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فتغ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes the act of crushing or flattening something underfoot. It implies a forceful treading that leads to the object being broken or spread out.

Derived headwords

فَتَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to tread upon and crushboth

    To tread upon something forcefully until it is crushed or flattened.

فَتْغًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crushing by treadingboth

    The act of treading upon something until it is crushed or flattened.

Parallel reading

فتغ الشيء يفتغه فتغا إذا وطئه حتى يتشدخ
He crushed the thing, treading upon it until it was crushed.
وهو مثل الفدغ
And it is like al-fadgh (crushing).