فطر

4 افطر ذ He broke his fast; (S, * Mgh; *) he breakfasted; he ate and drank after fasting; (Msb, * K;) as also ↓ فَطَرَ, (K,) aor. فَطُرَ , (TA,) inf. n. فُطُورٌ: (Msb, TA:) his fast became vitiated. (Msb.) افطر as quasi-pass. of فَطَّرْتُهُ is extr., (Sb,) like أَبْشَرَ as quasi-pass. of بَشَّرْتُهُ. (Sb, Mgh.) You say افطر عَلَى تَمْرٍ [ He breakfasted upon dates, or dried dates; ] he made dates, or dried dates, his breakfast, after sunset [ in Ramadán ]. (Msb.) In the saying صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُوْيَتِهِ [ Fast ye after the sight of it, namely, the new moon commencing Ramadán, and break ye your fast after the sight of it, namely, the new moon commencing Showwál], the ل is in the sense of بَعْد, i. e., بَعْدَ رُؤْيَتِهِ. (Msb.) ― -b2- It was time for him to break his fast: (K:) he entered upon the time of breaking his fast; (Mgh, Msb, K;) like أَصْبَحَ and أَمْسَى as meaning “ he entered upon the time of morning ” and “ upon the time of evening: ” (Mgh, * Msb:) or he became in the predicament of those who break their fast, and so though he neither ate nor drank: whence the trad., أَفْطَرَ الحَاجِمُ وَا@لْمَحْجُومُ The cupper and the cupped place themselves in the predicament of those who break their fast: or it is time for the cupper and the cupped to break their fast: or it is used after the manner of a harsh expression, and an imprecation against them. (IAth.) -A2- افطرهُ: see 2. -A3- افطر الجِلْدَ: see 1.