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فَتَلٌ

Root: فتل

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فَتَلٌ an Verbal.Noun of فَتِلَت [q. v.] said of a she-camel. [It is also expl. as signifying] Wideness between the elbows and sides of a she-camel: or a state of firm, or concealed, insertion, (اِنْدِمَاجٌ,) in the elbow of a camel, and its being apart from the side; as also فَتْلٌ : (M: [thus in the TT as from the M; being there written فَتَْل:]) this [or rather the like of this] in the shank and foot of the camel is a fault.
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