Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and al-Mufradat — All in One Search

فَتَلَهُ

Root: فتل

Form: 1

Full Definition

فَتَلَهُI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun فَتْلٌ; and فتّلهُ , [but this has teshdeed given to it to denote muchness of the action, or multiplicity of the objects, ] Verbal.Noun تَفْتِيلٌ; He twisted it, i. e. a thing, like as one twists a rope &c., and like as one twists a wick.
2 [Hence] one says رَجُلٌ مُحْكَمُ الفَتْلِ [A man firm, or compact, in respect of make; as though firmly twisted]. (K and TA voce مَجْدُولٌ. [See the pass. part. n. below.])
3 And فَتَلَ ذُؤَابَتَهُ, or فَتَلَ فِى ذُؤَابَتِهِ, [lit. He twisted his pendent lock of hair;] meaning he made him to turn, or swerve, from his opinion, or judgment, or sentiment, by deceiving, or deluding, him. And جَآءَ وَقَدْ فُتِلَتْ ذُؤَابَتُهُ He came, having been deceived, or beguiled, and turned from his opinion, &c. And مَا زَالَ يَفْتِلُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ وَالغَارِبِ, meaning, يَدُورُ مِنْ وَرَآءِ خَدِيعَتِهِ [i. e. He ceased not to be going about seeking, or endeavouring, after the deceiving, or beguiling, of such a one]: originating from a saying in a trad. of Ez-Zubeyr, cited and expl. voce غَارِبٌ [q. v.].
4 فَتَلَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ, or عَنْ وَجْهِهِ, means He turned him [from the object of his want, or from his way, or course], like لَفَتَهُ, from which it is [said to be] formed by transposition. And فَتَلَ وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُمْ [also] means He turned his face from them, like لَفَتَهُ.

def.2 فَتِلَتِ النَّاقَةُ, [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun فَتَلٌ, The she-camel was smooth, or sleek, and flaccid, in the skin of her armpit, it not having in it عَرْك nor حَازّ nor خَالِع [which words see in their proper arts.]. [See also فَتَلٌ below.]
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mufradat

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more