فطء

6 تفاطأ ذ , (K, TA,) said of a man, (TA,) is syn. with تَقَاعَسَ [q. v.; app. in a sense similar to the senses here following]: or it signifies more than تقاعس. (K, TA.) تفاطأ عَنْهُ means He held back, or receded, from him, or it (K, * TA.) And تفاطأ عَنْهُمْ He was defeated, and retreated from them, (O, K,) after he had charged, or made an assault or attack, upon them. (O.)