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فرشط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes the act of spreading one's legs wide apart, often in a posture associated with specific actions like urinating or milking. It conveys a sense of wide separation or splaying.

Derived headwords

فَرَشَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread legs wideboth

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

  2. 2.
    to splay (animal)classical

    Said of a she-camel when she spreads her legs widely for milking, or a male camel when it spreads its legs for urination.

فُرْشَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading of legsboth

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

فُرْشَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading of legsclassical

    A wide spreading of the legs.

Parallel reading

الفرشطة: أن تفرج بين رجليك قائما أو قاعدا.
Al-furshaṭah: to spread your legs apart while standing or sitting.
وهو مثل الفرشحة.
And it is like al-furshaḥah.
فرشط لما كره الفرشاط
He spread his legs wide for what he disliked the wide spreading.
يقال فرشطت الناقة، إذا تفحجت للحلب.
It is said, 'The she-camel spread her legs wide' if she splayed for milking.
وفرشط الجمل، إذا تفحج للبول.
And the camel spread its legs wide if it splayed for urination.