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فطء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking, crushing, and causing something to fall or be prostrated. It also extends to sexual intercourse and a physical characteristic of a camel's back.

Derived headwords

فَطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike someone on the back.

  2. 2.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a female.

  3. 3.
    to prostrateboth

    To cause someone to fall or be prostrated to the ground.

  4. 4.
    to throwboth

    To throw something, possibly with a variant using 'th'.

  5. 5.
    to crushboth

    To crush or smash something.

فَطْأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingclassical

    The act of crushing or smashing.

  2. 2.
    fallclassical

    A fall or prostration.

فَطْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    with two fatḥas, because it is like a defectboth

    with two fatḥas, because it is like a defect

أَفْطَأadjective
  1. 1.
    humpbackedclassical

    Describing a man who is humpbacked or has a prominent back.

فُطُؤٌnoun
  1. 1.
    humpbackedclassical

    The state of being humpbacked, referring to a camel whose back is naturally sunken or stooped.

فَطِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sunken-backedclassical

    Said of a camel when its back is naturally sunken or stooped.

Parallel reading

فطأه: ضربه على ظهره، مثل حطأه.
He struck him on his back, like 'haṭa'ahu'.
وفطأها: جامعها.
And he had intercourse with her.
وفطأ به الأرض: صرعه.
And he prostrated him to the ground.
وفطأ بسلحه: رمى به، وربما جاء بالثاء.
And he threw his belongings, and it might come with 'th'.
وفطأ بها: حبق.
And he was pleased with it.
وفطأت الشئ: شدخته.
And I crushed the thing.
والفطأة، الفطسة.
And 'al-faṭ'ah' is 'al-faṭsah'.
رجل أفطأ بين الفطإ.
A humpbacked man among the humpbacked ones.
وفطئ البعير، إذا تطامن ظهره خلقة.
And the camel was sunken-backed, if its back was naturally sunken.