فرت
1 فَرُتَ,
aor. ـُ
inf. n. فُرُوتَةٌ [said in the
M to be a
subst.], It (water,
T,
Msb) was, or became, sweet [or very sweet or most sweet (see فُرَاتٌ)]. (
T,
O,
Msb,
K.)
A2: فَرَتَ, (
M,
K,)
aor. ـِ (
M,) or ـُ (
K,)
inf. n فَرْتٌ, (
M,) He acted vitiously, or unrighteously; or committed adultery, or fornication;
syn. فَجَرَ. (
M,
K.)
A3: فَرِتَ, [
aor. ـَ He became weak in his intellect, after having possessed ample intelligence. (
IAar,
T,
O,
K.) فِرْتٌ
i. q. فِتْرٌ [The space measured by the extension of the thumb and fore finger]; (
IJ,
M,
K;) a
dial. var. of the latter word; as though formed by
transposition. (
M.) فُرَاتٌ, applied to water, (
T,
S,
M, &c.,) and فُرَاهٌ, both chaste forms, and well known, like تَابُوتٌ and تَابُوهٌ, (Towsheeh,
MF,
TA,) Sweet: (
S, O:) or very sweet: (
K:) or of the sweetest kind: (
T,
M,
L:) or that subdues thirst by its excessive sweetness: (
Bd in xxv. 55:) so called,
accord. to
Z, because it breaks the vehemence of thirst, and allays it; as though from رَفَتَ, and formed by
transposition: (
TA:) you say مَآءٌ فُرَاتٌ, (
S,
M,
O,
K,) and in a copy of the
K فِرَاتٌ also, (
TA,) and مِيَاهٌ فُرَاتٌ, (
S,
M,
O,
K,) and فِرْتَانٌ, (
M,
Msb, in copies of the
K فُرْتَانٌ, and in the
CK فَرْتَانٌ,) like غِرْبَانٌ [
pl. of غُرَابٌ], when فُرَاتٌ is pluralized, but this is rarely the case. (
Msb.)
b2: الفُرَاتُ signifies also [The Euphrates;] the river of ElKoofeh; (
S,
Mgh,
O, *
K; *) a great, celebrated river, which issues from the limits of Er-Room, then passes by the borders of Syria &c., and, after meeting with the Tigris, forms therewith one river, and pours forth into the Sea [or Gulf] of Persia. (
Msb,
TA.) And الفُرَاتَانِ is an appellation applied to [The Euphrates and Tigris; i. e.] الفُرَاتُ and دِجْلَةُ: or,
accord. to the
S [and O] الفُرَاتُ and دُجَيْلٌ [The Euphrates and Dujeyl, which latter is a branch of the Tigris]. (
TA.)
b3: Also The sea: (
M,
K:) so in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb describing pearls as found therein. (
M.) فَرْتَنَا, (
M,
K,)
accord. to Ibn-Habeeb from فَرَتَ [
q. v.], but
accord. to
Sb the ن is radical, (
M,) or الغَرْتَنَا
accord. to
IB, (
TA in art. فرتن,) The fornicatress, or adultress. (
M and
K in this art. * and in art. فرتن.) And The female slave: (
Th, and
S and
K in art. فرتن:) or so الفَرْتَنَا: and اِبْنُ الفَرْتَنَاThe son of the female slave that is a fornicatress. (
IAar,
TA in that art.) And اِبْنُ فَرْتَنَا The low, ignoble, mean, or sordid. (El-Ah wal,
IB,
TA.)
b2: Also, فَرْتَنَا, the name of A certain woman. (
M and
K in art. فرتن.)
b3: And الفَرْتَنَا The young one of the hyena. (
K in art. فرتن.)
