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ف ت ل

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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root فتل. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

فَتَلَهُ , (S, M, O, Msb, K,) aor. فَتِلَ , (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. فَتْلٌ ; (T, M, Msb;) and ↓ فتّلهُ , (M, K, TA,) [but this has teshdeed given to it to denote muchness of the action, or multiplicity of the objects, (see its pass. part. n. below,)] inf. n. تَفْتِيلٌ ; (TA;) He twisted it, (T, M, K, TA,) i. e. a thing, (T, M,) like as one twists (T) a rope (T, S, O, Msb) &c., (S, O, Msb,) and like as one twists a wick. (T.) ― -b2- [Hence] one says رَجُلٌ مُحْكَمُ الفَتْلِ (tropical:) [A man firm, or compact, in respect of make; as though firmly twisted]. (K and TA voce مَجْدُولٌ . [See the pass. part. n. below.]) ― -b3- And فَتَلَ ذُوءَابَتَهُ , (K,) or فَتَلَ فِى ذُوءَابَتِهِ , (O, TA,) (tropical:) [lit. He twisted his pendent lock of hair;] meaning he made him to turn, or swerve, from his opinion, or judgment, or sentiment, (O, K, TA,) by deceiving, or deluding, him. (TA.) And جَا=ءَ وَقَدْ فُتِلَتْ ذُوءَابَتُهُ (tropical:) He came, having been deceived, or beguiled, and turned from his opinion, &c. (TA.) And مَا زَالَ يَفْتِلُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ وَالغَارِبِ , (tropical:) meaning, يَدُورُ مِنْ وَرَا=ءِ خَدِيعَتِهِ [i. e. He ceased not to be going about seeking, or endeavouring, after the deceiving, or beguiling, of such a one]: (S, O, K:) originating from a saying in a trad. of Ez-Zubeyr, cited and expl. voce غَارِبٌ [q. v.]. (O, TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 200.]) ― -b4- فَتَلَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ , (T,) or عَنْ وَجْهِهِ , (S, O,) means He turned him [from the object of his want, or from his way, or course], like لَفَتَهُ , (T, S, O,) from which it is [said to be] formed by transposition. (S, O.) And فَتَلَ وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُمْ [also] means He turned his face from them, (M, K,) like لَفَتَهُ . (M.) -A2- فَتِلَتِ النَّاقَةُ , [aor. فَتَلَ ,] inf. n. فَتَلٌ , (assumed tropical:) The she-camel was smooth, or sleek, and flaccid, in the skin of her armpit, it not having in it عَرْك nor حَازّ nor خَالِع [which words see in their proper arts.]. (T, TA.) [See also فَتَلٌ below.]

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فَتَّلَ see the preceding paragraph, first sentence.

افتل said of [trees of the species termed] سَلَم and سَمُر , (K,) or افتلت said of a سَمُرَة (M, O) and of a سَلَمَة , (M,) They, or it, put forth, or produced, the فَتْلَة [q. v.] thereof. (M, O, K.)

تَفَتَّلَ see the paragraph here following.

انفتل , and ↓ تفتّل , [but the latter, as quasipass. of 2, denotes, or implies, muchness, or multiplicity,] It [a rope, &c.,] became twisted. (M, K.) ― -b2- And the former, He turned away (T, S, Mgh) from his prayer, (T,) or from prayer, (Mgh,) or from his way, or course. (S.) And انفتل رَاجِعًا [He turned away, returning]. (S, O, K, in art. صوع .)

فَتْلٌ : see its n. un. فَتْلَةٌ : -A2- and see also فَتَلٌ . -A3- Also The cry, or crying, of the فَتَّال , i. e. بُلْبُل . (IAar, T, O, TA. [Said in the TA to be an inf. n.: but its verb, if it have one, is not mentioned.])

فَتَلٌ an inf. n. of فَتِلَت [q. v.] said of a she-camel. (T, TA.) [It is also expl. as signifying] (tropical:) Wideness between the elbows and sides of a she-camel: (S, O, TA:) or a state of firm, or concealed, insertion, ( اِنْدِمَاجٌ ,) in the elbow of a camel, (M, K, TA,) and its being apart from the side; (M, TA;) as also ↓ فَتْلٌ : (M: [thus in the TT as from the M; being there written فَتَْل :]) this [or rather the like of this] in the shank and foot of the camel is a fault. (M, TA.)

فَتْلَةٌ [as an inf. n. un., A twisting. ― -b2- And hence, app., (assumed tropical:) An intense firmness of compacture of the flesh of the fore arm: expl. in the TT, as from the M, by the words شِدة عَصْب الدِباغ ; for which, I doubt not, we should read شِدَّةُ عَصْبِ الذِّرَاعِ : see مَفْتُولٌ . ― -b3- And A twist. ― -b4- And particularly A twisted slip, formed by slitting, of the ear of a she-camel. (See 4 in art. دبر , in the last quarter of the paragraph.) ― -b5- And, as used in the present day, A needleful of thread. ― -b6- Also] The seed-vessel of the سَلَم and of the سَمُر , peculiarly, (M, K,) resembling the pods of the bean, (M,) when they first come forth. (M, K.) And The blossom of the سَمُرَة : (M:) or the fruit of the سَمُر and of the عُرْفُط : (TA:) or the blossom of the [kind of trees called] عِضَاه , (O, TA,) when it has become compactly organized: (TA:) or it signifies also, (M, K,) and so does ↓ فَتَلَةٌ , (K,) or peculiarly this latter, بالتَّحْرِيكِ , as AHn says on the authority of some one or more of the relaters, (O,) the fruit ( بَرَمَة ) of the عُرْفُط , (M, O, K,) because its filaments, or fringe-like appertenances, are as though they were cotton, and it is white, like the button of the shirt, or somewhat larger: (AHn, M, O:) or it signifies one of what are termed ↓ فَتْلٌ , which means what are [as though they were] twisted, of the وَرَق [properly signifying leaves of simple and common kinds] of trees, such as the ورق of the [tamarisks called] طَرْفَا=ء and أَثْل and the like; (TA;) or, (M, K, TA,) as AHn says, (M, TA,) this word فَتْلٌ signifies what are not وَرَق , but are substitutes for these: (M, K, TA:) and, (K,) as some say, (M,) what do not expand, of [the appertenances of] plants, but are [as though they were] twisted; (M, K;) so that they are like هُدْب [thus in the TT as from the M, perhaps a mistranscription for هَدَب , q. v.]; being like the هدب [i. e. هَدَب ] of the طَرْفَا=ء and أَثْل and أَرْطى . (M.) ― -b7- See also فَتِيلٌ , last sentence.

فِتْلَةٌ [A manner of twisting]. You say فِتْلَةٌ بَارِحَةٌ , meaning شَزْرَةٌ [i. e. A manner of twisting contrary to that which is usual]. (A in art. برح .)

فَتَلَةٌ : see فَتْلَةٌ , near the middle: ― -b2- and see the paragraph here following, last sentence.

فَتِيلٌ Twisted; [applied to a rope, &c.;] as also ↓ مَفْتُولٌ . (M, K.) ― -b2- And A slender cord, of [the fibres called] لِيف , (M, K,) or of [the bark termed] خَزَم , or of عَرَق [meaning plaited palmleaves], or of thongs, (M,) which is bound upon the ring (M, K) called عِيَان which is at the end ( مُنْتَهى ), (M,) or which is at the place of meeting ( مُلْتَقَى ), (K,) of the دُجْرَانِ [two pieces of wood to which the share of the plough is attached]. (M, K.) ― -b3- [And A tent for a wound: a term used by surgeons: see دَسَمَ الجُرْحَ , in art. دسم .] ― -b4- And What one twists [or rolls] (S, M, O, K) between his fingers (M, K) or between the two fingers [meaning the thumb and fore finger], (S, O,) of dirt [that has collected upon the skin when it has not been recently washed]; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ فَتِيلَةٌ . (M, K.) So says I' Ab in explaining the saying in the Kur [iv. 52, and 79 also accord. to some readers, and xvii. 73], وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا [meaning (tropical:) And they shall not be wronged by their being deprived of the most paltry right; or they shall not be wronged a whit]: (O, TA:) or the [primary, or proper,] meaning in this phrase is what here follows. (TA; and in like manner Bd says in iv. 52.) ― -b5- And The سَحَاة [or integument, meaning the pellicle], (M, K, TA,) or the خَيْط [or thread, meaning the filament], (Bd in iv. 52,) that is in the شَقّ [or cleft, resembling a crease, which extends along one side] of the datestone: (M, K, TA: but for شَقّ , the CK has شِقّ :) ISk says, the قِطْمِير is the thin integument upon the date-stone, and, he adds, (T, TA, *) the فَتِيل is what is in the شَقّ of the date-stone. (T, S, O, Msb, TA.) Hence, (M,) one says, مَا أُغْنِى عَنْهُ فَتِيلًا , (M, and so in the K except that the latter has عَنْكَ instead of عَنْهُ ,) meaning [I do not avail, or profit, him, (or accord. to the K, thee,) or I do not stand, or serve, him (or thee) in stead,] as much as that سَحَاة , (M,) or a whit; (K;) and in like manner, ↓ فَتْلَةً , (Th, M, K, [in the CK, erroneously, فَتِيلَةً ,]) and ↓ فَتَلَةً . (IAar, M, K.)

فَتِيلَةٌ A wick (S, O, K) of a lamp: (T, Msb:) pl. فَتَايءِلُ and فَتِيلَاتٌ . (Msb.) [Hence, حَجَرُ الفَتِيلَةِ Amiantus, or flexible asbestus, of which wicks are sometimes made. ― -b2- And in the present day, فَتِيلَةٌ also signifies A hempen match. ― -b3- And A suppository.] ― -b4- فَتَايءِلُ الرُّهْبَانِ is the name of A certain plant, the leaves of which are like [those of] the senna ( السَّنَا ), and its blossom is yellow. (TA.) ― -b5- See also فَتِيلٌ .

الفَتَّالٌ The [bird called] بُلْبُل [q. v.]. (T, O, K.)

أَفْتَلُ , (S, M, O, K,) applied to the elbow, (S, M, O,) of a camel, (S, O,) or of a she-camel, (M,) [and app. to a he-camel,] Having what is termed فَتَلٌ [expl. above]: (S, M, O, K:) fem. فَتْلَا=ءُ , (T, M, K,) applied to a she-camel, meaning having, in her arm, a wide separation from the side: (T, * TA:) or, so applied, heavy, and curved in the kind legs: (M, K:) [the pl. is فُتْلٌ :] and one says قَوْمٌ فُتْلُ الأَيْدِى [app. meaning Persons having the arms widely separated from the sides]. (S, O.)

ذُبَالٌ مُفَتَّلٌ [Twisted wicks]: the epithet in this case is with teshdeed because applied to many things. (S, O, K.)

مَفْتُولٌ : see فَتِيلٌ . ― -b2- [It also signifies (tropical:) Compact, or firm, in make; as though twisted; like مَجْدُولٌ and مَعْصُوبٌ :] you say رَجُلٌ مَفْتُولُ السَّاعِدِ A man strong [or firm or compact] in the ساعد [or fore arm]; as though it were twisted. (TA.)

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