مُفَلْطَحٌ

A cake of bread [expanded, and made broad, or] wide: (IAar, TA.) and a thing [of any kind (see the verb)] having breadth and width. (TA.) حَسَكَةٌ مُفَلْطَحَةٌ occurs in a tradition [meaning A broad, or wide, head of a thistle or the like]. (TA.) And رَأْسٌ مُفَلْطَحٌ means A broad, or wide, head; as also ↓ فِلْطَاحٌ. (K.)

إِذَا ضَنُّوا عَلَيْهِ بَالمُفَلْطَحَةِ, occurring in a tradition, is explained by El-Khattábee as meaning [If they be niggardly, to him, of] the expanded cake of bread: and it is also explained as meaning the dirhems [or money]: (TA:) or the phrase [according to one relation] is إِذَا ضَنُّوا عَلَيْكَ بِالمُطَلْفَحَةِ, in which both of the meanings above mentioned are assigned to the last word. (L and TA in article طلفح.)