فَتُوَ
Root: فتو
Form: 1
Full Definition
فَتُوَI
, Present.T يَفْتُو; or فَتِىَ, Present.T يَفْتَى; Verbal.Noun فَتَآءٌ, or فَتًى; He was, or became, such as is termed
فَتِىٌّ [i. e. youthful, or in the prime of life].
def.2 فَتَوْتُهُمْ, Present.T أَفْتُوهُمْ, I overcame them, or surpassed them, in فُتُوَّة, i. e. generosity. [Accord. to the TK, one says, فَفَتَوْتُهُمْ, meaning They contended with me for superiority in generosity, and I overcame them, or surpassed them, therein; and the Verbal.Noun of the former verb is مُفَاتَاةٌ.]
def.2 فَتَوْتُهُمْ, Present.T أَفْتُوهُمْ, I overcame them, or surpassed them, in فُتُوَّة, i. e. generosity. [Accord. to the TK, one says, فَفَتَوْتُهُمْ, meaning They contended with me for superiority in generosity, and I overcame them, or surpassed them, therein; and the Verbal.Noun of the former verb is مُفَاتَاةٌ.]
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