فَتْلَةٌ
Root: فتل
Full Definition
فَتْلَةٌ
[as an Verbal.Noun un., A twisting.
2 And hence, app.,
3 And A twist.
4 And particularly A twisted slip, formed by slitting, of the ear of a she-camel. (See 4 in art. دبر, in the last quarter of the paragraph.)
5 And, as used in the present day, A needleful of thread.
6 Also] The seed-vessel of the سَلَم and of the سَمُر, peculiarly, resembling the pods of the bean, when they first come forth. And The blossom of the سَمُرَة: or the fruit of the سَمُر and of the عُرْفُط: or the blossom of the [kind of trees called] عِضَاه, when it has become compactly organized: or it signifies also, and so does فَتَلَةٌ , or peculiarly this latter, بالتَّحْرِيكِ, as AHn says on the authority of some one or more of the relaters, the fruit (بَرَمَة) of the عُرْفُط, because its filaments, or fringe-like appertenances, are as though they were cotton, and it is white, like the button of the shirt, or somewhat larger: or it signifies one of what are termed فَتْلٌ , which means what are [as though they were] twisted, of the وَرَق [properly signifying leaves of simple and common kinds] of trees, such as the ورق of the [tamarisks called] طَرْفَآء and أَثْل and the like; or, as AHn says, this word فَتْلٌ signifies what are not وَرَق, but are substitutes for these: and, as some say, what do not expand, of [the appertenances of] plants, but are [as though they were] twisted; so that they are like هُدْب [thus in the TT as from the M, perhaps a mistranscription for هَدَب, q. v.]; being like the هدب [i. e. هَدَب] of the طَرْفَآء and أَثْل and أَرْطى.
7 See also فَتِيلٌ, last sentence.
2 And hence, app.,
3 And A twist.
4 And particularly A twisted slip, formed by slitting, of the ear of a she-camel. (See 4 in art. دبر, in the last quarter of the paragraph.)
5 And, as used in the present day, A needleful of thread.
6 Also] The seed-vessel of the سَلَم and of the سَمُر, peculiarly, resembling the pods of the bean, when they first come forth. And The blossom of the سَمُرَة: or the fruit of the سَمُر and of the عُرْفُط: or the blossom of the [kind of trees called] عِضَاه, when it has become compactly organized: or it signifies also, and so does فَتَلَةٌ , or peculiarly this latter, بالتَّحْرِيكِ, as AHn says on the authority of some one or more of the relaters, the fruit (بَرَمَة) of the عُرْفُط, because its filaments, or fringe-like appertenances, are as though they were cotton, and it is white, like the button of the shirt, or somewhat larger: or it signifies one of what are termed فَتْلٌ , which means what are [as though they were] twisted, of the وَرَق [properly signifying leaves of simple and common kinds] of trees, such as the ورق of the [tamarisks called] طَرْفَآء and أَثْل and the like; or, as AHn says, this word فَتْلٌ signifies what are not وَرَق, but are substitutes for these: and, as some say, what do not expand, of [the appertenances of] plants, but are [as though they were] twisted; so that they are like هُدْب [thus in the TT as from the M, perhaps a mistranscription for هَدَب, q. v.]; being like the هدب [i. e. هَدَب] of the طَرْفَآء and أَثْل and أَرْطى.
7 See also فَتِيلٌ, last sentence.
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