فتل

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root فتل (f-t-l) primarily relates to twisting, coiling, and turning. It extends to concepts of deflection, distortion, and also describes specific physical objects and conditions resulting from twisting, such as ropes, wicks, and certain animal conditions.

Derived headwords

فَتَلَverb

1.
to twistboth
To twist something, like a rope or a wick.
2.
to turn awayboth
To turn someone away from their opinion or intention; to deflect or divert them.
3.
to twist (a rope)both
To twist a rope or similar object.

فتل الشيء يفتله فتلا — He twisted the thing, twisting it with a twisting.

فَتْلnoun

1.
twistingboth
The act of twisting; a twist.
2.
twisted partclassical
That which is twisted from tree leaves, like the leaves of the tamarisk or acacia.
3.
twisted growthclassical
The part of a plant that is not a leaf but stands in its place, or that which has not spread out but is twisted like fringe.
4.
twisted limbclassical
The space between the elbows on the sides of a camel.

الفتل، بالتحريك، ما بين المرفقين عن جنبي البعير — The fatl (with harakah) is what is between the elbows on the sides of the camel.

فَتِيلnoun

1.
wickboth
The wick of a lamp, made from twisted fibers.
2.
thin ropeclassical
A thin rope made of rushes, fibers, or sinew; it can also be a ring at the junction of two parts.
3.
small amountboth
A tiny amount, often used in negation, referring to the small kernel or fiber in the date's groove.
4.
lintclassical
What comes out between the fingers when twisting them together, like lint or dirt.
5.
date pit fiberclassical
The pith or fiber found in the groove of a date pit.

وهي كالمسك الفتيل — And it is like musk al-fatil (twisted musk).

فَتِيلَةnoun

1.
wickboth
The wick of a lamp.
2.
twisted fiberboth
What you twist between your fingers.

والفتيلة: الذبالة — And al-fatilah is the wick.

مَفْتُولadjective

1.
twistedboth
Something that has been twisted.

انْفَتَلَverb

1.
to turn awayboth
To turn away or depart from something, like prayer.
2.
to be turned awayboth
To be turned away or deflected.

انفتل فلان عن صلاته أي انصرف — So-and-so turned away from his prayer, meaning he departed.

لَفَتَverb

1.
to turn awayboth
To turn someone away from their opinion or intention; to divert or twist them.
2.
to turn (face)both
To turn one's face away from people.

ولفت فلانا عن رأيه وفتله أي صرفه ولواه — And he turned so-and-so away from his opinion and twisted him, meaning he diverted and bent him.

تَفَتَّلَverb

1.
to twist oneselfclassical
To twist oneself or writhe.

وقد انفتل وتفتل — And he turned away and twisted himself.

فَتْلَةnoun

1.
podclassical
A pod of the acacia or desert thorn trees, resembling bean pods.
2.
twisted leafclassical
A single twisted piece, like twisted leaves of tamarisk or acacia.
3.
fruit of acaciaclassical
The fruit of the acacia or desert thorn.
4.
blossomclassical
The blossom of thorny trees when it has formed.
5.
tight bindingclassical
The tightness of the binding of the forearm.
6.
animal defectclassical
A defect in a camel's leg, where it bends inward at the knee and outward at the fetlock.

والفتلة: وعاء حب السلم والسمر خاصة — And al-fatlah is the pod of the acacia and desert thorn trees specifically.

أَفْتَلَverb

1.
to produce podsclassical
When acacia or desert thorn trees produce their pods.
2.
to produce blossomsclassical
To produce the blossom of thorny trees.

وقد أفتلت السلمة والسمرة — And the acacia and desert thorn have produced their pods/blossoms.

فَتَّالnoun

1.
nightingaleclassical
The nightingale bird.
2.
birdsongclassical
The song of the nightingale.

ابن الأعرابي: الفتال البلبل، ويقال لصياحه الفتل — Ibn al-A'rabi: Al-fattal is the nightingale, and its cry is called al-fatl.

فَتْلاءadjective

1.
heavy (camel)classical
A camel that is heavy, often due to a defect in its legs.
2.
bent leg (camel)classical
A camel whose leg bends inward at the knee and outward at the fetlock.

وناقة فتلاء: ثقيلة — And a fatla' camel: heavy.

Parallel reading

الفتل: لي الشيء كليك الحبل وكفتل الفتيلة.

Al-fatl: twisting a thing like twisting a rope and twisting a wick.

يقال: انفتل فلان عن صلاته أي انصرف

It is said: So-and-so turned away from his prayer, meaning he departed.

ولفت فلانا عن رأيه وفتله أي صرفه ولواه

And he turned so-and-so away from his opinion and twisted him, meaning he diverted and bent him.

وهو قلب لفت.

And it is the inversion of lafta (turning away).

وفتل وجهه عن القوم: صرفه كلفته.

And he turned his face away from the people: he diverted it as he diverted it.

فتل الشيء يفتله فتلا، فهو مفتول وفتيل، وفتله: لواه

He twisted the thing, twisting it with a twisting; it is twisted and a wick, and he twisted it: he bent it.

لونها أحمر صاف، ... وهي كالمسك الفتيل

Its color is pure red, ... and it is like musk al-fatil.

والفتيل: حبل دقيق من خزم أو ليف أو عرق أو قد يشد على العنان

And al-fatil: a thin rope made of rushes, or fiber, or sinew, or it may be tied to the reins.

وهي الحلقة التي عند ملتقى الدجزين

And it is the ring at the junction of the two shanks.

والفتيل والفتيلة: ما فتلته بين أصابعك

And al-fatil and al-fatilah: what you twist between your fingers.

وقيل: الفتيل ما يخرج من بين الإصبعين إذا فتلتهما.

And it was said: Al-fatil is what comes out from between the two fingers when you twist them.

والفتيل: السحاة في شق النواة.

And al-fatil: the pith in the groove of the date pit.

وما أغنى عنه فتيلا ولا فتلة ولا فتلة

And it did not avail him a fatil, nor a fatlah, nor a fatlah.

ولا يظلمون فتيلا

And they will not be wronged the least bit (a fatil).

والفتيلة: الذبالة.

And al-fatilah: the wick.

وما زال فلان يفتل من فلان في الذروة والغارب أي يدور من وراء خديعته.

So-and-so kept twisting/scheming against so-and-so in the hump and shoulder, meaning he was maneuvering behind his deception.

وهو مثل في المخادعة.

And it is a proverb for deception.

والفتلة: وعاء حب السلم والسمر خاصة، وهو الذي يشبه قرون الباقلا، وذلك أول ما يطلع، وقد أفتلت السلمة والسمرة.

And al-fatlah: the pod of the acacia and desert thorn trees specifically, which resembles bean pods, and that is when it first appears, and the acacia and desert thorn have produced their pods.

ألست ترعى معوتها وفتلتها؟

Were you not tending its young shoots and its pods/blossoms?

الفتلة: واحدة الفتل، وهو ما يكون مفتولا من ورق الشجر كورق الطرفاء والأثل ونحوهما

Al-fatlah: one unit of fatl, which is what is twisted from tree leaves like the leaves of the tamarisk and acacia and the like.

وقيل: الفتلة حمل السمر والعرفط، وقيل: نور العضاه إذا تعقد، وقد أفتلت إفتالا إذا أخرجت الفتلة.

And it was said: Al-fatlah is the fruit of the desert thorn and the 'urfut, and it was said: the blossom of thorny trees when it has formed, and you have produced the fatlah if you have brought out the fatlah.

الفتلة: شدة عصب الذراع.

Al-fatlah: the tightness of the binding of the forearm.

والفتل أيضا: اندماج في مرفق الناقة وبيون عن الجنب، وهو في الوظيف والفرسن عيب، ومرفق أفتل بين الفتل.

And al-fatl also: a joining in the camel's elbow and outward bending from the side; it is a defect in the pastern and hoof, and an 'aftal (bent) elbow between the fatl.

لها مرفقان أفتلان، كأنما ... أمرا بسلمى دالج متشدد

She has two 'aftalan (bent) elbows, as if... a determined traveler passed by Salma.

وناقة فتلاء: ثقيلة.

And a fatla' camel: heavy.

وناقة فتلاء إذا كان في ذراعها فتل وبيون عن الجنب

And a fatla' camel if there is in its foreleg a twist and outward bending from the side.

حرج من مرفقيها كالفتل

Constrained from its elbows like al-fatl.

فتلت الناقة فتلا إذا املس جلد إبطها فلم يكن فيه عرك ولا حاز ولا خالع وهذا إذا استرخى جلد إبطها وتبخبخ.

You twisted the camel with a twisting if the skin of its armpit became smooth and had no rubbing, nor tightness, nor looseness, and this is if the skin of its armpit relaxed and became flabby.

والفتلة: نور السمرة.

And al-fatlah: the blossom of the desert thorn.

والفتل ما لم ينبسط من النبات ولكن تفتل فكان كالهدب، وذلك كهدب الطرفاء والأثل والأرطى.

And al-fatl is what has not spread out from the plant but is twisted and becomes like fringe, and that is like the fringe of the tamarisk, acacia, and artal.

ابن الأعرابي: الفتال البلبل، ويقال لصياحه الفتل

Ibn al-A'rabi: Al-fattal is the nightingale, and its cry is called al-fatl.