخَاخٍ‎‎; فُخُوخٍ‎ fiḵāḵin‎; fuḵūḵin	الْفِخَاخِ‎‎; الْفُخُوخِ‎ al-fiḵāḵi‎; al-fuḵūḵi	فِخَاخِ‎‎; فُخُوخِ‎ fiḵāḵi‎; fuḵūḵi

Derived terms

• فَخَّخَ‎ (faḵḵaḵa)
• فَخّ الْعَسَل‎ (faḵḵ al-ʿasal, “honey trap”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: فق‎ (fak)

References

• “فخ” in Almaany
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 119
• Freytag, Georg (1835), “فخ”, 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 321
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “فخ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 946