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ف ر ط ش

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a specific posture or movement, particularly related to a female camel preparing to urinate. It is noted as an obscure or possibly erroneous form by lexicographers.

Derived headwords

فَرَطَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread legs for urinationclassical

    The verb describes a female camel spreading its hind legs wide apart, a posture associated with urination.

تَفَحَّجَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread legs wideclassical

    This verb describes the action of spreading the legs wide apart, used here in the context of a camel's posture for urination.

فَطَرَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread legs for urination (corrected form)classical

    This is presented as the correct or more likely form of the verb describing a female camel spreading its legs for urination, as opposed to 'فرطش'.

Parallel reading

فرطشت الناقة للبول، إذا تفحجت
The she-camel spread its legs for urination, if it spread them wide.
نقله الليث
Al-Layth transmitted it.
قال الأزهري: هكذا قرأته في كتابه
Al-Azhari said: Thus I read it in his book.
والصواب: فطرشت
And the correct form is: فطرشت (fatrasha).
إلا أن يكون مقلوبا
Unless it is an inversion.
وقد أهمله الجماعة
And the group (of lexicographers) neglected it.