فتيل

See also: فتیل

Arabic

Root
ف ت ل (f-t-l)

Adjective

فَتِيل • (fatīl)

  1. twisted

Declension

Noun

فَتِيل • (fatīl) m (plural فَتِيلَات (fatīlāt) or فَتَائِل (fatāʔil))

  1. any slender cord
  2. fuse, wick
    Synonym: فَتِيلَة (fatīla)
  3. (botany) integument, pellicle (as of the date-stone)

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: فتیل (fetil), فتیله (fetile)

References

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