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فتخ

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns rings, jewelry, and adornments worn on fingers and toes. It extends to meanings of looseness, flexibility, width, and length, particularly in joints, limbs, and extremities like hands and feet. It also encompasses specific objects and places.

Derived headwords

الفَتْخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ringboth

    A ring worn on the hand or foot, with or without a gemstone.

  2. 2.
    ring without a gemclassical

    Specifically, a silver ring without a gemstone.

فَتَخnoun
  1. 1.
    ringsboth

    Plural of فتخة, referring to rings worn on hands or feet.

  2. 2.
    looseness of jointsclassical

    Looseness, flexibility, and width of joints.

  3. 3.
    width of hand/footclassical

    The width and length of the palm or sole.

  4. 4.
    loose ankletclassical

    An anklet that does not jingle.

  5. 5.
    space between arm/forearmclassical

    The inner part between the upper arm and the forearm.

فُتُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    rings without gemsclassical

    Rings without gemstones, resembling hoops.

فَتَخَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    ringsboth

    Plural of فتخة, referring to rings.

فَتَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    place name

    A place name.

أَفْتَخadjective
  1. 1.
    loose-jointedclassical

    Having loose and flexible joints.

  2. 2.
    wide-handed/footedclassical

    Having a wide palm or sole.

  3. 3.
    drooping-eyedclassical

    Having eyes that appear droopy or languid.

فَتْخَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    flexible-wingedclassical

    Describing a bird of prey with flexible wings.

  2. 2.
    wide-handed/footedclassical

    Having a wide palm or sole.

  3. 3.
    long-boned, lean-leggedclassical

    Describing legs with long bones and little flesh.

  4. 4.
    raised structureclassical

    A raised wooden structure, often used by honey harvesters.

  5. 5.
    raised udder/breastsclassical

    Describing udders or breasts that are raised high.

فَتَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to loosenclassical

    To make joints loose or flexible.

  2. 2.
    to spread/relax fingersclassical

    To spread out or relax one's fingers or toes.

فَتْخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    looseningclassical

    The act of loosening or relaxing joints.

الأَفَاتِيخnoun
  1. 1.
    early truffle-like growthsclassical

    Early growths of fungi that resemble truffles.

فُتَيْخname
  1. 1.
    place name

    A place name.

Parallel reading

الفتخة والفتخة: خاتم يكون في اليد والرجل بفص وغير فص
Al-fatkha and al-fatkha: a ring that is on the hand and foot with or without a gemstone.
وكانت نساء الجاهلية يتخذنها في عشرهن
And the women of the Jahiliyyah used to wear them on their toes.
قال الشاعر: تسقط منها فتخي في كمي
A poet said: My rings fall from me into my sleeve.
وحقيقة الفتخة أن تكون في أصابع الرجلين
And the reality of the fatkha is that it is on the toes.
أن امرأة أتته وفي يدها فتخ كثيرة
That a woman came to him and in her hand were many rings.
والفتخ: كل خلخال لا يجرس
And al-fatkh: every anklet that does not jingle.
والفتخ والفتخة: باطن ما بين العضد والذراع
And al-fatkh and al-fatkha: the inner part between the upper arm and the forearm.
والفتخ: استرخاء المفاصل ولينها وعرضها
And al-fatkh: the looseness, flexibility, and width of the joints.
وعقاب فتخاء: لينة الجناح
And a fatkha' eagle: flexible-winged.
والفتخ: عرض الكف والقدم وطولهما
And al-fatkh: the width and length of the palm and the foot.
أسد أفتخ: عريض الكف
An aftakh lion: wide-pawed.
والفتخ: عرض مخالب الأسد ولين مفاصلها
And al-fatkh: the width of the lion's claws and the flexibility of their joints.
والأفتخ: اللين مفاصل الأصابع مع عرض
And al-aftakh: the flexibility of the finger joints with width.
الفتخ في الرجلين: طول العظم وقلة اللحم
Al-fatkh in the legs: length of bone and little flesh.
فتخ الرجل أصابعه فتخا وفتخها: عرضها وأرخاها
He spread his toes fatkha and spread them: widened them and relaxed them.
وكان إذا سجد جافى عضديه عن جنبيه وفتخ أصابع رجليه
And when he prostrated, he kept his upper arms away from his sides and spread his toes.
قال الأصمعي: وأصل الفتخ اللين
Al-Asma'i said: And the origin of al-fatkh is looseness.
ورجل أفتخ بين الفتخ إذا كان عريض الكف والقدم مع اللين
And a man is aftakh between al-fatkh if he is wide-pawed and wide-footed with looseness.
والفتخ في الإبل: كالطرق
And al-fatkh in camels: like the paths.
وناقة فتخاء الأخلاف: ارتفعت أخلافها قبل بطنها
And a fatkha' she-camel in the udders: her udders are raised before her belly.
والفتخاء: شيء مرتفع من خشب يجلس عليه الرجل ويكون لمشتار العسل
And al-fatkha': a raised thing of wood upon which a man sits, and it is for the honey harvester.
ويقال للفاتر الطرف: أفتخ الطرف
And the languid-eyed is called aftakh al-tarf.
والأفاتيخ من الفقوع: هناة تخرج في أوله
And al-afatih from the fungi: growths that emerge at its beginning.
فتيخ وفتاخ: دحلان بأطراف الدهناء مما يلي اليمامة
Fatiykh and Fattaakh: two caves at the edges of Al-Dahna' adjacent to Al-Yamamah.