فطأ 1 فَطَأَهُ is like حَطَأَةُ in its [various] meanings. (K.) Like the latter it signifies He struck him on the back. (Az, S, O.) b2: And He broke it, or crushed it. (S, O, K.) b3: And فَطَأَهَا, (S, O, TA,) aor. ـَ inf. n. فَطْءٌ, (TA,) He compressed her; (S, O, TA;) namely, a woman. (TA.) b4: and فَطَأَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ He threw him down, or prostrated him, on the ground, (S, O.) b5: And (??) He cast forth his excrement, or ordure; sometimes occurring with ث; (S, O;) which is a dial. var.; or an instance of mispronunciation. (O) b6: And فَطَأَتِ الغَنَمُ بِأَوْلَادِهَا The sheep, or goats, brought forth their young ones. (S, O.) and لَعَنَ اللّٰهُ أُمَّا فَطَاتٌ بِهِ May God curse a mother who cast him forth [from her womb]: like شَطَأَتْبه. (TA in art. شطأ.) b7: And فَطِأَبِهَا He broke wind [app. with a sound; like حطَأَبها]. (S, O.) b8: فَطَأَ القَوْمَ He did to the people, or party, what they did not like. (O, K.) b9: And فَطَأَ ظَهْرَ بَعِيرِهِ He loaded his camel with a heavy burden, so that his back became hollow, or depressed. (K.)A2: فَطِئَ, aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. فَطَأٌ, (TA,) [app., i. q. فَطِسَ, i. e. He had the bone of his nose wide and depressed; or depressed and expanded; or he had his nose spreading upon his face: see فَطَأٌ below. b2: And] He had a hollow back, and a protuberant breast, or chest. (K.) b3: And فَطِئَ البَعِيرُThe camel was, by nature, low, or depressed, in his back. (S, O.)4 افطأ He copulated much, or often. (IAar, O, K.) b2: And He became ample in his state, or circumstances. (IAar, O, K.) b3: And His nature, or disposition, became evil, after having been good. (IAar, O, K.)A2: افطأهُ He fed him; gave him to eat; or gave him food. (O, K.)6 تفاطأ, (K, TA,) said of a man, (TA,) is syn. with تَقَاعَسَ [q. v.; app. in a sense similar to the senses here following]: or it signifies more than تقاعس. (K, TA.) تفاطأ عَنْهُ means He held back, or receded, from him, or it (K, * TA.)And تفاطأ عَنْهُمْ He was defeated, and retreated from them, (O, K,) after he had charged, or made an assault or attack, upon them. (O.)فَطَأٌ [mentioned above as inf. n. of فَطِئَ, and in the O erroneously written فُطَاء,] i. q. فَطَسٌ [i. e.A depression and expansion of the bone of the nose; or a spreading of the nose upon the face]; (S, * O, * K;) and ↓ فَطَأَةٌ is syn. with فَطَسَةٌ [which is a subst. signifying as above] (S, O: but in one of my copies of the S, the former of these words is written فَطْأَة; and in the O, the latter is written فَطْسَة.) b2: And Hollowness of the back, (K, TA,) or, as some say, of the middle of the back, (TA,) and protuberance of the breast, or chest; as also ↓ فَطْأَةٌ. (K, TA.)فُطْأَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.فَطَأَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.أَفْطَأُ i. q. أَفْطَسُ [i. e. Having the bone of his nose depressed and expanded; or having his nose spreading upon his face]. (S, * O, * TA.) It is said that Museylimeh the Liar was أَفْطَأ, (O,) or أَفْطَأُ الأَنْفِ: so in a trad. (TA.) b2: And Having a hollow back, and a protuberant breast, or chest. (K.) And أَفْطَأُ الظَّهْرِ A camel low, or depressed, in the back, by nature. (TA.)