examination
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Also written فحص: فَحْص (examination)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
Verb · Form V
تَفَحَّصَ
to examine
فَحَصَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to examine
عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَفْحَصَ بِٱعْتِنَاءٍ ٱلَأَسْفَارَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ.We must carefully examine the Holy Scriptures.
- to experiment, to test, to check
Words from the root ف-ح-ص
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
فَحَصَ
· present يَفْحَصُ
Form I · The plain action
to examine; to experiment, to test, to check
فَاحِص
مَفْحُوص
تَفَحَّصَ
· present يَتَفَحَّصُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to examine, to inspect, to look at
تَفَحُّص
مُتَفَحِّص
مُتَفَحَّص
فَحَصَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | فَحَصْتُ | أَفْحَصُ | أَفْحَصَ | أَفْحَصْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | فَحَصْتَ | تَفْحَصُ | تَفْحَصَ | تَفْحَصْ | اِفْحَصْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | فَحَصْتِ | تَفْحَصِينَ | تَفْحَصِي | تَفْحَصِي | اِفْحَصِي |
| هُوَ he | فَحَصَ | يَفْحَصُ | يَفْحَصَ | يَفْحَصْ | — |
| هِيَ she | فَحَصَتْ | تَفْحَصُ | تَفْحَصَ | تَفْحَصْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | فَحَصْتُمَا | تَفْحَصَانِ | تَفْحَصَا | تَفْحَصَا | اِفْحَصَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | فَحَصَا | يَفْحَصَانِ | يَفْحَصَا | يَفْحَصَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | فَحَصَتَا | تَفْحَصَانِ | تَفْحَصَا | تَفْحَصَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | فَحَصْنَا | نَفْحَصُ | نَفْحَصَ | نَفْحَصْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | فَحَصْتُمْ | تَفْحَصُونَ | تَفْحَصُوا | تَفْحَصُوا | اِفْحَصُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | فَحَصْتُنَّ | تَفْحَصْنَ | تَفْحَصْنَ | تَفْحَصْنَ | اِفْحَصْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | فَحَصُوا | يَفْحَصُونَ | يَفْحَصُوا | يَفْحَصُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | فَحَصْنَ | يَفْحَصْنَ | يَفْحَصْنَ | يَفْحَصْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | فَحْص |
|---|---|
| Active participle | فَاحِص |
| Passive participle | مَفْحُوص |
فَحَصَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to examine
عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَفْحَصَ بِٱعْتِنَاءٍ ٱلَأَسْفَارَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ.We must carefully examine the Holy Scriptures.
From a fully vowelled text
أَبٌ أَنَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ، وَدَعْوَى لَمْ أَعْرِفْهَا فَحَصْتُ عَنْهَا.I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.Job 29:16, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«وَأَيَّةُ مَدِينَةٍ أَوْ قَرْيَةٍ دَخَلْتُمُوهَا فَافْحَصُوا مَنْ فِيهَا مُسْتَحِقٌّ، وَأَقِيمُوا هُنَاكَ حَتَّى تَخْرُجُوا.And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.Matthew 10:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَمَرَ الْمُشْتَكِينَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْتُوا إِلَيْكَ. وَمِنْهُ يُمْكِنُكَ إِذَا فَحَصْتَ أَنْ تَعْلَمَ جَمِيعَ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي نَشْتَكِي بِهَا عَلَيْهِ».Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.Acts 24:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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