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فطرش

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific bodily postures or actions, particularly in animals. It describes a splayed or spread-out stance, potentially for urination or milking.

Derived headwords

فَرَشَحَتْverb
  1. 1.
    spread legs for milkingclassical

    The she-camel spread her legs wide apart, a posture adopted when being milked.

فَرَطَشَتْverb
  1. 1.
    spread legs for urinationclassical

    The she-camel spread her legs wide apart for the purpose of urinating.

فَطَرَشَتْverb
  1. 1.
    spread legs (general)classical

    This is presented as the correct form for the action of spreading legs, potentially for urination or other purposes.

Parallel reading

فرشحت الناقة إذا تفحجت للحلب
The she-camel spread her legs wide when she spread them apart for milking.
وفرطشت للبول
And she spread her legs for urination.
هكذا قرأته في كتاب الليث
This is how I read it in Al-Layth's book.
والصواب فطرشت إلا أن يكون مقلوبا
And the correct form is 'faṭarashat', unless it is an inversion.