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Root entry · 1 derived lemma2 فُتِّيَت ذ , (ISk, T, S, M, K,) inf. n. تَفْتِيَةٌ, (ISk, T, S, K,) said of a girl (ISk, T, S, M, K) that has nearly attained to puberty, (ISk, T,) She was prohibited from playing with the boys, (ISk, T, S, M, K,) and from running with them, (M,) and was concealed, or kept within, or behind, the curtain, (ISk, T, S, M,) in the house, or tent; (M;) and so ↓ تفتّت: (ISk, T, K:) [or] ↓ the latter signifies [or signifies also] she assumed, or affected, a likeness to the young women, being the youngest of them. (S, M. [In text of the latter, as given in the TT, تشبّهت بالفتيان is put for تشبّهت بِالفَتَيَاتِ, which the context shows to be the right reading.])
Derived headwords
فُتِّيَتverb
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تشبّهت بالفتيان
تشبّهت بِالفَتَيَاتِ