ف ت ل

ف ت ل • (f-t-l)

1. related to twisting

• 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)

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