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فرشط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes actions related to spreading out, stretching, or reclining, often with a sense of relaxation or awkwardness. It applies to both humans and animals, detailing postures of sitting, lying down, or preparing for specific actions like milking or urinating. It can also denote stretching or extending something.

Derived headwords

فَرَشَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread outboth

    To spread one's legs wide apart while standing or sitting.

  2. 2.
    to reclineclassical

    For a camel to lie down in a relaxed manner, spreading its limbs.

  3. 3.
    to stretchclassical

    To stretch or extend something.

  4. 4.
    to spread legsclassical

    For a man to spread his buttocks on the ground and rest his legs.

  5. 5.
    to spread legs (animal)classical

    For a she-camel to spread her legs for milking, or a male camel to spread them for urinating.

فَرْشَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading legsboth

    The act of spreading one's legs wide apart while standing or sitting.

  2. 2.
    spreading legs (animal)classical

    The posture of a she-camel spreading her legs for milking or a male camel for urinating.

  3. 3.
    spreading outclassical

    The act of a camel lying down in a relaxed, spread-out manner.

  4. 4.
    stretchingclassical

    The act of stretching or extending something.

فِرْشَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    spreadingclassical

    The act of spreading out or stretching.

Parallel reading

فَرَشَّطَ الرَّجُلُ فَرْشَطَةً: أَلْصَقَ أَلْيَتَيْهِ بِالْأَرْضِ وَتَوَسَّدَ سَاقَيْهِ.
The man spread himself out with a farshaṭah: he stuck his buttocks to the ground and rested his legs.
وَفَرَشَّطَ الْبَعِيرُ فَرْشَطَةً وَفِرْشَاطًا: بَرَكَ بُرُوكًا مُسْتَرْخِيًا فَأَلْصَقَ أَعْضَادَهُ بِالْأَرْضِ.
And the camel reclined with a farshaṭah and firshāṭ: it lay down relaxed, sticking its limbs to the ground.
وَقِيلَ: هُوَ أَنْ يَنْتَشِرَ، بُرُوكُ الْبَعِيرِ عِنْدَ الْبُرُوكِ.
And it was said: it is to spread out, the camel's reclining when it lies down.
وَفَرَشَّطَتِ النَّاقَةُ إِذَا تَفَحَّجَتْ لِلْحَلْبِ.
And the she-camel spread her legs if she spread them for milking.
وَفَرَشَّطَ الْجَمَلُ إِذَا تَفَحَّجَ لِلْبَوْلِ.
And the male camel spread his legs if he spread them for urinating.
وَالْفَرْشَطَةُ: أَنْ تُفَرِّجَ رِجْلَيْكَ قَائِمًا أَوْ قَاعِدًا.
And al-farshaṭah: is to spread your legs apart while standing or sitting.
وَالْفَرْشَطَةُ: بِمَعْنَى الْفَرْحَجَةِ.
And al-farshaṭah: means spreading apart.
وَفَرَشَّطَ الشَّيْءَ وَفَرَشَّطَ بِهِ: مَدَّهُ
And he stretched the thing and stretched with it: he extended it.
فَرَشَّطَ لَمَّا كَرِهَ الْفِرْشَاطَ ... بِفِيشَةٍ، كَأَنَّهَا مِلْطَاط
He stretched out when he disliked the spreading... with a wide opening, as if it were sticky.
وَفَرَشَّطَ اللَّحْمَ: شَرْشَرَهُ.
And he slit the meat: he cut it into strips.
الْفَرْشَطَةُ بَسْطُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ فِي الرُّكُوبِ مِنْ جَانِبٍ وَاحِدٍ.
Al-farshaṭah is spreading the legs while riding from one side.