فطيسة

Arabic

Root
ف ط س (f-ṭ-s)

Pronunciation

  • (carcass): IPA(key): /fa.tˤiː.sa/
  • (snout): IPA(key): /fitˤ.tˤiː.sa/

Noun

فَطِيسَة • (faṭīsa) f (plural فَطَائِس (faṭāʔis))

  1. cadaver, carcass, exemplar of carrion
    Synonyms: جُثَّة (juṯṯa), جُثْمَان (juṯmān), جِيفَة (jīfa), نَعْش (naʕš)
    • 1816, Al-ʿahd al-ǧadīd al-mansūb ilā rabbinā wa-muḫallisinā ʿĪsā al-masīḥ, Al-Maṭbaʿa al-Hindīya al-Maʿrūfa, page 58:
      وأينما تكون الفطيسة هناك يجتمع النسور وستظلم السمش
      Where there is a cadaver there vultures gather and the sun darkens.

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Alternative forms

Noun

فِطِّيسَة • (fiṭṭīsa) f

  1. snout, nose and lips of a beast

Declension

Alternative forms

  • فِنْطِيسَة (finṭīsa)
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