فليته falīta A. (corrupt. from فتيله) s. m. 1. Match, torch, wick, fusee. 2. A wick com- posed of paper inscribed with mystick words, by inhaling the smoke of which demons are said to be expelled from those possessed. 3. A cord of twisted thread sewed between the two folds of the hem of a garment to strengthen it. فليته دار falīta-dār, 1. A matchlock. 2. Any thing that has a match or wick. 3. Cloth hemmed with a cord (فليته falīta, q. v.).

فروتن faro-tan P adj. Humble.

فاعل fāʼiﻌl A part. act. (of فعل) 1. Making, doing, operating. 2. (sub.) An agent. 3. The participle active. 4. The nominative. فاعل حقيقي fāʼiﻌl-i-ḥaḳīḳī, The true agent, God. فاعل مختار fāʼiﻌl-i-muḵẖtār, Master of oneʼs own ac- tions.

فتق fatḳ A (from فتق To cleave, to split, to open) s. m. A rupture or hernia.

فلاح falāḥ A (from فلح Heb. and Chald. To cut, to plough, to blossom as a flower: Cant. 4, 3. to prosper) s. f. Prosperity, happiness, safety, refuge.

فرامين farāmīn P s. plur. (of Pers. فرمان adopted in Arab.) Orders, commands, mandates, pre- cepts.

فيضان fayaẓān A (from فيض) s. m. Abundance, overflow, redundance. A. P. فيضرساني faiẓ-rasānī, s. f. Munificence, be- neficence.

فرحان farḥān A adj. Glad, joyful.

فلاخن falāḵẖun P s. f. A sling.

فعل fiﻌl A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. Action, work, operation. 2. A verb. فعل عبث fiﻌl-i-aﻌbas̤, Lost labour, an absurd undertaking. فعل لازمي fiﻌl-i-lāzimī, A verb neuter. فعل متعدي fiﻌl-i-mutaʼaﻌddī, A verb active, transitive, or causal.