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فطحل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific, ancient time period characterized by unusual geological conditions, possibly a primordial era. It also includes a proper name.

Derived headwords

الفطحلnoun
  1. 1.
    primordial eraclassical

    A time before humanity existed, characterized by specific geological conditions.

فطحلname
  1. 1.
    Futhalboth

    A proper name of a man.

Parallel reading

الفطحل، على وزن الهزبر: زمن لم يخلق الناس فيه بعد.
Al-Futhal, on the pattern of al-hazbar: a time when people had not yet been created.
سألت أبا عبيدة عنه فقال: الأعراب تقول: إنه زمن كانت الحجارة فيه رطبة.
I asked Abu Ubaydah about it, and he said: The Bedouins say it is a time when the stones were wet.
وقد أتانا زمن الفطحل والصخر مبتل كطين الوحل
And the time of Al-Futhal has come to us, and the rock is wet like muddy clay.
فطحل بفتح الفاء: اسم رجل.
Futhal, with the fath on the fa: the name of a man.
تباعد مني فطحل إذ رأيته
Futhal kept his distance from me when I saw him
أمين فزاد الله ما بيننا بعدا
trustworthy, so may God increase the distance between us.