ف ط ر س

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a proper name, 'Fatrūs', and its derivatives, which are associated with a specific river in historical Palestine. The entry details the river's location, its significance in historical battles, and mentions poetic references to it.

Derived headwords

فُطْرُسname

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Fatrūsclassical
A proper name, likely of a person, from which the name of a river is derived.

نهر فطرسname

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Nahr Fatrūsclassical
A river mentioned in classical Arabic poetry and historical accounts, located near Ramla in Palestine.

أبي فطرسname

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Abi Fatrūsclassical
An alternative and more common name for the river Nahr Fatrūs, meaning 'the father of Fatrūs'.

Parallel reading

فطرس، بالضم، أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان، وهو اسم رجل، ومنه نهر فطرس، هكذا أورده أبو تمام في أشعاره، وكذا أبو نواس، حيث قال:

Fatrūs, with dammah, was neglected by Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan. It is a man's name, and from it comes Nahr Fatrūs. This is how Abu Tammam mentioned it in his poetry, and so did Abu Nuwas, when he said:

وأصبحن قد فوزن من نهر فطرس ... وهن على البيت المقدس زور

And they became victorious from the river Fatrūs... while they are visiting the Holy House.

ويقال: نهر أبي فطرس، وهذا هو المشهور، وهذا النهر قرب الرملة من أرض فلسطين، مخرجه من جبل قرب نابلس، ويصب في البحر الملح بين مدينتي أرسوف ويافا،

And it is said: Nahr Abi Fatrūs, and this is the famous name. This river is near Ramla in the land of Palestine. Its source is from a mountain near Nablus, and it empties into the Salt Sea between the cities of Arsuf and Jaffa.

به كانت وقعة عبد الله بن علي بن عبد الله بن عباس ببني أمية، فقتلهم في سنة،

Near it was the battle of Abdullah bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Abbas against the Umayyads, where he killed them in a certain year.

ورثاهم عبد الله العبلي مولاهم في قصائد منها:

And Abdullah Al-Abili, their freedman, mourned them in poems, including:

وبالزابيين نفوس ثوت ... وأخرى بنهر أبي فطرس

And by the Zab rivers souls perished... and others by the river Abi Fatrūs.

أولئك قوم أناخت بهم ... نوائب من زمن متعس

Those are people whom misfortunes from a difficult time have made to kneel.

وقال المهلبي: ويقال: إنه ما التقى عليه عسكران إلا هزم المغربي منهما.

And Al-Muhallabi said: It is said that whenever two armies met there, the one from the West was defeated.