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فطم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of weaning, separating a young one from its mother, or severing something from its source or habit. It extends to cutting or breaking things and implies a decisive separation or cessation.

Derived headwords

فَطَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to weanboth

    To separate a child or young animal from its mother's milk or care.

  2. 2.
    to break (a habit)both

    To cause someone to cease or abandon a long-standing habit or custom.

  3. 3.
    to cut offclassical

    To sever or cut something, like a rope or connection.

فِطَامnoun
  1. 1.
    weaning from its motherboth

    weaning from its mother

فِطَامُ الصَّبِيِّ: فَصَالُهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ — The weaning of a child: its separation from its mother.
فَطِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    a weaned childboth

    a weaned child

والصَّبِيُّ فَطِيمٌ — and the child is weaned.
فُطُمnoun
  1. 1.
    weaned onesclassical

    The plural of a weaned child or animal.

والجَمْعُ فُطُمٌ مِثْلُ سَرِيرٍ وسُرُرٍ — and the plural is 'futum' like 'sarir' and 'surur'.
فَاطِمadjective
  1. 1.
    weaning (female camel)classical

    A female camel whose young has reached a year of age and is weaned.

نَاقَةٌ فَاطِمٌ، إِذَا بَلَغَ حِوَارُهَا سَنَةً فَفُطِمَ — A she-camel that is 'fāṭim', when her young reaches a year and is weaned.
فَطَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to cutclassical

    To sever or cut something, such as a rope or a connection.

فَطَمْتُ الحَبْلَ: قَطَعْتُهُ — I cut the rope: I severed it.

Parallel reading

فِطَامُ الصَّبِيِّ: فَصَالُهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ
The weaning of a child: its separation from its mother.
يُقَالُ: فَطَمَتِ الأُمُّ وَلَدَهَا
It is said: the mother weaned her child.
والصَّبِيُّ فَطِيمٌ
and the child is weaned.
والجَمْعُ فُطُمٌ مِثْلُ سَرِيرٍ وسُرُرٍ
and the plural is 'futum' like 'sarir' and 'surur'.
وفَطَمْتُ الرَّجُلَ عَنْ عَادَتِهِ
And I broke the man of his habit.
نَاقَةٌ فَاطِمٌ، إِذَا بَلَغَ حِوَارُهَا سَنَةً فَفُطِمَ
A she-camel that is 'fāṭim', when her young reaches a year and is weaned.
مِنْ كُلِّ كَوْمَاء السَّنَامِ فَاطِمٍ تَشْحَى بِمُسْتَنِّ الذُّنُوبِ الرَّاذِمِ
From every camel with a high hump, a weaned one, eager for the source of the flowing blood.
شِدْقَيْنِ فِي رَأْسٍ لَهَا صَلَادِمٍ
Two jaws in a head of hers, hard.
فَطَمْتُ الحَبْلَ: قَطَعْتُهُ
I cut the rope: I severed it.