فَتَّ

, (S, M, O, Msb,) aorist فَتُ3َ , (M, Msb,) verbal noun فَتٌّ, (Lth, T, M, Msb, K,) He crumbled a thing, or broke it into small pieces, with his fingers: (Lth, T, TA:) or he broke (a thing, M) with his fingers: (M, K:) or [simply] he broke a thing: (S, O:) or (M) he bruised, or brayed, (M, K,) a thing: (M:) and ↓ فتّت, (M, TA,) verbal noun تَفْتِيتٌ, (O,) signifies the same; (M, TA;) or [rather] he broke [a thing, or crumbled it with his fingers,] much. (O.) You say of a man, فَتَّ الخُبْزَ, (A, Msb,) aorist and verbal noun as above; (Msb;) and ↓ فتّتهُ; He crumbled the bread with his fingers. (A.)

[Hence,] one says, ذَا مِمَّا يَفُتُّ كَبِدِى (assumed tropical:) [lit. This is of what crumbles, or crushes, my liver; like as we say, “ of what breaks my heart ”]. (A, TA.)

And كَلَّمَهُ بِشَىْءٍ فَفَتَّ فِى سَاعِدِهِ (assumed tropical:) He told him, or spoke to him, of a thing, and it [crushed, or] weakened, or enervated, him. (M, K, * TA.) And فَتَّ فِى عَضُدِى وَهَدَّ رُكْنِى (O, TA) (assumed tropical:) He broke my strength, and dispersed, or separated, my assistants. (TA.) And فَتَّ فِى عَضُدِ فُلَانٍ i. e. فِى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ (assumed tropical:) He sought to injure such a one by diminishing, or impairing, [in number or power,] the people of his house. (T, O. [See also article عضد.]) The verb in this phrase is also used in the pass. form. (O.)