فخ
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فخ¹
Where it comes from
Compare فَاحَ (fāḥa), فَاخَ (fāḵa), نَفَحَ (nafaḥa), نَفَخَ (nafaḵa), فَحَّ (faḥḥa).
verb يَفِخُّ · فَخَّ · faḵḵa · فَخَخْتُ · يَفَخُّ · فَخّ
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to snore
Similar: غَطَّ
- to lie resupine
- to diffuse, to be respired
noun فَخّ · faḵḵ · الْفَخّ · فَخٌّ
- verbal noun of فَخَّ (faḵḵa) (form I)
فخ²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Aramaic פחא / ܦܚܐ (paḥḥā, “trap, snare, gin”).
noun فَخّ · faḵḵ · فِخَاخ · فُخُوخ · الْفَخّ
- trap, snare, gin
In English
- trap trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense
- booby trap antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object
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