Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

فُتُوَّةٌ

Root: فتو

Full Definition

فُتُوَّةٌ : see فَتَآءٌ.
2 [Also Youthful conduct.] One says, مَالَ إِلَى الجَهْلِ وَالفُتُوَّةِ [He inclined to ignorant, or foolish, or silly, and youthful, conduct]. (S in art. صبو).
3 And Generosity, honourableness, liberality, or bountifulness: used as meaning thus in [treatises on] the law; but not occurring in the Sunneh nor in the Scripture [i. e. the Kur-án]: the earliest mentioner thereof was Jaafar Es-Sádik.


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