ف ت ل

Arabic

Root

ف ت ل • (f-t-l)

1. related to twisting

Derived terms

• Form I: فَتَلَ (fatala, “to twist”)
  • Verbal noun: فَتْل (fatl)
  • Active participle: فَاتِل (fātil)
  • Passive participle: مَفْتُول (maftūl)
• Form II: فَتَّلَ (fattala, “to twist”)
  • Verbal noun: تَفْتِيل (taftīl)
  • Active participle: مُفَتِّل (mufattil)
  • Passive participle: مُفَتَّل (mufattal)
• Form IV: أَفْتَلَ (ʔaftala, “to put forth seed-pods termed فَتْلَة (fatla)”)
  • Verbal noun: إِفْتَال (ʔiftāl)
  • Active participle: مُفْتِل (muftil)
  • Passive participle: مُفْتَل (muftal)
• Form V: تَفَتَّلَ (tafattala, “to be twisted”)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَتُّل (tafattul)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَتِّل (mutafattil)
• Form VII: اِنْفَتَلَ (infatala, “to be twisted”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْفِتَال (infitāl)
  • Active participle: مُنْفَتِل (munfatil)

• فَتَّال (fattāl, “cord-maker”)
• فَتِيل (fatīl)
• فَتِيلَة (fatīla)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ف ت ل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2333–2334
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ف ت ل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 942