فَتَلَهُ
1.
, (S, M, O, Msb, K,) aorist
فَتِلَ
, (M, Msb, K,) verbal noun 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. particle n. below,)] verbal noun 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.)
2.
[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. particle n. below.])
3.
And فَتَلَ ذُوءَابَتَهُ, (K,) or فَتَلَ فِى
ذُوءَابَتِهِ, (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 جَاءَ وَقَدْ فُتِلَتْ ذُوءَابَتُهُ (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 وَرَاءِ
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 tradition of Ez-Zubeyr, cited and explained voce غَارِبٌ [q. v.]. (O, TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 200.])
4.
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.)