فَتَحَ
Root: فتح
Form: 1
Full Definition
فَتَحَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun فَتْحٌ, He opened, i. q.
فَرَجَ, and [app. he unlocked,] contr. of
أَغْلَقَ, a door; and so
فتّح , and
; or you say
الأَبْوَابَ [I opened the doors], this verb being with teshdeed to denote multiplicity [of the objects]; and
signifies the same as
; i. e. each of these signifies he opened a door; you say الشَّىْءَ and
[I opened the thing; and the former signifies also I sought, or demanded, the opening of the thing]; and جَآءَ البَابَ [He came opening the door; or seeking, or demanding, the opening of the door; the latter being the more obvious meaning].
2
3 And فَتَحْتُ القَنَاةَ, Verbal.Noun as above, I opened the conduit, in order that the water might run, and irrigate the seed-produce.
4 And فَتَحَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ [He made an opening between his legs; he parted his legs; like فَرَجَ بَيْنَهُمَا]. (S in art. رهو.)
5 And فَتَحَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ [app. He parted his toes; if not a mistake for فَتَخَ, as it seems probably to be from the fact of its being expl. as meaning] he inclined the ends of his toes towards the back, i. e. the upper part, of his foot.
6 فَتَحَتْ, said of a she-camel, [and of a sheep or goat (see فَتُوحٌ),] She had wide orifices to her teats; as also ; and .
7 [The following meanings are tropical.]
8 فَتَحَ, Verbal.Noun فَتْحٌ; and ;
9 [فَتَحَهُ لَهُ
10 فَتَحَ المُشْكِلَ
11 [Hence,] فَتَحَ عَلَيْهِ
12 And hence,
13 And, said of God,
14 فُتِحَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ
15 فَتَحَ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فُتُوحًا كَثِيرَةً
16 فَتَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ, or بَيْنَ النَّاسِ, or بَيْنَ الخَصْمَيْنِ, Verbal.Noun فَتْحٌ, and فُتَاحَةٌ and فِتَاحَةٌ are syn. therewith [app. as inf. ns.], and فُتُوحَةٌ and فِتَاحٌ, in the dial. of Himyer, He judged between them, or between the men, or between the two litigants. You say, اِفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا Judge thou between us: thus in the Kur vii. 87. And مَا أَحْسَنَ فِتَاحَتَهُ How good is his judging, or judgment !
17 [فَتَحَ الحَرْفَ, a conventional phrase in grammar and lexicology, He pronounced the letter with the vowel-sound termed فَتْح: and he marked the letter with the sign of that vowel-sound.]
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3 And فَتَحْتُ القَنَاةَ, Verbal.Noun as above, I opened the conduit, in order that the water might run, and irrigate the seed-produce.
4 And فَتَحَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ [He made an opening between his legs; he parted his legs; like فَرَجَ بَيْنَهُمَا]. (S in art. رهو.)
5 And فَتَحَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ [app. He parted his toes; if not a mistake for فَتَخَ, as it seems probably to be from the fact of its being expl. as meaning] he inclined the ends of his toes towards the back, i. e. the upper part, of his foot.
6 فَتَحَتْ, said of a she-camel, [and of a sheep or goat (see فَتُوحٌ),] She had wide orifices to her teats; as also ; and .
7 [The following meanings are tropical.]
8 فَتَحَ, Verbal.Noun فَتْحٌ; and ;
9 [فَتَحَهُ لَهُ
10 فَتَحَ المُشْكِلَ
11 [Hence,] فَتَحَ عَلَيْهِ
12 And hence,
13 And, said of God,
14 فُتِحَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ
15 فَتَحَ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فُتُوحًا كَثِيرَةً
16 فَتَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ, or بَيْنَ النَّاسِ, or بَيْنَ الخَصْمَيْنِ, Verbal.Noun فَتْحٌ, and فُتَاحَةٌ and فِتَاحَةٌ are syn. therewith [app. as inf. ns.], and فُتُوحَةٌ and فِتَاحٌ, in the dial. of Himyer, He judged between them, or between the men, or between the two litigants. You say, اِفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا Judge thou between us: thus in the Kur vii. 87. And مَا أَحْسَنَ فِتَاحَتَهُ How good is his judging, or judgment !
17 [فَتَحَ الحَرْفَ, a conventional phrase in grammar and lexicology, He pronounced the letter with the vowel-sound termed فَتْح: and he marked the letter with the sign of that vowel-sound.]
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