Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

فَقَحَ: see 2.

Said of a plant, It became tall, or full-grown, and blossomed. (Ḳ.)

فَقَحَ فُلَانًا He, or it, hit, or struck, such a one in his فَقْحَة [q. v.]. (Ḳ.)

And فَقَحَ الشَّىْءَ, (Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَفْقَحُ}, inf. n. فَقْحٌ, (TA,) i. q. سَفَّهُ [i. e. He took the thing into his mouth, not moistened,] like as one does medicine: (Ḳ, TA:) of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.)

فقّح, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَفْقِيحٌ, (Ṣ,) He (a whelp) opened his eyes for the first time; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoفَقَحَ↓, aor. ـَ {يَفْقَحُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. فَقْحٌ. (TA.) It is said in a trad., فَقَّحْنَا وَصَأْصَأْتُمْ (Ṣ, TA) ‡ We have opened our eyes for the first time, and ye have kept your eyes closed; (TA;) meaning the truth has become manifest to us, and ye have been blind to it; (AO, A,* TA;) or we have seen our right course, and ye have not seen [yours]. (IB, TA.) And فقّح الشَّجَرُ The trees burst their buds, and made the extremities of their leaves to appear. (L.)

تفقّح It opened; syn. تَفَتَّحَ: (Ḳ:) it is said in this sense of a rose, (Ṣ, A, TA,) and of any flower, or blossom: (TA:) some say that it signifies تفتّح absolutely: others, peculiarly فى الكلام. (Az, as quoted in the L. [See تَفَتَّحَ فِى الكَلَامِ (a well-known phrase) in art. فتح: but فى كلام in the present case appears, from what precedes, to be evidently a mistranscription for فِى الكِمَامِ, i. e., in relation to calyxes.])

تفاقحوا They put [or turned] their backs one towards another; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) [from فَقْحَةٌ, q. v.;] like as you say تَظَاهَرُوا [and تَدَابَرُوا] and [in the contr. sense] تَقَابَلُوا. (Ṣ, TA.)

فَقْحَةٌ: see فُقَّاحٌ.

Also The anus: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) because it opens in the case of need: (Ḥam p. 677:) or a wide, or an ample, anus: (Ḳ, MF:) or a wide دُبُر: or a دُبُر with what it comprises: and afterwards, by reason of frequency of usage, applied to signify any دُبُر: (L:) pl. فِقَاحٌ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

And The palm of the hand; as alsoفَقَاحَةٌ↓: (Ḳ:) of the dial. of El-Yemen: so called because of its width. (TA.)

And The napkin (مِنْدِيل) of الإِحْرَام [i. e., which is used by one performing the rites of the حَجّ or of the عُمْرَة]: (Ḳ:) of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.)

فُقَّاحٌ A certain herb, (Ḳ, TA,) resembling the أُقْحُوَان [or chamomile] in its growth and its place of growth; n. un. with ة {فُقَّاحَةٌ}: it is one of the plants growing in the sands; and it is said that its flower is more contracted than that of the chamomile, and that the dust, or earth, sticks to it as it does to the [herb called] حَمَصِيص: (TA:) or the flower of the إِذْخِر [or juncus odoratus]; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) said by Az to be a sort of perfume, sometimes put into medicine, called فُقَّاحُ الإِذْخِرِ; and it is the flower of the إِذْخِر when its calyx opens: (TA:) or the flower, or blossom, of any plant, (Ḳ, TA,) when it opens, whatever be its لَوْن [i. e. colour, or kind]; (TA;) as alsoفَقْحَةٌ↓, (Ḳ, TA,) thus with fet-ḥ and sukoon. (TA. [Written by Golius فُقْحَةٌ.])

Also ‡ A woman of goodly, or beautiful, make, or form. (Kr, Ḳ, TA.)

عَلَى فُلَانٍ حُلَّةٌ فُقَّاحِيَّةٌ Upon such a one is a حُلَّةٌ [q. v.] of the colour of the rose when it is about to open. (Ṣ.)

هُوَ مُتَفَقِّحٌ لِلشَّرِّ † He is in a state of preparation for evil, or mischief.