فتل1 فَتَلَهُ, (S, M, O, Msb, K,) aor. ـِ (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. فَتْلٌ; (T, M, Msb;) and ↓ فتّلهُ, (M, K, TA,) [but this has teshdeed given to it to denote muchness of the action, or multiplicity of the objects, (see its pass. part. n. below,)] inf. n. تَفْتِيلٌ; (TA;) He twisted it, (T, M, K, TA,) i. e. a thing, (T, M,) like as one twists (T) a rope (T, S, O, Msb) &c., (S, O, Msb,) and like as one twists a wick. (T.) b2:  [Hence] one says رَجُلٌ مُحْكَمُ الفَتْلِ (tropical:)  [A man firm, or compact, in respect of make; as though firmly twisted]. (K and TA voce مَجْدُولٌ. [See the pass. part. n. below.]) b3:  And فَتَلَ ذُؤَابَتَهُ, (K,) or فَتَلَ فِىذُؤَابَتِهِ, (O, TA,) (tropical:)  [lit. He twisted his pendent lock of hair;] meaning he made him to turn, or swerve, from his opinion, or judgment, or sentiment, (O, K, TA,) by deceiving, or deluding, him. (TA.) And جَآءَ وَقَدْ فُتِلَتْ ذُؤَابَتُهُ (tropical:)  He came, having been deceived, or beguiled, and turned from his opinion, &c. (TA.) And مَا زَالَ يَفْتِلُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ فِى الذِّرْوَةِ وَالغَارِبِ, (tropical:)  meaning, يَدُورُ مِنْ وَرَآءِ خَدِيعَتِهِ [i. e. He ceased not to be going about seeking, or endeavouring, after the deceiving, or beguiling, of such a one]: (S, O, K:) originating  from a saying in a trad. of Ez-Zubeyr, cited and expl. voce غَارِبٌ [q. v.]. (O, TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 200.]) b4:  فَتَلَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ, (T,) or عَنْ وَجْهِهِ, (S, O,) means He turned him [from the object of his want, or from his way, or course], like لَفَتَهُ, (T, S, O,) from  which it is [said to be] formed by transposition. (S, O.) And فَتَلَ وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُمْ [also] means He turned his face from them, (M, K,) like لَفَتَهُ. (M.) A2:  فَتِلَتِ النَّاقَةُ, [aor. ـَ inf. n. فَتَلٌ, (assumed tropical:)  The she-camel was smooth, or sleek, and flaccid, in the skin of her armpit, it not having in it عَرْك nor حَازّ nor خَالِع [which words see in their proper arts.]. (T, TA.) [See also فَتَلٌ below.]2 فَتَّلَ see the preceding paragraph, first sentence.4 افتل said of [trees of the species termed]سَلَم and سَمُر, (K,) or افتلت said of a سَمُرَة (M, O) and of a سَلَمَة, (M,) They, or it, put forth, or produced, the فَتْلَة [q. v.] thereof. (M, O, K.) 5 تَفَتَّلَ see the paragraph here following.7 انفتل, and ↓ تفتّل, [but the latter, as quasipass. of 2, denotes, or implies, muchness, or multiplicity,] It [a rope, &c.,] became twisted. (M, K.) b2:  And the former, He turned away (T, S, Mgh) from his prayer, (T,) or from prayer, (Mgh,) or from his way, or course. (S.) and انفتل رَاجِعًا [He turned away, returning]. (S, O, K, in art. صوع.) فَتْلٌ: see its n. un. فَتْلَةٌ: A2:  and see also فَتَلٌ.A3:  Also The cry, or crying, of the فَتَّال, i. e. بُلْبُل. (IAar, T, O, TA. [Said in the TA to be an inf. n.: but its verb, if it have one, is not mentioned.]) فَتَلٌ an inf. n. of فَتِلَت [q. v.] said of a she-camel. (T, TA.) [It is also expl. as signifying] (tropical:)  Wideness between the elbows and sides of a she-camel: (S, O, TA:) or a state of firm, or concealed, insertion, (اِنْدِمَاجٌ,) in the elbow of a camel, (M, K, TA,) and its being apart from the side; (M, TA;) as also ↓ فَتْلٌ: (M: [thus in the TT as from the M; being there written فَتَْل:]) this  [or rather the like of this] in the shank and foot of the camel is a fault. (M, TA.) فَتْلَةٌ [as an inf. n. un., A twisting. b2:  and hence, app., (assumed tropical:)  An intense firmness of compacture of the flesh of the fore arm: expl. in the TT, as from the M, by the words شِدة عَصْب الدِباغ;  for which, I doubt not, we should read شِدَّةُ عَصْبِ الذِّرَاعِ: see مَفْتُولٌ. b3:  And A twist. b4:  And particularly A twisted slip, formed by slitting, of the ear of a she-camel. (See 4 in art. دبر, in the last quarter of the paragraph.) b5:  And, as used in the present day, A needleful of thread. b6:  Also] The seed-vessel of the سَلَم and of the سَمُر, peculiarly, (M, K,) resembling the pods of the bean, (M,) when they first come forth. (M, K.) and The blossom of the سَمُرَة: (M:) or the fruit of the سَمُر and of the عُرْفُط: (TA:) or the blossom of the [kind of trees called] عِضَاه, (O, TA,) when it has become compactly organized: (TA:) or it signifies also, (M, K,) and so does ↓ فَتَلَةٌ, (K,) or peculiarly this latter, بالتَّحْرِيكِ, as AHn says on the authority of some one or more of the relaters, (O,) the fruit (بَرَمَة) of the عُرْفُط, (M, O, K,) because its filaments, or fringe-like appertenances, are as though they were cotton, and it is white, like the button of the shirt, or somewhat larger: (AHn, M, O:) or it signifies one of what are termed ↓ فَتْلٌ, which means what are [as though they were] twisted, of the وَرَق [properly signifying leaves of simple and common kinds] of trees, such as the ورق of the [tamarisks called] طَرْفَآء and أَثْل and the like; (TA;) or, (M, K, TA,) as AHn says, (M, TA,) this word فَتْلٌ signifies what are not وَرَق, but are substitutes for these: (M, K, TA:) and, (K,) as some say, (M,) what do not expand, of [the appertenances of] plants, but are [as though they were] twisted; (M, K;) so that they are like هُدْب [thus in the TT as from the M, perhaps a mistranscription for هَدَب, q. v.]; being like the هدب [i. e. هَدَب] of the طَرْفَآء and أَثْل and أَرْطى. (M.) b7:  See also فَتِيلٌ, last sentence.فِتْلَةٌ [A manner of twisting]. You say فِتْلَةٌ بَارِحَةٌ, meaning شَزْرَةٌ [i. e. A manner of twisting contrary to that which is usual]. (A in art. برح.) فَتَلَةٌ: see فَتْلَةٌ, near the middle: b2:  and see the paragraph here following, last sentence.فَتِيلٌ Twisted; [applied to a rope, &c.;] as also ↓ مَفْتُولٌ. (M, K.) b2:  And A slender cord, of [the fibres called] لِيف, (M, K,) or of [the bark termed] خَزَم, or of عَرَق [meaning plaited palmleaves], or of thongs, (M,) which is bound upon the ring (M, K) called عِيَان which is at the end (مُنْتَهى), (M,) or which is at the place of meeting (مُلْتَقَى), (K,) of the دُجْرَانِ [two pieces of wood to which the share of the plough is attached]. (M, K.) b3:  [And A tent for a wound: a term used by surgeons: see دَسَمَ الجُرْحَ, in art. دسم.]b4:  And What one twists [or rolls] (S, M, O, K) between his fingers (M, K) or between the two fingers [meaning the thumb and fore finger], (S, O,) of dirt [that has collected upon the skin when it has not been recently washed]; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ فَتِيلَةٌ. (M, K.) So says I' Ab in explaining the saying in the Kur [iv. 52, and 79 also accord. to some readers, and xvii. 73], وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا [meaning (tropical:)  And they shall not be wronged by their being deprived of the most paltry right; or they shall not be wronged a whit]: (O, TA:) or the [primary, or proper,] meaning in this phrase is what here follows. (TA; and in like manner Bd says in iv. 52.) b5:  And The سَحَاة [or integument, meaning the pellicle], (M, K, TA,) or the خَيْط [or thread, meaning the filament], (Bd in iv. 52,) that is in the شَقّ [or cleft, resembling a crease, which extends along one side] of the datestone: (M, K, TA: but for شَقّ, the CK has شِقّ:) ISk says, the قِطْمِير is the thin integument upon the date-stone, and, he adds, (T, TA, *) the فَتِيل is what is in the شَقّ of the date-stone. (T, S, O, Msb, TA.) Hence, (M,) one says, مَا أُغْنِىعَنْهُ فَتِيلًا, (M, and so in the K except that the latter has عَنْكَ instead of عَنْهُ,) meaning [I do not avail, or profit, him, (or accord. to the K, thee,) or I do not stand, or serve, him (or thee) in stead,] as much as that سَحَاة, (M,) or a whit; (K;) and in like manner, ↓ فَتْلَةً, (Th, M, K, [in the CK, erroneously, فَتِيلَةً,]) and ↓ فَتَلَةً. (IAar, M, K.) فَتِيلَةٌ A wick (S, O, K) of a lamp: (T, Msb:) pl. فَتَائِلُ and فَتِيلَاتٌ. (Msb.) [Hence, حَجَرُ الفَتِيلَةِ Amiantus, or flexible asbestus, of which wicks are sometimes made. b2:  And in the present day, فَتِيلَةٌ also signifies A hempen match. b3:  and A suppository.] b4:  فَتَائِلُ الرُّهْبَانِ is the name of A certain plant, the leaves of which are like [those of] the senna (السَّنَا), and its blossom is yellow. (TA.) b5:  See also فَتِيلٌ.الفَتَّالٌ The [bird called] بُلْبُل [q. v.]. (T, O, K.) أَفْتَلُ, (S, M, O, K,) applied to the elbow, (S, M, O,) of a camel, (S, O,) or of a she-camel, (M,) [and app. to a he-camel,] Having what is termed فَتَلٌ [expl. above]: (S, M, O, K:) fem.فَتْلَآءُ, (T, M, K,) applied to a she-camel, meaning having, in her arm, a wide separation from the side: (T, * TA:) or, so applied, heavy, and curved in the kind legs: (M, K:) [the pl. is فُتْلٌ:] and one says قَوْمٌ فُتْلُ الأَيْدِى [app. meaning Persons having the arms widely separated from the sides]. (S, O.) ذُبَالٌ مُفَتَّلٌ [Twisted wicks]: the epithet in this case is with teshdeed because applied to many things. (S, O, K.) مَفْتُولٌ: see فَتِيلٌ. b2:  [It also signifies (tropical:)  Compact, or firm, in make; as though twisted; like  مَجْدُولٌ and مَعْصُوبٌ:] you say رَجُلٌ مَفْتُولُ السَّاعِدِ A man strong [or firm or compact] in the ساعد [or fore arm]; as though it were twisted. (TA.)