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), 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

Conjugation of فَاحَ (I, hollow, a ~ u, no passive, verbal nouns فَوْح, فَوَحَان)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						فَوْح, فَوَحَان fawḥ, fawaḥān
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						فَائِح fāʔiḥ
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 ʔafūḥu	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 ʔafūḥa	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 ʔafuḥ	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), verbal noun فَيْح (fayḥ) or فَيَحَان (fayaḥān)) (intransitive)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of فَاحَ (I, hollow, a ~ i, no passive, verbal nouns فَيْح, فَيَحَان)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						فَيْح, فَيَحَان fayḥ, fayaḥān
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						فَائِح fāʔiḥ
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 ʔafīḥu	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 ʔafīḥa	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 ʔafiḥ	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 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