فَتَآءٌ

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فَتَآءٌ [mentioned in the first sentence of this art. as an Verbal.Noun] Youth, or youthfulness; or the prime of life; and so , as a subst. from فَتًى and from فَتِىٌّ: or the latter is used in relation to human beings; and the former, to camels [and the like], and also, metaphorically, to human beings: one says, قَدْ وُلِدَ فِى فَتَآءِ سِنِّهِ أَوْلَادٌ [Children had, or have, been born to him in the youthfulness, or prime, of his age].

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