fihris
index, catalogue, list
فِهْرِس
Word
NounRoot
ف ه ر سForms
- Plural
- فَهارِس
In the library
ووصفه صاحب (الفهرست) بأنه كان «في نهاية الذكاء وحسن الحفظ وسرعة الخاطر في الجوابات» .
Enjoyment and Conviviality, page 6 →From the same root
All words from ف ه ر س →Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries-
فَهْرَسَ الكُتُبَ He made, or wrote, a catalogue of the books or writings
[He made, or wrote, a catalogue of the books or writings], (O,) or فَهْرَسَ كِتَابَهُ [he made an index, or a table of contents, to his book or writing], (K,) inf. n. فَهْرَسَةٌ. (TA.) See what follows. -
فِهْرِسٌ A book, or writing, in which
A book, or writing, in which [the names or titles or descriptions] of [other] books, or writings, are collected; [i. e. a catalogue of books or writings: but more commonly, accord. to modern usage, the index, or table of contents, of a book or writing; in an Arabic book, generally placed at the beginning:] an arabicized word; (Lth, O, K;) from [the Pers.] فِهْرِسْت: (O, K:) pl. فَهَارِسُ. (TA.)
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