مِفْتَاحٌ
Root: فتح
Full Definition
مِفْتَاحٌ
and
مِفْتَحٌ A key; an instrument with which a lock is opened; [a key] of a door; and of anything that is closed, or locked; an instrument for opening, i. e. anything with which a thing is opened: pl. of the former مَفَاتِيحُ and مفَاتِحُ, said by Akh to be similar to أَمَانِىُّ and أَمَانٍ; or مفاتيح is pl. مِفْتَاحٌ, and مفاتح is pl. of
مِفْتَحٌ [as well as of مَفْتَحٌ].
2 مِفْتَاحُهَا الطُّهُورُ, said by the Prophet, in relation to prayer, means
3 And أُوِتِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ الكَلِمِ, or مَفَاتِحَ الكَلِمِ, accord. to different relaters, occurring in a trad., i. e. I have been given the keys of words, means [I have been given] an easy faculty, granted by God, for the acquirement of eloquence and chasteness of speech, and the attaining to the understanding of obscure meanings, and novel and admirable kinds of knowledge, and the beauties of expressions and phrases, which are closed against others, and difficult to be learnt by them.
4 And المِفْتَاحُ signifies also
2 مِفْتَاحُهَا الطُّهُورُ, said by the Prophet, in relation to prayer, means
3 And أُوِتِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ الكَلِمِ, or مَفَاتِحَ الكَلِمِ, accord. to different relaters, occurring in a trad., i. e. I have been given the keys of words, means [I have been given] an easy faculty, granted by God, for the acquirement of eloquence and chasteness of speech, and the attaining to the understanding of obscure meanings, and novel and admirable kinds of knowledge, and the beauties of expressions and phrases, which are closed against others, and difficult to be learnt by them.
4 And المِفْتَاحُ signifies also
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