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فَحْص

examination /ˈfaħsˤ/

nounA2#1311 most common

Also: inspection, checkup, test

Example sentences

عِنْدي فَحْصٌ غَداً.
I have an examination tomorrow.
ذَهَبْتُ إلى المُسْتَشْفى لِإجْراءِ فَحْصٍ.
I went to the hospital to have an examination.
طَلَبَ الطَّبيبُ فَحْصَ الدَّمِ.
The doctor requested a blood test.
أَظْهَرَتْ نَتائِجُ الفَحْصِ أنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ طَبيعيٌّ.
The examination results showed that everything was normal.
يَخْضَعُ جَميعُ الرُّكّابِ لِفَحْصٍ أَمْنيٍّ دَقيقٍ قَبْلَ الصُّعودِ.
All passengers undergo a thorough security check before boarding.
لا يُمْكِنُ اعْتِمادُ النَّتائِجِ دونَ فَحْصٍ مَنْهَجيٍّ صارِمٍ لِكُلِّ العَيِّناتِ.
The results cannot be relied upon without a rigorous, systematic examination of every sample.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeفَحْصٌفُحوصاتٌ
Genitiveفَحْصٍفُحوصاتٍ
Accusativeفَحْصاًفُحوصاتٍ
Vocativeيا فَحْصُيا فُحوصاتُ

Word family

فَحَصَto examine, to inspect
فاحِصexaminer, inspector
فُحوصاتexaminations, tests
مَفْحوصexamined
تَفَحَّصَto scrutinize, to examine closely

Etymology

فَحْص is the verbal noun of the verb فَحَصَ, to examine or scrutinize. The triliteral root ف ح ص carries the sense of looking into something closely, and in older usage even of digging into the ground to search. In the modern language the word settled on inspection and testing, above all in medicine and engineering.

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