فطح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root 'فطح' primarily relates to the concept of wideness or breadth, particularly in the context of a head or a flat object. It extends to describe a broad head shape, the act of flattening or widening something, and by extension, certain animals and even abstract concepts like war.

Derived headwords

الفطحnoun

1.
Broadness of headboth
A wideness in the middle of the head and the bridge of the nose, causing them to stick out towards the face, likened to a broad-headed bull.

أفطحadjective

1.
Broad-headedboth
Describing a person with a broad head, characterized by wideness.
2.
Bullclassical
A bull, used as a common epithet due to its broad head.
3.
Broadboth
Describing a broad nose bridge.

تفطحverb

1.
To be broadclassical
To be wide or broad, referring to the shape of the head.

التفطيحnoun

1.
Broadeningclassical
The act or state of being broad, similar to 'al-fatḥ'.

مفطحadjective

1.
Broad-headedboth
Describing a head that is broad.

فطحتverb

1.
To flattenboth
To flatten or widen an iron object, such as a spade or hoe.

لفطحverb

1.
To flattenclassical
To flatten or widen, referring to tools like spades.

فطحهverb

1.
To make broadboth
To make something broad or wide.

مفطوحةadjective

1.
Broadenedboth
Describing something that has been made broad or wide.

فطحverb

1.
To flattenboth
To flatten or widen a stick or other object; to shape and widen it.
2.
To strikeclassical
To strike someone's back with a stick.

يفطحهverb

1.
To flattenboth
To flatten or widen a stick or other object.
2.
To strikeclassical
To strike someone's back with a stick.

مفطوحاadjective

1.
Flattenedboth
Describing something that has been flattened or shaped wide.

الفطحاءnoun

1.
Broad areaclassical
A broad, flat area, such as the flank or side of an animal.

الأفطحnoun

1.
Chameleonclassical
A chameleon, whose back turns white from the sun's heat.

فطحverb

1.
To pollinateclassical
To pollinate date palms.

Parallel reading

عرض في وسط الرأس والأرنبة حتى تلتزق بالوجه كالثور الأفطح

A wideness in the middle of the head and the bridge of the nose until it sticks to the face like a broad-headed bull.

قبضاء لم تفطح ولم تكتل

Broad-faced, neither broad-headed nor snub-nosed.

ورجل أفطح: عريض الرأس بين الفطح

And a broad-headed man: wide-headed, characterized by wideness.

والتفطيح مثله

And 'al-tafṭīḥ' is similar to it.

ورأس أفطح ومفطح: عريض

And a broad-headed and wide head: broad.

وأرنبة فطحاء

And a broad nose bridge.

ويقال: فطحت الحديدة إذا عرضتها وسويتها لمسحاة أو معزق أو غيره

And it is said: 'faṭaḥta' the iron object if you widen and flatten it for a spade, hoe, or other tool.

لفطح المساحي، أو لجدل الأداهم

For flattening the spades, or for the twisting of the dark horses.

فطحه فطحا جعله عريضا

'Faṭaḥahu faṭḥan' means to make it broad.

مفطوحة السيتين توبع بريها

With broad sides, its sharpening was continued.

وفطح العود وغيره يفطحه فطحا، وفطحه: براه وعرضه

And 'faṭaḥa' the stick and other things, 'yafṭiḥuhu faṭḥan', and 'faṭaḥahu': he shaped and widened it.

ألقى على فطحائها مفطوحا

He struck its broad part with a flattened object.

يعني السهم وقع في الرمية فجرحها ومضى وهو سليم

Meaning the arrow hit the target, wounded it, and passed through while it remained intact.

وعنى بالفطحاء الموضع المنبسط منها كالفريصة والصفح

And by 'al-fiṭḥā'' he meant the flat area of it, like the flank and the side.

وفطح ظهره يفطحه فطحا: ضربه بالعصا

And 'faṭaḥa ẓahrahu yafṭiḥuhu faṭḥan': he struck his back with a stick.

والأفطح: الحرباء الذي تصهر الشمس ظهره ولونه فيبيض من حموها

And 'al-afṭaḥ': the chameleon, whose back and color turn white from the sun's heat.

وفطح النخل: لقح «4»

And 'faṭaḥa' the date palms: to pollinate them.