What does Al-fatiyl mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-fatiyl (فَتِيل) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-fatiyl

Al-fatiyl according to An-Nihaya (Ibn al-Athir)

What is in the kernel's cleft; it is also said: what is twisted between the two fingers of filth.

Al-fatiyl according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

What is between the two halves of the kernel resembling thread; it holds the two sides of the qatmir. (Mu'jam al-Mustalahat, vol. 3).

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