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فطس

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the shape and condition of the nose, specifically a flattened or broad nose. It also extends to meanings related to death, particularly a sudden or unexplained demise, and to specific objects like a pig's snout or tools.

Derived headwords

الفُطْسnoun
  1. 1.
    Broadness of the noseboth

    The condition of the bridge of the nose being broad and low, or flattened.

  2. 2.
    Flattened noseclassical

    A description of a nose that is low, flattened, and spread out.

  3. 3.
    Myrtle berriesclassical

    The berries of the myrtle plant; one is called فطسة (fatsah).

  4. 4.
    Heavy treadingclassical

    The act of treading or stepping heavily.

فَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To dieboth

    To die, especially suddenly or without an apparent illness.

فُطْسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Dyingboth

    The act of dying, as described in the verb فطس (fataṣa).

أَفْطَسadjective
  1. 1.
    Flat-nosedboth

    Having a nose that is broad, low, and flattened.

فَطْسَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Flat-nosed (female)both

    A female with a nose that is broad, low, and flattened.

الفَطْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Flattened noseclassical

    The condition of having a flattened nose, considered like a defect.

  2. 2.
    Place of flatness on noseclassical

    The specific part of the nose that is flattened.

  3. 3.
    A type of stitchclassical

    A stitch or fastening used to catch something.

  4. 4.
    Pig's snoutclassical

    The snout of a pig.

فُطَيْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pig's snoutclassical

    The snout of a pig.

  2. 2.
    Large hammer or axeclassical

    A large hammer or a large axe.

فُنْطَيْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pig's snoutclassical

    The snout of a pig, considered a variant of فطيسة (fuṭaysah).

فُطَّسnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of فطساءclassical

    The plural form for females with flat noses.

فَاطِسadjective
  1. 1.
    Deadboth

    One who has died, particularly from an unseen cause.

طافِسadjective
  1. 1.
    Deadclassical

    One who has died, similar to فاطس (fāṭis).

فُطُوسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Dyingboth

    The act of dying, as in the verb فطس (fataṣa).

فُطَيْسnoun
  1. 1.
    Large hammer or axeclassical

    A large hammer or a large axe.

فَطْسnoun
  1. 1.
    Myrtle berriesclassical

    The berries of the myrtle plant.

فَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To dieboth

    To die, especially suddenly or without an apparent illness.

طَفَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To dieclassical

    To die, similar to فطس (fataṣa).

فَطِسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pig's snoutclassical

    The snout of a pig.

Parallel reading

الفطس: عرض قصبة الأنف وطمأنينتها
Al-fuṭs: the breadth and lowliness of the bridge of the nose.
وقيل: الفطس، بالتحريك، انخفاض قصبة الأنف وتطامنها وانتشارها
And it was said: Al-faṭs, with harakat, is the lowering, flattening, and spreading of the bridge of the nose.
والاسم الفطسة لأنها كالعاهة
And the noun is al-faṭsah because it is like a defect.
وقد فطس فطسا، وهو أفطس، والأنثى فطساء
And he died a death (faṭasa faṭsan), and he is afṭas (flat-nosed), and the female is faṭsā' (flat-nosed).
تقاتلون قوما فطس الأنوف
You will fight a people with flat noses.
الفطس: انخفاض قصبة الأنف وانفراشها
Al-faṭs: the lowering and spreading of the bridge of the nose.
وفي الحديث في صفة تمرة العجوز: فطس خنس أي صغار الحب لاطئة الأقماع
And in the hadith describing the old woman's date: faṭs khunas, meaning small seeds with attached pits.
والفطيسة والفنطيسة: خطم الخنزير
And al-fuṭaysah and al-funṭaysah: the snout of the pig.
ويقال لخطم الخنزير: فطسة
And the snout of the pig is called faṭsah.
الفطيس، مثال الفسيق: المطرقة العظيمة والفأس العظيمة
Al-fuṭays, like al-fusayq: the great hammer and the great axe.
والفطس: حب الآس، واحدته فطسة
And al-faṭs: the berries of the myrtle, its singular is faṭsah.
وفطس يفطس فطوسا إذا مات
And faṭasa yafṭisu fuṭūsan if he dies.
وقيل: مات من غير داء ظاهر
And it was said: he died without an apparent illness.
وطفس أيضا: مات، فهو طافس وفاطس
And ṭafasa also: he died, so he is ṭāfis and fāṭis.
تترك يربوع الفلاة فاطسا
You leave the desert jerboa dead.
والفطسة، بالتسكين: خرزة يؤخذ بها
And al-faṭsah, with sukun: a bead by which something is taken.
أخذته بالفطسة ... بالثؤبا والعطسة
I took it with the faṭsah... with the wart and the sneeze.
جمعن من قبل لهن وفطسة ... والدردبيس، مقابلا في المنظم
They gathered before them a faṭsah... and the dardabis, corresponding in the arrangement.