افطر
Root: فطر
Form: 4
Full Definition
افطرIV
He broke his fast; he breakfasted; he ate and drank after fasting; as also
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun فُطُورٌ: his fast became vitiated. افطر as quasi-pass. of فَطَّرْتُهُ is extr., like أَبْشَرَ as quasi-pass. of بَشَّرْتُهُ. You say افطر عَلَى تَمْرٍ [He breakfasted upon dates, or dried dates;] he made dates, or dried dates, his breakfast, after sunset [in Ramadán]. In the saying صُومُوا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَأَفْطِرُوا لِرُوْيَتِهِ [Fast ye after the sight of it, namely, the new moon commencing Ramadán, and break ye your fast after the sight of it, namely, the new moon commencing Showwál], the ل is in the sense of بَعْد, i. e., بَعْدَ رُؤْيَتِهِ.
2 It was time for him to break his fast: he entered upon the time of breaking his fast; like أَصْبَحَ and أَمْسَى as meaning “ he entered upon the time of morning ” and “ upon the time of evening: ” or he became in the predicament of those who break their fast, and so though he neither ate nor drank: whence the trad., أَفْطَرَ الحَاجِمُ وَٱلْمَحْجُومُ The cupper and the cupped place themselves in the predicament of those who break their fast: or it is time for the cupper and the cupped to break their fast: or it is used after the manner of a harsh expression, and an imprecation against them.
def.2 افطرهُ: see 2.
def.3 افطر الجِلْدَ: see 1.
2 It was time for him to break his fast: he entered upon the time of breaking his fast; like أَصْبَحَ and أَمْسَى as meaning “ he entered upon the time of morning ” and “ upon the time of evening: ” or he became in the predicament of those who break their fast, and so though he neither ate nor drank: whence the trad., أَفْطَرَ الحَاجِمُ وَٱلْمَحْجُومُ The cupper and the cupped place themselves in the predicament of those who break their fast: or it is time for the cupper and the cupped to break their fast: or it is used after the manner of a harsh expression, and an imprecation against them.
def.2 افطرهُ: see 2.
def.3 افطر الجِلْدَ: see 1.
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