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مُفَلْطَحٌ

Root: فلطح

Full Definition

مُفَلْطَحٌ A cake of bread [expanded, and made broad, or] wide: and a thing [of any kind ] having breadth and width. حَسَكَةٌ مُفَلْطَحَةٌ occurs in a trad. [meaning A broad, or wide, head of a thistle or the like]. And رَأْسٌ مُفَلْطَحٌ means A broad, or wide, head; as also فِلْطَاحٌ .
2 إِذَا ضَنُّوا عَلَيْهِ بَالمُفَلْطَحَةِ, occurring in a trad., is expl. by El-Khattábee as meaning [If they be niggardly, to him, of] the expanded cake of bread: and it is also expl. as meaning the dirhems [or money]: or the phrase [accord. to one relation] is إِذَا ضَنُّوا عَلَيْكَ بِالمُطَلْفَحَةِ, in which both of the meanings above mentioned are assigned to the last word. (L and TA in art. طلفح.)
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