أَفْطَحُ
Root: فطح
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أَفْطَحُ
A man having a broad, or wide, head. And A broad, or wide, head; as also
مُفَطَّحٌ and
مَفْطُوحٌ . And أَرْنَبَةٌ فَطْحَآءُ
A broad, or wide, end of a nose: and so قَدَمٌ [i. e. foot].
2 الأَفْطَحُ The bull: so called because of the breadth of the end of his nose: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates.
3 And The chameleon whose back and colour the sun makes to glisten so that it becomes white by reason of the heat thereof.
4 And الفَطْحَآءُ The broad, or wide, part of a bow.
def.2 Also i. q. أَفْدَعُ [q. v.].
2 الأَفْطَحُ The bull: so called because of the breadth of the end of his nose: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates.
3 And The chameleon whose back and colour the sun makes to glisten so that it becomes white by reason of the heat thereof.
4 And الفَطْحَآءُ The broad, or wide, part of a bow.
def.2 Also i. q. أَفْدَعُ [q. v.].
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