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الفت

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of breaking, crushing, and fragmenting small objects. It extends to meanings of weakness, small scattered pieces, and even refers to specific types of animal droppings and dispersed people.

Derived headwords

فَتَّverb
  1. 1.
    to crushboth

    To break into small pieces or powder by rubbing or pressing with the fingers.

  2. 2.
    to breakboth

    To break or split something, particularly a rock.

فَتّnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingboth

    The act of crushing or breaking into small pieces, especially with the fingers.

  2. 2.
    splittingboth

    A split or crack, particularly in a rock.

فَتِيتnoun
  1. 1.
    crumbsboth

    What has been crushed or broken into small pieces.

فَتُوتnoun
  1. 1.
    crumbsboth

    What has been crushed or broken into small pieces; similar to فَتِيت.

فُتَّverb
  1. 1.
    to weakenclassical

    To weaken someone's arm or strength.

فُتَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    fragmentsboth

    Small pieces or fragments that have broken off from something.

فُتَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    dung pelletboth

    A dry pellet of animal dung, especially from sheep or goats.

  2. 2.
    lump of datesboth

    A compact mass or lump, particularly of dates.

فَتْفَتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    insufficient drinkingclassical

    The act of camels drinking water but not to their fill, leaving them still thirsty.

فَتَافِتnoun
  1. 1.
    whispersclassical

    Secret matters or whispers that are not clearly heard or understood.

أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ فَتٍّphrase
  1. 1.
    dispersed familyclassical

    A family or household that is scattered or dispersed.

Parallel reading

الدق والكسر بالأصابع
The crushing and breaking with the fingers.
والشق في الصخرة
And the split in the rock.
والفتيت والفتوت: المفتوت
And al-fatīt and al-futūt: what has been crushed.
فت في ساعده: أضعفه
Fa-ta fī sāʿidih: it weakened him.
والفتات: ما تفتت
And al-futāt: what has crumbled.
والفتة، ويضم: بعرة (يابسة)
And al-fittah, and it can be pronounced with damma: a (dry) dung pellet.
تفت ويقدح فيها
It is crushed and struck within it.
والكتلة من التمر
And a lump of dates.
والفتفتة: أن تشرب الإبل دون الري
And al-fatfatat: that camels drink without quenching their thirst.
وبينهم فتافت، أي: سرار لا يسمع ولا يفهم
And between them are futāfit, meaning: secrets that are not heard nor understood.
وأهل بيت فت، مثلثة الفاء: منتشرون
And the people of a dispersed household, with the fā' pronounced in three ways: they are scattered.