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فَتَّ

Root: فت

Form: 1

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فَتَّI , Present.T فَتُتَ Verbal.Noun فَتٌّ, He crumbled a thing, or broke it into small pieces, with his fingers: or he broke with his fingers: or [simply] he broke a thing: or he bruised, or brayed, a thing: and , Verbal.Noun تَفْتِيتٌ, signifies the same; or [rather] he broke [a thing, or crumbled it with his fingers,] much. You say of a man, فَتَّ الخُبْزَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above; and ; He crumbled the bread with his fingers.
2 [Hence,] one says, ذَا مِمَّا يَفُتُّ كَبِدِى [lit. This is of what crumbles, or crushes, my liver; like as we say, “ of what breaks my heart ”].
3 And كَلَّمَهُ بِشَىْءٍ فَفَتَّ فِى سَاعِدِهِ He told him, or spoke to him, of a thing, and it [crushed, or] weakened, or enervated, him. And فَتَّ فِى عَضُدِى وَهَدَّ رُكْنِى He broke my strength, and dispersed, or separated, my assistants. And فَتَّ فِى عَضُدِ فُلَانٍ i. e. فِى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ He sought to injure such a one by diminishing, or impairing, [in number or power,] the people of his house. (T, O. [See also art. عضد.]) The verb in this phrase is also used in the pass. form.
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