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فطس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فَطْسَةٌ ذ The skin of an animal that has not been slaughtered in the manner prescribed by the law. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b2- [See also فَطْسٌ.] ― -b3- Also A certain bead used for fascinating and restraining [ men ]; (Lh, S, M, K;) one of the beads of the Arabs of the desert, with which women are asserted by the Arabs to fascinate and restrain men. (O.) They (i. e. women, O, K) say, بَالثُّؤَبَا وَاعَطْسَةِ أَخَّذْتُهُ بِالفَطْسَةِ [ I captivated and restrained him by means of the fatseh, by means of yawning and of sneezing ]: (S, O, K: [in some copies of the S and K بِالثُّؤَباآءِ:]) they shorten الثوباآء on account of the metre, which is رَجَز with the third foot of each hemistich suppressed. (O.)

Derived headwords

فَطْسَةٌ
  1. 1.
بَالثُّؤَبَا وَاعَطْسَةِ
أَخَّذْتُهُ بِالفَطْسَةِ