Quranic root
فجو
f · j · w
The root centers on spaciousness or widening within something.
This spatial principle appears in openings, intervening spaces, the distance of a bowstring from its bow, and bodily separation; derived forms extend it to opening, creating distance, and pushing things apart.
- Maqāyīs · row 3523
- Mufradāt · row 1090
- 1
- Quran-attested forms
- 1
- Quran senses
- 1
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
فَجْوَة
fajwah
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A broad open expanse or spacious area.
In the Quranic construction وَهُمْ فِي فَجْوَةٍ, it denotes the open area or wide space in which they were located.
- Lane · entry 33345
- Mufradāt · row 1090
Selected Quran examples
Quran 18:17word 17
“the open space”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 18:17فَجْوَةٍۢthe open space
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 16 Classical meanings
فَجَا
To open a door.
Form I verb; attested with a door as its object.
- Lane · entry 33339
فَجَا
To raise a bowstring or make it distant from the bow's belly.
Form I verb applied to a bow and its string.
- Lane · entry 33339
فَجَا
To part the legs widely or straddle.
Form I verb; the action may be associated with making water.
- Lane · entry 33339
فَجِيَ
Of a bow, to have its string raised or distant from its belly.
A stative Form I use describing the bow's configuration.
- Lane · entry 33339
فَجِيَ
To be wide between the thighs, knees, or shanks; of a camel, to be wide between the hocks.
Applied to a person or camel as specified in the lexical evidence.
- Lane · entry 33339
فَجِيَتْ
Of a she-camel, to be or become large in the belly.
A reported use whose correctness is presented as uncertain.
- Lane · entry 33339
فَجَّى
To remove, put away, or drive persons apart.
Form II; includes putting something at a distance and pushing or thrusting away.
- Lane · entry 33340
أَفْجَى
To spend or expend abundantly upon one's family or household.
Form IV verb.
- Lane · entry 33341
أَفْجَى
To find a friend guilty of a vice or disgraceful or shameful action.
Form IV verb describing a judgment concerning a friend.
- Lane · entry 33341
تَفَاجَى
To have an opening or intermediate wide space.
Form VI; applied to a thing that has a space like a فجوة.
- Lane · entry 33342
اِنْفَجَى
To open, especially of a door.
Form VII verb; the door is the explicitly attested subject.
- Lane · entry 33343
فَجْوَة
An opening or intervening space between two things.
A general Classical Arabic spatial use, distinct from the Quranic use for a broad open expanse.
- Lane · entry 33345
فَجْوَة
The court or yard of a house.
Applied to the open area belonging to a dwelling.
- Lane · entry 33345
فَجْوَة
The part between the two sides of a solid hoof.
A specialized anatomical use referring to the hoof.
- Lane · entry 33345
أَفْجَى
Of a bow, having its string distant from the part called its belly.
An adjectival epithet applied to a bow.
- Lane · entry 33348
أَفْجَى
Wide between the thighs, knees, or shanks; of a camel, wide between the hocks.
An adjectival use applied to a person or camel as specified in the lexical evidence.
- Lane · entry 33348
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quran occurrence is securely located by QAC at 18:17; the independently supplied QAC location is used rather than deriving a modern location from the historical citation in the lexical evidence.
The large-bellied she-camel use is reported with uncertainty in the Classical evidence.