فَتْوَى
Root: فتو
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فَتْوَى
and فُتْوَى, [but the latter is mentioned by few,] and
فُتْيَا , substs. from أَفْتَى, and as such used in the place of [the Verbal.Noun] إِفْتَآءٌ [i. e. The giving an answer, or a reply, stating the decision of the law, respecting a question]: [or rather, as commonly used, a notification of the decision of the law, in, or respecting, a particular case;] a notification, or an explanation, of a case, given by a lawyer; or an answer, or a reply, to a question relating to a dubious judicial decision: [fancifully said in the Mgh and Msb to be derived from الفَتَى:] the pl. is فَتَاوٍ, and فَتَاوَى is said to be allowable, and another pl. is فُتًى, mentioned by IKoot.
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