الفِطَحْلُ
Root: فطحل
Full Definition
الفِطَحْلُ
, and accord. to the expositors of the Fs, الفَطَحْلُ also, [or زَمَنُ
الفَطَحْلِ,] A [or the] time in which mankind had not as yet been created (لَمْ يُخْلَقْ فِيهِ بَعْدُ): or the time of Noah: or a [or the] time in which the stones were moist, or soft: thus said Ru-beh, when asked respecting it; and thus the Arabs of the desert accord. to AO: a poet said,
2 And فِطَحْلٌ also signifies A torrent.
3 And A camel large, big, or bulky.
4 And Plump and big.
[In the time of the فطحل, when the stones were moist, or soft]: and El-'Ajjáj is related to have said, or, correctly, Ru-beh, as in the O, or Ru-beh Ibn-El-'Ajjáj, in replying to a woman whom he desired to take to wife, and who had asked him what was his age, and what was his property, &c.,زَمَنَ الفِطَحْلِ إِذَاالسِّلَامُ رِطَابُ
[And I said, If I were made to live the life of the new-born young one of the dabb , or the life of Noah in the time of the fitahl, when the rocks were moist like the clay of the mire, I should become the pledge of a grave or of slaughter]: (S, * O, TA: but the last has هَرَمٍ in the place of جَدَثٍ:) and one says, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ زَمَنَ الفِطَحْلِ [That was in the time of the fitahl]; a prov., in which the last word is said to have the first, or the third, of the meanings expl. in this art.; and which is said of a thing that happened long ago; and أَتَيْتُكَ عَامَ الفِطَحْلِ, and الهِدَمْلَةِ, expl. by AHn as meaning [I came to thee] in the time [or year] of abundance of herbage, and of food and drink.فَقُلْتُ لَوْ عُمِّرْتُ عُمْرَ الحِسْلِ أَوْ عُمْرَ نُوحٍ زَمَنَ الفِطَحْلِ وَالصَّخْرُ مُبْتَلٌّ كَطِينِ الوَحْلِ صِرْتُ رَهِينَ جَدَثٍ أَوْ قَتْلِ
2 And فِطَحْلٌ also signifies A torrent.
3 And A camel large, big, or bulky.
4 And Plump and big.
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