ف س ق

Arabic

Root

ف س ق • (f-s-q)

1. Related to books and embellishment

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: فَسَقَ (fasaqa, “to go astray, prevaricate, practice lechery, fornicate”)
  • Verbal noun: فِسْق (fisq, “prevarication, lechery, dissoluteness”)
  • Active participle: فَاسِق (fāsiq, “prevaricator, libertine, criminal, adulterer”)
  • Passive participle: مَفْسُوق (mafsūq)
• Form II: فَسَّقَ (fassaqa, “to corrode, pervert; to consider or declare impious”)
  • Verbal noun: تَفْسِيق (tafsīq)
  • Active participle: مُفَسِّق (mufassiq)
  • Passive participle: مُفَسَّق (mufassaq)

Nouns and adjectives

• فِسْقِيَّة f (fisqiyya, “fountain, washboard”)
• فِسِّيق (fissīq), فَسَّاق (fassāq, “rascal, criminal”)
• فُوَيِسِقَة f (fuwayisiqa, “mouse”)
• مَفْسَقَة f (mafsaqa, “prostibule”)

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “ف س ق”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 885
• Ibn Sīda al-Mursī, Al-Muḥkam wa-l-Muḥīṭ al-Aʿẓam (d. 1066 CE) المحكم والمحيط الأعظم لإبن سيده الأندلسي