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أَفْطَسُ

Root: فطس

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أَفْطَسُ A man having the bone of his nose wide and depressed; or depressed and ex- panded: having his nose spreading upon his face: fem. فطْسَآءُ. And it is also applied as an epithet to the nose itself [as meaning Having its bone wide and expanded; &c.]. (A in art. نفس.)
2 تَمْرَةٌ فَطْسَآءُ means A date small in the drupe, having the base cleaving [to it].
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