fīsh

weak, impotent

فِيش

Word

Noun · pattern فِعل

Root

ف ي ش

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 11 entries
  • فَاشَ Form I He gloried, or boasted
    , (O, K,) aor. يَفِيشُ, inf. n. فَيْشٌ, (O, TA,) He gloried, or boasted, (O, K,) and magnified himself, imagining [in himself] what he did not possess; (K;) as also فَشَّ; like as you say ذَامَ, aor. يَذِيمُ; and ذَمَّ, aor. يَذُمُّ; (TA;) he was boastful, or proud, pretending to possess a thing and not being as he pretended; (TA;) and ↓ فايش [signifies the same; or] he gloried, or boasted, vainly, and praised himself for that which was not in him. (AHeyth, in L, art. طرمذ.) [See also 5.] -A2- فاش الأَتَانَ, aor. as above, (IDrd, O, K,) and so the inf. n. (IDrd, O,) He (the ass) mounted the she-ass: (IDrd:) said by Yoo to be from الفَيْشَةُ. (O, K. *)
  • قايشهُ Form III He vied, or contended, with him in glorying, or boasting, or in glory, or excellence
    , (TA,) inf. n. فِيَاشٌ (S, O, K) and مُفَايَشَةٌ, (O, K,) He vied, or contended, with him in glorying, or boasting, or in glory, or excellence. (S, * O, * K, * TA.) ― -b2- Also, (TK,) inf. n. مُفَايَشَةٌ, (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) He threatened him much in fight, and then was pronounced a liar. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, K, TK.) ― -b3- See also 1.
  • تفيّش الشَّىْءَ Form V He arrogated the thing falsely
    He arrogated the thing falsely; (Ibn-'Abbád, * O, * K, * TA;) without merit. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, TA.) ― -b2- تفيّش عَنِ الشَّىْءِ He turned back from the thing (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K) through weakness and impotence; (TA;) like انفشّ. (TA.)
  • فَيْشٌ head
    and ↓ فَيْشَةٌ The head [or glans] of the penis: (S, O, K:) or a swollen penis: (TA:) or ↓ the latter word has the former meaning; and فَيْشٌ is its pl., [or rather coll. gen. n.,] like as تَمْرٌ is of تَمْرَةٌ: (O:) and ↓ فَيْشَلَةٌ signifies the same as فَيْشَةٌ; and some say that its ل is augmentative: (TA:) or فَيْشٌ signifies a weak فَيْشَلَة. (Lth, TA.)
  • فَيْشَةٌ uppermost part of the head
    : see فَيْشٌ, in two places. ― -b2- Also The uppermost part of the head. (TA.)
  • فِيَاشٌ Open entry
    : see فَيْشُوشَةٌ. -A2- [See also 3.]
  • فَيُوشٌ Open entry
    : see the next paragraph, in two places.
  • فَيَّاشٌ who glories, or boasts, and magnifies himself, imagining
    A man who glories, or boasts, and magnifies himself, imagining [in himself] what he does not possess; (K;) vainly boastful, without merit; (TA;) who contends for superiority in that which he does not possess; (K;) and [in like manner] ↓ فَيُوشٌ one who pretends to possess a thing, not being as he pretends; (TA;) both signify one who glories, or boasts, vainly, and praises himself for that which is not in him: (AHeyth, in L, art. طرمذ:) and ↓ the latter is said to signify a cowardly and weak man. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, A chief, or lord, abounding in excellence, or generosity, or bounty, (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) who vies with others in glory. (TA.)
  • فَاشُوشٌ A weak and lax man
    A weak and lax man. (TA.)
  • فَيْشُوشَةٌ Weakness and laxness
    Weakness and laxness; (O, K;) and so ↓ فِيَاشٌ. (TA.)
  • فَيْشَلَةٌ Open entry
    : see فَيْشٌ.

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