فطم

1 فَطَمَهُ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. فَطِمَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. فَطْمٌ, (Msb, * TA,) He cut it, or severed it; (S, Msb, K, TA;) namely, a rope, (S, Msb, TA,) or a stick, or piece of wood, and the like. (TA.) ― -b2- And فَطَمَهُ, (K,) or فَطَمَتْهُ (S, Msb) said of a mother (S) or of a suckling woman, (Msb,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Msb, TA,) He, (K,) or she, (S, Msb,) weaned, or ablactated, him, (S, Msb, K,) namely, a child, (S, K,) or suckling. (Msb.) And فُطِمَتِ السَّخْلَةُ The lamb, or kid, was weaned, or ablactated. (K.) [And in like manner one says of other animals.] ― -b3- And [hence, or] from the first of the significations expl. above, (Msb,) one says, فَطَمْتُهُ عَنْ عَادَتِهِ (tropical:) I [ weaned him, or] disengaged him, (TA,) or withheld him, (Msb,) namely, a man, (S, Msb, TA,) [ from his custom, or habit. ] And لَأَفْطِمَنَّكَ عَمَّا أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ (tropical:) [ I will assuredly wean thee from the state in which thou art, or from that which thou art pursuing: or] I will assuredly cut short thy eager desire. (TA.)