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تَفَتَّحَ

Root: فتح

Form: 5

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تَفَتَّحَV see 7, in three places. [Hence,] تفتّح النَّوْرُ The blossom [or blossoms] opened. And تفتّح الأَكِمَّةُ عَنِ النَّوْرِ The calyxes burst open [from over the blossoms, so as to disclose them].
2 [تفتّح فِى الكَلَامِ is like our phrase He showed off, or made an ostentatious display, in speech, or talk.] And you say, تفتّح بِمَا عِنْدَهُ مِنْ مَالٍ أَوْ أَدَبٍ (L, in the K مِنْ مُلْكٍ وَأَدَبٍ,) He boasted of, or boasted himself in, or made a vain display of, what he had, or possessed, of wealth, or of good education, or polite accomplishments: and تفتّح بِهِ عَلَيْنَا He boasted of it, or boasted himself in it, against us.
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