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فلطح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the concept of being wide, broad, or flattened. It is applied to physical objects like heads, loaves of bread, and even shoes, indicating a stretched or expanded form. It can also refer to a place.

Derived headwords

مُفَلْطَحadjective
  1. 1.
    wideboth

    Describing something that is wide and broad, having a flattened appearance.

  2. 2.
    flattenedboth

    Referring to something that has been spread out or flattened, like a thin loaf of bread or a shoe sole.

فَلَطَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to flattenboth

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

فَلْطَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    breadclassical

    A thin, wide loaf of bread, often described as flattened or spread out.

مُفَلْطَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thin breadclassical

    A thin, wide piece of bread or a flatbread.

  2. 2.
    coinsclassical

    Refers to coins, specifically thin, flattened ones.

فَلْطَاحadjective
  1. 1.
    wideclassical

    Very wide or broad, similar to 'farTaH'.

فَلْطَاحname
  1. 1.
    Faltahclassical

    A place name.

Parallel reading

رأس مفلطح وفلطاح: عريض
A wide and broad head: wide.
وكل شيء عرضته، فقد فلطحته وفرطحته
And anything you widen, you have flattened and spread it.
فرطح القرص وفلطحه إذا بسطه
He flattened the disc and spread it out if he flattened it.
ورأسه ... كالقرص فلطح من طحين شعير
And its head... like a disc flattened from barley flour.
رغيف مفلطح: واسع
A wide loaf of bread: spacious.
عليه حسكة مفلطحة لها شوكة عقيفة
Upon it is a wide thorn with a hooked spine.
المفلطح: الذي فيه عرض واتساع
Al-MufaltaH: that which has width and spaciousness.
فلطحتم نعالكم
And you flattened your sandals.
فضحتم القراء فضحكم الله
You disgraced the reciters, may God disgrace you.
إذا ضنوا عليك بالمفلطحة
If they are stingy with you regarding the MufaltaHah.
هي الرقاقة التي قد فلطحت أي بسطت
It is the thin piece that has been flattened, meaning spread out.
فلطاح: موضع
Faltah: a place.