See also: قفس

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ف ق س (f-q-s).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

فَقَسَ (faqasa) I, non-past يَفْقِسُ‎ (yafqisu)

  1. to hatch
  2. to kill
  3. to creep out of the egg
  4. to expand, to blossom
  5. to prevent by force
  6. to pull down (someone) by the hair
  7. to shoot, fire off a gun
  8. to lose patience, to grow ill-tempered, to become vexed

Conjugation edit

References edit

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “فقس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen

Libyan Arabic edit

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

فقس (fgɑṣ)

  1. (of the eyes) to pop

Pronunciation 2 edit

Verb edit

فقس (fguṣ)

  1. to hatch

Pronunciation 3 edit

Verb edit

فقس (faggəṣ)

  1. to hatch
  2. (vulgar) to bend over