فرتن doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has an entry for it. Select the entry below for the full classical Arabic definition.

• فَرْتَنَ Form Q. 1

  Q. 1 فَرْتَنَ ذ , (T, K, TA,) inf. n. فَرْتَنَةٌ, (T, TA,) signifies شَقَّقَ كَلَامَهُ وَٱهْتَمَشَ فِيهِ [app. meaning He uttered, or endeavoured with repeated efforts to utter, his speech in the best manner, and proceed…

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