فرطح

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being wide, broad, or flattened. It describes things that are spread out or have a wide surface, often in a somewhat unrefined or coarse manner.

Derived headwords

مُفَرْطَحadjective

1.
wide, broadboth
Describing something that is wide or broad, particularly in its surface area.

فَرْطَحَverb

1.
to flatten, to spread outclassical
To make something wide, broad, or flattened; to spread it out.

فَرْطَحَةnoun

1.
flattening, spreadingclassical
The act or state of being flattened or spread out.

فَلَطَحَverb

1.
to flatten, to spread outclassical
To flatten or spread something out, similar to 'فرطح'.

فَلْطَحَةnoun

1.
flattening, spreadingclassical
The act or state of being flattened or spread out, similar to 'فرطحة'.

Parallel reading

رأس مفرطح أي عريض.

A wide head means broad.

وفرطح القرص وفلطحه إذا بسطه

And he flattened the disc and spread it out if he flattened it.

خلقت لهازمه عزين، ورأسه ... كالقرص فرطح من طحين شعير

Its jawbones were created in clusters, and its head... like a disc flattened from barley flour.

صوابه فلطح، باللام

Its correction is 'falṭaḥa', with a lam.

ويدير عينا للوداع، كأنها ... سمراء طاحت من نقيص برير

And he rolls an eye for farewell, as if it were... a dark-skinned woman who fell from Burayr's pouch.

وكأن شدقيه، إذا استقبلته، ... شدقا عجوز مضمضت لطهور

And as if his jaws, when you face him, ... were the jaws of an old woman who rinsed for ablution.

وكل شيء عرضته فقد فرطحته.

And anything you have made wide, you have flattened it.