ف ط ر

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of splitting, breaking, creating, and innate disposition. It extends to meanings of initiating, inventing, and the natural state of things, including religious observance and the breaking of fasts.

Derived headwords

فِطْرnoun

1.
vegetationclassical
That which sprouts or splits from the ground, referring to plants.

فِطْرَةnoun

1.
innate dispositionboth
The natural, inherent disposition or constitution of a thing or person.
2.
innovationclassical
The act of originating or inventing something new.
3.
traditionclassical
A customary practice or established way, often referring to religious or social norms.

افتطرverb

1.
to innovateclassical
To originate or invent something, to bring something into existence.

فَطَرَverb

1.
to splitboth
To cause something to split or break open.
2.
to break (fast)both
To break one's fast.
3.
to createclassical
To originate or create something.

فَطْرnoun

1.
breaking (fast)both
The act of breaking one's fast.
2.
pinchingclassical
The act of pinching or squeezing.

فَطِيرadjective

1.
unleavenedclassical
Bread that is not leavened.
2.
unripeclassical
Referring to an opinion or idea that is not fully developed or mature.
3.
unseasonedclassical
Referring to a whip that is not softened by tanning.

مُفْطِرnoun

1.
one who breaks fastboth
A person who breaks their fast.

فَطْرَةnoun

1.
breaking (fast)both
The act of breaking one's fast.

فِطْرِيّadjective

1.
innateboth
Natural, inherent, belonging to one's disposition.

فَطَّرَverb

1.
to cause to break fastclassical
To provide food for someone to break their fast.

فِطْرَةname

1.
Futraclassical
A female given name, possibly referring to a tribe or a specific individual.

فِطْرname

1.
Fatrclassical
A male given name, borne by several narrators and scholars.

الفطريname

1.
Al-Fatriclassical
A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from a place or lineage associated with the root 'f-t-r', or possibly a nickname.

Parallel reading

والفطر، بالضم: ما تفطر من النبات.

And al-fitr, with damma, is what sprouts from the vegetation.

والفطرة، بالكسر: الإبتداع والاختراع.

And al-fitra, with kasra, is innovation and invention.

وافتطر الأمر: ابتدعه.

And he innovated the matter: he originated it.

والفطرة: السنة.

And al-fitra: the tradition/sunnah.

وجبار القلوب على فطراتها.

And He compels hearts according to their innate dispositions.

وفطر أصابعه فطرا: غمزها.

And he pinched his fingers with a pinching.

وفطرت إصبع فلان، أي ضربتها فانفطرت دما.

And so-and-so's finger was struck, meaning I struck it and it split, bleeding.

شر الرأي الفطير، وهو مجاز.

The worst opinion is the unripe one, and this is metaphorical.

ويقال: رأيه فطير ولبه مستطير.

And it is said: his opinion is unripe and his intellect is far-reaching.

والفطير من السياط: المحرم الذي يمرن بدباغه.

And the unseasoned whip is the one not softened by its tanning.

وهذا كلام يفطر الصوم، أي يفسده.

And this is speech that breaks the fast, meaning it invalidates it.

وبالكسر: فطر بن حماد بن واقد البصري، وفطر بن خليفة، وفطر بن محمد العطار الأحدب، محدثون.

And with kasra: Fatr bin Hammad bin Waqid al-Basri, Fatr bin Khalifa, and Fatr bin Muhammad al-Attar al-Ahdab, were traditionists.

وفطرة، بالضم: قال ابن حبيب: في طيئ.

And Futra, with damma: Ibn Habib said: it is in Tayyi'.

ومحمد بن موسى الفطري المدني شيخ لقتيبة، وآخرون.

And Muhammad bin Musa al-Fatri al-Madani was a shaykh to Qutaybah, and others.