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فلطس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes broadness or wideness, particularly related to the nose or the head of a camel's hump. It also extends to describe the dung of a pig's snout.

Derived headwords

الفَلْطاسnoun
  1. 1.
    Broad hump headclassical

    The broad part of a camel's hump, specifically its head.

الفَلْطوسnoun
  1. 1.
    Broad hump headclassical

    The broad part of a camel's hump, specifically its head.

فَلْطوسnoun
  1. 1.
    Broad hump headclassical

    The broad part of a camel's hump, specifically its head.

فَلْطاسnoun
  1. 1.
    Broad hump headclassical

    The broad part of a camel's hump, specifically its head.

الفَلْطيسةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pig's snout dungclassical

    The dung found at the snout of a pig.

تفلطسverb
  1. 1.
    to widenclassical

    To become wide, referring to a nose.

Parallel reading

الفلطاس والفلطوس: الكمرة العريضة
Al-falṭās and al-falṭūs: the broad hump.
وقيل: رأس الكمرة إذا كان عريضا
And it was said: the head of the hump if it was broad.
يخبطن بالأيدي مكانا ذا غدر، ... خبط المغيبات فلاطيس الكمر
They strike with their hands a place of treachery, ... striking the broad heads of the humps.
ويقال لرأس الكمرة إذا كان عريضا: فلطوس وفلطاس.
And it is said about the head of the hump if it is broad: falṭūs and falṭās.
والفلطيسة: روثة أنف الخنزير.
And al-falṭīsah: the dung of a pig's snout.
وتفلطس أنفه: اتسع.
And his nose became wide: it widened.