فطم
1 فَطَمَهُ, (
S,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـِ (
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. فَطْمٌ, (
Msb, *
TA,) He cut it, or severed it; (
S,
Msb,
K,
TA;) namely, a rope, (
S,
Msb,
TA,) or a stick, or piece of wood, and the like. (
TA.)
b2: And فَطَمَهُ, (
K,) or فَطَمَتْهُ (
S,
Msb) said of a mother (
S) or of a suckling woman, (
Msb,)
aor. and
inf. n. as above, (
Msb,
TA,) He, (
K,) or she, (
S,
Msb,) weaned, or ablactated, him, (
S,
Msb,
K,) namely, a child, (
S,
K,) or suckling. (
Msb.) And فُطِمَتِ السَّخْلَةُ The lamb, or kid, was weaned, or ablactated. (
K.) [And in like manner one says of other animals.]
b3: and [hence, or] from the first of the significations
expl. above, (
Msb,) one says, فَطَمْتُهُ عَنْ عَادَتِهِ (
tropical:) I [weaned him, or] disengaged him, (
TA,) or withheld him, (
Msb,) namely, a man, (
S,
Msb,
TA,) [from his custom, or habit.] And لَأَفْطِمَنَّكَ عَمَّا أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ (
tropical:) [I will assuredly wean thee from the state in which thou art, or from that which thou art pursuing: or] I will assuredly cut short thy eager desire. (
TA.) 4 افطم He (a child) entered upon the time for his being weaned, or ablactated. (
Msb,
TA.) and in like manner one says of a lamb, or kid. (
IAar,
K,
TA.) 6 تفاطموا Their lambs, or kids, (بَهْمُهُمْ, [in the
CK, erroneously, بُهْمُهُمْ,]) kept to their mothers after the weaning, or ablactation; (
K,
TA;) therefore this [person] gave, or delivered, his lambs, or kids, to this; and this [person], his lambs, or kids, to this. (
TA.) 7 إِنْفَطَمَ [انفطم He (a child, or young one,) was, or became, weaned, or ablactated: commonly used in this sense in the present day.
b2: And] انفطم عَنْهُ (
tropical:) He desisted from, or left, or relinquished, him, or it. (
K,
TA.) فِطَامٌ The act of weaning, or ablactation, of a child or young one: (
S,
Msb, *
K:) a
subst. in this sense. (
K.)
A2: And [it is also,
app., an
epithet:] you say ناقة فطام [
app. نَاقَةٌ فِطَامٌ, like as you say نَاقَةٌ فَاطِمٌ,
q. v.], meaning A she-camel whose young one has been weaned from her: thus in the A. (
TA.)
b2: [And hence it seems to be used as a proper name of a woman; like فَاطِمَةُ; for it is said,] and the woman is named فِطَامٌ, like كِتَابٌ, [in form]. (
TA.) فَطِيمٌ A child weaned, or ablactated; (
S,
Msb,
K;) as also ↓ مَفْطُومٌ: (
K:)
pl. of the former فُطُمٌ, (
S,
Msb,
K,) which is of a rare form as
pl. of an
epithet of the measure فَعِيلٌ, and more particularly of such as is used in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. (
IAth,
TA.) And سَخْلَةٌ فَطِيمٌ [in the
CK فَطِيمَةٌ] and ↓ فَاطِمٌ and ↓ مَفْطُومَةٌ A lamb, or kid, weaned, or ablactated, (
K,
TA,) which is the case two months from its birth, and it ceases not to be thus termed until it becomes a جَفْر [
q. v.]. (
TA.) فَطِيمَةٌ [a
subst., rendered so by the affix ة,] A sheep, or goat, weaned, or ablactated. (
TA.) فَاطِمٌ [
act. part. n. of 1,
q. v.]
b2: [Hence,] فَاطِمَةٌ A suckling woman weaning, or ablactating, a suckling. (
Msb.) And فَاطِمٌ A she-camel whose young one has become a year old and been weaned, or ablactated. (
S,
TA.) And A she-camel that weans, or is weaning, from her, her young one. (
TA.) [See also فِطَامٌ.]
b3: [Hence,] in a
trad. cited
voce مُرْضِعٌ [
q. v.], الفَاطِمَةُ signifies (assumed
tropical:) Death. (
TA in art. رضع.)
A2: See also فَطِيمٌ.
مَفْطُومٌ; and its
fem., with ة: see فَطِيمٌ.
