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فتت

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking, crushing, or grinding something into small pieces. It extends to the idea of weakening or demoralizing someone, and also refers to specific physical objects like small stones, crumbled matter, or even a lump of dates.

Derived headwords

فَتَّ الشيءَ يَفُتُّهُ فَتاًverb
  1. 1.
    to crush, grindboth

    To break something into small pieces, to grind it down.

فَتَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to crush, break into piecesboth

    To break something into small pieces; it is also said to mean to break it, or to break it with one's fingers.

مَفْتُوتadjective
  1. 1.
    crushed, groundboth

    Describing something that has been crushed or ground into small pieces.

فَتِيتnoun
  1. 1.
    crumbs, small piecesboth

    What has been crushed or broken into small pieces. It is often specifically used for crumbled bread.

  2. 2.
    something that falls and breaksclassical

    Something that falls and breaks into pieces.

انْفَتَّverb
  1. 1.
    to break, crumbleboth

    To become broken or crumbled into small pieces.

تَفَتَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to crumble, break apartboth

    To break apart into small pieces; it signifies the state of being broken.

فُتَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    crumbs, fragmentsboth

    What has been crushed or broken off; the fragments of something.

فَتٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    crack, fissureclassical

    A crack or fissure, particularly in a rock.

فُتُوتnoun
  1. 1.
    cracks, fissuresclassical

    Plural of 'فتّ' (fat), referring to cracks or fissures in rocks.

  2. 2.
    crumbled thingsclassical

    Things that have been crushed or broken.

تَفَتُّتnoun
  1. 1.
    crumbling, breaking apartboth

    The act or state of crumbling or breaking into pieces.

انْفِتَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    breaking, fractureclassical

    The act or state of being broken or fractured.

فَتَّ في عَضُدِهِverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to weaken, demoralizeboth

    To weaken or demoralize someone, to undermine their strength or resolve.

فَتَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    lump of datesclassical

    A compact mass or lump, specifically of dates.

  2. 2.
    dung pelletclassical

    A piece of dung or droppings, often placed under the wrist when playing backgammon.

فَتَّتَ الراعي إِبِلَهُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to turn back camels from waterclassical

    When a shepherd turns his camels back from the water source without letting them drink their fill.

Parallel reading

فت الشيء يفته فتا، وفتته: دقه.
He crushed the thing, crushing it, crushing it: he ground it.
وقيل: فته كسره؛ وقيل: كسره بأصابعه.
And it was said: he broke it; and it was said: he broke it with his fingers.
الفَتُّ أن تأخذ الشيء بإصبعك، فتصيره فتاتا أي دقاقا، فهو مفتوت وفتيت.
The 'fat' is that you take a thing with your finger, and turn it into 'fataatan' (crumbs), meaning finely ground pieces; it is then 'maftoot' and 'fateet'.
وفي المثل: كفا مطلقة تفت اليرمع؛ اليرمع: حجارة بيض تفت باليد؛ وقد انفت وتفتت.
And in the proverb: 'Open hands crush the yarma''; the yarma' is white stones that break by hand; and they become broken and crumble.
والفتات: ما تفتت؛ وفتات الشيء: ما تكسر منه؛
And 'futaat' is what has crumbled; and the 'futaat' of a thing is what breaks off from it;
قال زهير: كأن فتات العهن، في كل منزل ... نزلن به، حب الفنا لم يحطم
Zuhayr said: As if the crumbled wool, in every place... they descended upon, were seeds of destruction not yet crushed.
قال أبو منصور: وفتات العهن والصوف ما تساقط منه.
Abu Mansur said: And the 'futaat' of wool and hair is what falls off from it.
والفت والثت: الشق في الصخرة، وهي الفتوت والثتوت.
And 'al-fat' and 'al-thatt' is the crack in the rock, and they are 'al-futoot' and 'al-thatoot'.
والتفتت: التكسر.
And 'al-tafattut' is the breaking apart.
والانفتات: الانكسار.
And 'al-infitat' is the breaking.
والفتيت والفتوت: الشيء المفتوت، وقد غلب على ما فت من الخبز؛
And 'al-fateet' and 'al-futoot' are the crushed thing, and it has become dominant for what is crushed of bread;
وفي التهذيب: إلا أنهم خصوا الخبز المفتوت بالفتيت.
And in Al-Tahdheeb: Except that they have specialized 'al-fateet' for crushed bread.
والفتيت: الشيء يسقط فيتقطع ويتفتت.
And 'al-fateet' is the thing that falls and breaks and crumbles.
وكلمه بشيء ففت في ساعده أي أضعفه وأوهنه.
And he spoke to him about something, and it weakened his arm, meaning it weakened and debilitated him.
ويقال: فت فلان في عضدي، وهد ركني.
And it is said: So-and-so weakened my arm, and broke my support.
والفتة: الكتلة من التمر.
And 'al-fatta' is a lump of dates.
الفراء: أولئك أهل بيت فت وفت وفت إذا كانوا منتشرين، غير مجتمعين.
Al-Farra': Those are people of a dispersed household, scattered, not gathered.
ابن الأعرابي: فتفت الراعي إبله إذا ردها عن الماء، ولم يقصع صوارها.
Ibn Al-A'rabi: The shepherd 'fatfat's' his camels if he turns them back from the water, and does not let their young drink.
والفتة: بعرة، أو روثة مفتوتة، توضع تحت الزند عند القدح.
And 'al-fatta' is a dung pellet, or a crushed droppings, placed under the wrist when playing (backgammon).
الجوهري: الفتة ما يفت ويوضع تحت الزند.
Al-Jawhari: 'Al-fatta' is what is crushed and placed under the wrist.