Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

فَتِيتٌ

Root: فت

Full Definition

فَتِيتٌ i. q. [i. e. Crumbled, or broken into small pieces, with the fingers: or broken with the fingers: or simply broken: or bruised, or brayed]; as also فَتُوتٌ .
2 And particularly, and so فَتُوتٌ , Crumbled bread, like سَوِيق. فَتِيتَةٌ has a more special signification than فَتِيتٌ, [being a n. un., meaning A mess of crumbled bread,] and is said to be eaten by a woman in order that she may become fat.
3 And فَتِيتٌ signifies also A thing that falls, and becomes crumbled, or breaks off.


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