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فلطح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُفَلْطَحٌ ذ A cake of bread [ expanded, and made broad, or] wide: (IAar, TA.) and a thing [of any kind (see the verb)] having breadth and width. (TA.) حَسَكَةٌ مُفَلْطَحَةٌ occurs in a trad. [meaning A broad, or wide, head of a thistle or the like ]. (TA.) And رَأْسٌ مُفَلْطَحٌ means A broad, or wide, head; as also ↓ فِلْطَاحٌ. (K.) ― -b2- اـِذَا ضَنُّوا عَلَيْهِ بَالمُفَلْطَحَةِ, occurring in a trad., is expl. by El-Khattábee as meaning [ If they be niggardly, to him, of ] the expanded cake of bread: and it is also expl. as meaning the dirhems [or money ]: (TA:) or the phrase [accord. to one relation] is اـِذَا ضَنُّوا عَلَيْكَ بِالمُطَلْفَحَةِ, in which both of the meanings above mentioned are assigned to the last word. (L and TA in art. طلفح.)

Derived headwords

مُفَلْطَحٌ
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حَسَكَةٌ مُفَلْطَحَةٌ
رَأْسٌ مُفَلْطَحٌ
اـِذَا ضَنُّوا عَلَيْهِ بَالمُفَلْطَحَةِ
اـِذَا ضَنُّوا عَلَيْكَ بِالمُطَلْفَحَةِ