كود

1 كَادَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا, (S, K, * &c,) [originally كَوِدَ,] first Pers\. كِدْتُ, accord. to the usage of most of the Arabs, (IKtt,) aor. ـَ (S, K, &c.,) the form used by all the Arabs, (IKtt.) or يَكُودُ [is also used, by some of those who make the pret. to be originally كَوُدَ], (Lth,) inf. n. كَوْدٌ (Lth, S, M, K, &c) and كَادٌ (M, IKtt) and مَكَادَةٌ (Lth, S, M, K, &c.) and مَكَادٌ; (Lth, M, K;) and كَادَ, originally كَوُدَ, deviating from constant rule, (MF,) first Pers\. كُدْتُ, (S, IKtt, MF,) in the dial. of the Benoo-'Adee, (MF,) mentioned by Sb as heard from some of the Arabs, (S,) aor. ـَ (IKtt,) deviating from constant rule, (MF,) [and يَكُودُ, mentioned above, agreeably with rule;] as also كَادَ, (Msb, K, art. كيد,) originally كَيِدَ, first Pers\. كِدْتُ, aor. ـَ (Msb, art. كيد,) inf. n. كَيْدٌ; (L, art. كيد;) and كِيدَ, (S, K, &c.,) a form mentioned by Abu-l-Khattáb to Sb, as used by some of the Arabs, who in like manner said مَا زِيلَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا, for كَادَ and زَالَ; (S;) He was near to doing so; he nearly, well nigh, or almost, did so; he wanted but little of doing so; (Akh, S, M, K, &c.;) he purposed, or intended, doing so; (Lth, M, IKtt;) but did it not, [or did it not immediately]. (Akh, S, K, &c.) كَادَ is applied to signify the being near to doing a thing whether it be [afterwards] done or not done. (S.) Without a negative, it enunciates the negation of the action; and coupled with a negative, it enunciates the happening of the action. (S, K.) [This will be explained in the course of the following observations.] It is (as Es-Suyootee says in the Itkán) an incomplete [i. e. a non-attributive] verb, of which only the pret. and aor. are used. It has a noun as the subject, in the nom. case; and an aor. , [generally] without أَنْ, as the predicate. (TA.) Sometimes they introduce أَنْ after it, likening it to عَسَى; as, for ex., in the saying of Ru-beh, قَدْ كَادَ مِنْ طُولِ البِلَى أَنْ يَمْصَحَا [It had nearly come to nought from length of wear]. (S.) Used affirmatively, it is affirmative of the being near [to doing a thing, &c.]; and used negatively, it is negative thereof. It is a well-known opinion of many, that, used affirmatively, it is negative; and used negatively, it is affirmative: so that كَادَ زَيْدٌ يَفْعَلُ means[Zeyd was near to doing; but] he did not [or did not immediately]; as is shown by the expression [in the Kur xvii. 75, where إِنْ is a contraction of إِنَّ,] وَإِنْ كَادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ [And verily they were near to seducing thee]: and مَا كَادَ يَفْعَلُ means [He was not near to doing; but] he did; as is shown by the expression [in the Kur ii. 66,] وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ [And they were not near to doing (it); but they afterwards did (it)]. I'Ab is related to have said, that wherever كَادَ and أَكَادُ and يَكَادُ occur in the Kur-án, they denote a thing's never happening. Some say, that كَادَ [with a negative] denotes an action's happening with difficulty. Some, again, say, that the pret. preceded by a negative is affirmative [of the action &c.]; as is shown by the expression وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ [quoted above]: and that the aor. preceded by a negative is negative; as is shown by the expression [in the Kur xxiv, 40,] لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَاهَا [He is not near to seeing it]; meaning that he sees not anything: [though this phrase is said to bear a different meaning, which see below]. But the correct opinion is the one first mentioned; that, used affirmatively, it is affirmative [of the being near to do a thing &c.]; and used negatively, it is negative [thereof]: so that كَادَ يَفْعَلُ signifies He was near to doing; but did not [or did not immediately]: and مَا كَادَ يَفْعَلُ He was not near to doing; much less did he do [or do immediately]; the denial of the action [or of the immediate performance of the action] being necessarily understood from the denial of the being near to do it. As to the expression in the Kur, وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ [quoted above], it enunciates the state of the people to whom it relates in the beginning of their case; for they were far from sacrificing the cow; and the affirmation of the action is understood only from the [preceding] expression فَذَبَحُوهَا. And as to the expression [in the Kur xvii. 76,] لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ [Thou hadst certainly been near to inclining to them], the Prophet's not inclining to them little or much is understood from لَوْلَا [preceding], which requires this inference. (TA.) [Often, however, or (as some say) generally, with a negative preceding or following it, it is affirmative of the action's happening, but only after difficulty, or delay.] Aboo-Bekr says, that مَا كَادَ فُلَانٌ يَقُومُ means [Such a one hardly, or scarcely, or tardily, rose; like لَمْ يَكَدْ يَقُومُ, and كَادَ لَا يَقُومُ; وَقَدْ قَامَ being understood; or] he rose after being slow, or tardy: (L:) and accord. to Az and others, مَا كِدْتُ أَفْعَلُ means [I hardly, or scarcely, or tardily, did; or] I did after being slow, or tardy: but sometimes it means I was not near to doing. (Msb, art. كيد.) It is said, that كَادَ is sometimes a [mere redundant] connective (صِلَة) of the members of a sentence; (Kutr, Akh, AHát, K;) as in لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَاهَا [quoted above], meaning, He does not see it: (K:) or this means he is not near to seeing it: or, as some say, he sees it after his having been not near to seeing it by reason of the intenseness of the darkness: [or he hardly, or scarcely, or tardily, sees it:] and Fr says, with reference to the verse in which this phrase occurs, that it is allowable to say لَمْ يَكَدْ يَقُومُ [meaning, He hardly, or scarcely, or tardily, rose] when one has risen after difficulty. (TA.) [Thus it appears, that, مَا كَادَ يَفْعَلُ and لَمْ يَكَدْ يَفْعَلُ sometimes signify He hardly, or scarcely, or tardily, did: and sometimes, he was not near to doing; he never did; he did not at all: so that it may be rendered he hardly or scarcely, or nowise or in nowise or never, did: or he could hardly do, or he could not at all, or could not nearly, or he could nowise or in nowise, do.] b2: As asserts his having heard certain of the Arabs say, لَا أَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ وَلَا كَوْدًا [I will not do that, nor will I be near to doing it]. (S.) b3: كَادَ also signifies He desired; syn. أَرَادَ. (Akh, S, K.) So in the verse كَادَتْ وَكِدْتُ وَتِلْكَ خَيْرُ إِرَادَةٍ

لَوْ عَادَ مِنْ لَهْوِ الصَّبَابَةِ مَا مَضَى

[She desired, and I desired; and that were the best of desire, if what hath passed, of the diverting delight of tender love, returned]. (Akh, S.) So, too, in the saying in the Kur [xx. 15,] أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا I desire (S, K) to conceal it: or, to manifest it: (Beyd:) for, like as it is allowable to put أُرِيدُ in the place of أَكَادُ, as in the saying in the Kur [xviii. 76,] جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ

أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ, so it is to use اكاد [in the place of اريد]: Akh says, that the words of the verse in question mean I will conceal it, أُخْفِيهَا: and some say, that the meaning is I will manifest it: (TA:) but most hold, that اكاد should here be rendered in its original sense. (MF, TA.) Some of the Arabs make كاد to denote certainty; like ظَنَّ, which primarily denotes doubt, and secondarily certainty. (L, art. كيد.) b4: عَرَفَ مَا يُكَادُ مِنْهُ [is in like manner explained] He hath become acquainted with that which is desired of him. (S, K.) b5: You say to him who seeks of you a thing, when you do not desire to give him it, لَا وَلَا مَكَادَةَ وَلَا مَهَمَّةَ, (Lth, S, * L, K, *) and لَا كَوْدًا وَلَا هَمًّا, and لَا مَكَادًا وَلَا مَهَمًّا, (Lth, L,) i. e. لَا أَكَادُ وَلَا أَهُمُّ [No, nor do I desire, nor do I purpose, or intend]. (Lth, L, K.) b6: Youalso say, in the same sense, لَا مَهَمَّةَ لِى وَلَا مَكَادَةَ [I have no purpose or intention, nor any desire]. (S) b7: See also كَادَ in art. كيد.

فتح

1 فَتَحَ, (S, A, MA, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. فَتْحٌ, (Msb,) He opened, (MA,) i. q. فَرَجَ, (Msb,) and [app. he unlocked,] contr. of أَغْلَقَ, (Msb, K,) a door; (S, A, MA, Msb;) and so ↓ فتّح, and ↓ افتتح; (K;) or you say ↓ فَتَّحْتُ الأَبْوَابَ [I opened the doors], this verb being with teshdeed to denote multiplicity [of the objects]; (S;) and ↓ استفتح signifies the same as ↓ افتتح; (S, * K;) i. e. each of these signifies he opened a door; (TK;) you say الشَّىْءَ ↓ اِسْتَفْتَحْتُ and ↓ اِفْتَتَحْتُهُ [I opened the thing; and the former signifies also I sought, or demanded, the opening of the thing]; (S, TA;) and البَابَ ↓ جَآءَ يَسْتَفْتِحُ [He came opening the door; or seeking, or demanding, the opening of the door; the latter being the more obvious meaning]. (A, TA.) b2: [Hence,] one says, فُلَانٌ لَا يُفْتَحُ العَيْنُ عَلَى مِثْلِهِ [Such a one, the eye will not be opened upon the like of him]. (A.) b3: And فَتَحْتُ القَنَاةَ, inf. n. as above, I opened the conduit, in order that the water might run, and irrigate the seed-produce. (Msb.) b4: And فَتَحَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ [He made an opening between his legs; he parted his legs; like فَرَجَ بَيْنَهُمَا]. (S in art. رهو.) b5: And فَتَحَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ [app. He parted his toes; if not a mistake for فَتَخَ, as it seems probably to be from the fact of its being expl. as meaning] he inclined the ends of his toes towards the back, i. e. the upper part, of his foot. (Mgh.) b6: فَتَحَتْ, said of a she-camel, [and of a sheep or goat (see فَتُوحٌ),] She had wide orifices to her teats; as also ↓ افتحت; (S, K;) and ↓ افتتحت. (TK: but this I do not find in the K.) b7: [The following meanings are tropical.] b8: فَتَحَ, (A, Msb, TA,) inf. n. فَتْحٌ; (K;) and ↓ افتتح; (K, TA;) (tropical:) [He laid open by invasion, to (عَلَى) such a person, or such a people, (see an ex. voce طَرَفٌ,) i. e.] he conquered, won, or took by force, (Msb,) a country (A, Msb, K, TA) of the unbelievers, (A, TA,) or of a people with whom there was war. (K, TA.) b9: [فَتَحَهُ لَهُ (assumed tropical:) He granted it, permitted it, allowed it, or made it to be unrestricted, to him. See Ksh and Bd in xxxv. 2.] b10: فَتَحَ المُشْكِلَ (assumed tropical:) He explained, or made clear, that which was dubious, or confused. (Bd in vii. 87.) And اِفْتَحْ سِرَّكَ عَلَىَّ لَا عَلَى فُلَانٍ (tropical:) [Open, or reveal, thy secret to me; not to such a one]. (A, TA.) b11: [Hence,] فَتَحَ عَلَيْهِ (tropical:) He taught him, informed him, or acquainted him. (TA.) [You say, فَتَحَ عَلَيْهِ بِكَذَا (assumed tropical:) He taught him such a thing, informed him of it, or acquainted him with it.] b12: And hence, (TA,) (tropical:) [He prompted him; i. e.] he recited to him (namely, an Imám, A, Msb, or a reciter, A, TA) what he was unable to utter [by reason of forgetfulness], in order that he might know it. (Msb, TA. *) And فَتَحَ عَلَى مَنِ اسْتَقْرَأَهُ (tropical:) [He recited something to him who desired him to do so, the latter being unable to do it]. (TA.) b13: And, said of God, (tropical:) He aided him against his enemy; or made him to be victorious, to conquer, or to overcome; syn. نَصَرَهُ. (A, Msb.) b14: فُتِحَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ (tropical:) Such a one became fortunate; possessed of good fortune; favoured by the world, or by worldly circumstances. (A, TA.) b15: فَتَحَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فُتُوحًا كَثِيرَةً (tropical:) is said of persons who have been rained upon [as meaning God bestowed upon them many, or abundant, first rains]. (A.) b16: فَتَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ, (A,) or بَيْنَ النَّاسِ, (Msb,) or بَيْنَ الخَصْمَيْنِ, (K,) inf. n. فَتْحٌ, (T, Msb, K,) and فُتَاحَةٌ (S, * K) and فِتَاحَةٌ are syn. therewith [app. as inf. ns.], (K,) and فُتُوحَةٌ and فِتَاحٌ, (L,) in the dial. of Himyer, (TA,) He judged (T, Msb, K, TA) between them, (A,) or between the men, (Msb,) or between the two litigants. (K.) You say, اِفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا Judge thou between us: (S:) thus in the Kur vii. 87. (TA.) And مَا أَحْسَنَ فِتَاحَتَهُ How good is his judging, or judgment ! (A.) b17: [فَتَحَ الحَرْفَ, a conventional phrase in grammar and lexicology, He pronounced the letter with the vowel-sound termed فَتْح: and he marked the letter with the sign of that vowel-sound.]2 فتّح: see 1, first sentence, in two places. b2: [Also, said of a medicine &c., It opened the bowels; acted as an aperient: and it removed obstructions: see the act. part. n.]3 فاتحهُ [He addressed him first]. One says, المُلُوكُ لَا تُفَاتَحُ بِالكَلَامِ (tropical:) [Kings shall not be addressed first with speech]. (A.) b2: And, (A, K, * TA,) inf. n. مُفَاتَحَةٌ and فِتَاحٌ, (assumed tropical:) He commenced a dispute, debate, discussion, or controversy, with him: (TA:) or (tropical:) he summoned him to the judge, and litigated with him. (A, K, * TA.) b3: And فاتحهُ signifies also (tropical:) He bargained with him and gave him nothing: in the case of his giving him, one says فاتكهُ. (IAar, TA; and O and K in art. فتك.) b4: And فاتح (assumed tropical:) He compressed (K, TA) his wife. (TA.) b5: [Also (assumed tropical:) He rendered a thing easy: b6: and (assumed tropical:) He was liberal. (Freytag, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees.)]4 أَفْتَحَ see 1, in the second quarter of the paragraph.5 تَفَتَّحَ see 7, in three places. [Hence,] تفتّح النَّوْرُ The blossom [or blossoms] opened. (MA.) and تفتّح الأَكِمَّةُ عَنِ النَّوْرِ The calyxes burst open [from over the blossoms, so as to disclose them]. (TA.) b2: [تفتّح فِى الكَلَامِ is like our phrase (assumed tropical:) 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,) (assumed tropical:) 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: (L, K: *) and تفتّح بِهِ عَلَيْنَا (assumed tropical:) He boasted of it, or boasted himself in it, against us. (L.) 6 تَفَاتَحَا كَلَامًا بَيْنَهُمَا (assumed tropical:) They two talked together with a suppressed voice, exclusively of others [i. e. so as not to be heard by others]. (K.) 7 انفتح quasi-pass. of فَتَحَ, said of a door, (S, A, Msb, TA,) It opened, or became opened or open; (Msb;) as also ↓ تفتّح: (TA:) or the latter is quasi-pass. of فَتَّحَ, so that you say, الأَبْوَابُ ↓ تَفَتَّحَتِ [The doors opened, or became opened or open]. (S.) b2: And انفتح عَنْهُ It (anything) became removed from over it, or from before it, (i. e. another thing,) so as to disclose it, or expose it to view. (TA.) [And ↓ تفتّح has a similar meaning, but is properly said of a number of things.]8 إِفْتَتَحَ see 1, first sentence, in three places; and again, in the second quarter of the paragraph, in two places. b2: One says also, افتتح الصَّلَاةَ (tropical:) (A, MA) He opened, or commenced, prayer: (MA:) اِفْتِتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ meaning (tropical:) The saying اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرْ the first time [in prayer, i. e., before the first recitation of the Opening Chapter of the Kur-án]. (TA.) And اِفْتَتَحْتُهُ بِكَذَا (assumed tropical:) I commenced it with such a thing. (Msb.) And مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا افْتُتِحَ عَامُنَا بِهِ (tropical:) [How good is that with which our year has commenced !]; said when the sign, or token, [or prognostic,] of plenty, or abundance of herbage, has appeared. (A, TA.) 10 إِسْتَفْتَحَ see 1, first sentence, in three places. b2: آتِى بَابَ الجَنَّةِ فَأَسْتَفْتِحُ is a saying of Mohammad, meaning I shall come to the gate of Paradise and seek, or demand, or ask for, the opening thereof. (El-Jámi' es-Sagheer, the first of the trads. mentioned therein, and thus expl. in the margin of a copy of that work.) b3: استفتحهُ القُرْآنَ (tropical:) He desired, or asked, him to explain the Kur-án. (MA.) b4: استفتحهُ الإِمَامُ (tropical:) [The Imám desired, or asked, him to prompt him; i. e., to recite to him what he was unable to utter by reason of forgetfulness: see فَتَحَ عَلَيْهِ]. (A, TA.) b5: And استفتح signifies also (assumed tropical:) He sought, desired, demanded, or asked, aid against an enemy, or victory. (S, Msb, K.) One says, استفتح بِهِمْ (assumed tropical:) He sought, &c., aid, or victory, by means of them. (L, from a trad.) And استفتح اللّٰهَ (tropical:) (A, TA) He desired, or asked, God to grant aid, or victory, (TA,) لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى الكُفَّارِ [to the Muslims against, or over, the unbelievers]. (A.) b6: Also (assumed tropical:) He sought, desired, demanded, or asked, judgment. (L.) فَتْحٌ inf. n. of فَتَحَ [q. v.]. (Msb, &c.) b2: [As a subst.,] (tropical:) Conquest of a country: (K, TA:) pl. فُتُوحٌ (TA) [and pl. pl. فُتُوحَاتٌ]. يَوْمٌ الفَتْحِ means particularly (assumed tropical:) The day of the conquest of Mekkeh: (L:) and also (assumed tropical:) The day of resurrection. (Mujáhid, L.) b3: (assumed tropical:) Aid against an enemy; or victory; syn. نَصْرٌ; as also ↓ فَتَاحَةٌ. (K.) b4: (assumed tropical:) Means of subsistence, with which God gives aid: pl. as above. (TA.) b5: (tropical:) The first of the rain called الوَسْمِىّ; (L, K;) as also ↓ فَتُوحٌ [which see again in what follows]: (K:) or the first of any rain; as also ↓ فُتْحَةٌ: (L:) pl. of the first فُتُوحٌ, (A,) or ↓ فَتُوحٌ, with fet-h to the ف, (L,) [see the mention of this voce فَيْحٌ,] but MF strongly reprobates this latter form, and observes that فَعُولٌ as a pl. measure is absolutely unknown. (TA.) One says, أَصَابَتِ الأَرْضُ فُتُوحٌ (tropical:) [First rains fell upon the land]. (A.) b6: (tropical:) Water running (S, K, TA) from a spring or other source: (S, TA:) or water running upon the surface of the earth: (AHn, TA:) or water for which a channel is opened to a tract of land for its irrigation thereby: (L:) or a river, or rivulet, or canal of running water. (T, TA.) مَا سُقِىَ بِالفَتْحِ فَفِيهِ العُشْرُ, and مَا سُقِىَ فَتْحًا, (L,) فَتْحًا being here in the accus. case as an inf. n., i. e. مَا فُتِحَ إِلَيْهِ مَآءُ الأَنْهَارِ فَتْحًا, (Mgh, L, *) occurring in a trad., means In the case of that (relating to the several sorts of seed-produce, and palm-trees,) which is irrigated by means of the channel opened to conduct to it the water of the river [or rivers], the tithe [of the produce shall be taken]. (L.) b7: The place of insertion of the tang of the iron head that enters into the shaft of an arrow: (K, * TA:) pl. as above. (TA.) b8: The fruit of the tree called نَبْع, resembling the حَبَّة خَضْرَآء [or fruit of the pistachia terebinthus], (K, TA,) except that it is red, sweet, and round; eaten by men. (TA.) b9: [As a conventional term in grammar and lexicology, A certain vowel-sound, well-known: and ↓ فَتْحَةٌ signifies The sign of that vowel-sound.]

فُتُحٌ a word of the measure فُعُلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. (S.) You say بَابٌ فُتُحٌ A wide, open, door: (S, K:) or a large, wide, door. (Msb.) And قَارُورَةٌ فُتُحٌ A wide-headed bottle or flash: (S, K:) or a bottle, or flash, having neither a stopper nor a case: (Ks, S, Msb, K:) because, if so, it is open. (TA.) فَتْحَةٌ: see فَتْحٌ, last sentence.

فُتْحَةٌ An opening, or intervening space; syn. فُرْجَةٌ: pl. فُتَحٌ. (Msb.) b2: See also فَتْحٌ. b3: Also (assumed tropical:) A boasting of, or boasting oneself in, or making a vain display of, what one has, or possesses, of wealth, or of good education, or polite accomplishments. (L, K, * TA.) One says, مَا هٰذِهِ الفُتْحَةُ الَّتِى أَظْهَرْتَهَا (assumed tropical:) What is this boasting, &c., which thou hast exhibited? (L.) IDrd thinks it to be not [genuine] Arabic. (L.) فَتْحَى Gain, profit, or increase obtained in traffic; syn. رِبْحٌ; [so accord. to the L; accord. to the copies of the K, erroneously, رِيحٌ i. e. “ wind; ”] mentioned by Az, on the authority of Ibn-Buzurj: a poet says, أَكُلُّهُمُ لَا بَارَكَ اللّٰهُ فِيهِمُ

إِذَا ذُكِرَتْ فَتْحَى مِنَ البَيْعِ عَاجِبُ [Are all of them, (may God not bless them,) when gain arising from selling is mentioned, in a state of wonder?]. (L.) فَتُوحٌ A she-camel having wide orifices to her teats; (S, K;) and so a ewe or a she-goat: pl. فُتْحٌ. (TA.) b2: See also فَتْحٌ, in two places.

فَتَاحَةٌ: see فَتْحٌ, fourth sentence.

فُتَاحَةٌ [see 1, near the end].

A2: الفُتَاحَةُ, thus in the L and other lexicons, without ى after the ح, but in the K ↓ الفُتَاحِيَةُ, there said to be with damm and without teshdeed, (TA,) A certain bird, different from that called الفَتَّاحُ, (K, TA,) tinged with redness. (TA.) فِتَاحَةٌ [see 1, near the end]. b2: [As a subst.,] (tropical:) The office of judge: one says, فُلَانٌ وُلِّىَ الفِتَاحَةَ (tropical:) Such a one was appointed to the office of judge. (A, TA.) b3: And [(tropical:) Litigation, or altercation:] one says, بَيْنَهُمَا فِتَاحَاتٌ (tropical:) Between them two are litigations, or altercations. (A, TA.) الفُتَاحِيَةُ: see الفُتَاحَةُ.

فَتَّاحٌ [An opener: and an unlocker. b2: and hence, (assumed tropical:) A conquerer. b3: And], in the dial. of Himyer, (TA,) (tropical:) A judge; one who decides between litigants: (S, Msb, K, TA:) it is like ↓ فَاتِحٌ, but [this signifies simply judging, and the former] has an intensive signification. (Msb.) الفَتَّاحُ, as an epithet applied to God, in the Kur xxxiv. 25, means (assumed tropical:) The Judge: or, accord. to IAth, (assumed tropical:) the Opener of the gates of sustenance and of mercy to his servants. (TA.) b4: بَيْتٌ فَتَّاحٌ means A wide, or an ample, house or tent. (El-Fáïk, TA.) b5: And الفَتَّاحُ signifies A certain bird, (K,) which is black, and which moves about its tail much, or often; white in the base of the tail, beneath it; and there is a sort thereof red; (TA;) also called أُمُّ عَجْلَانَ: (O in art. عجل:) pl. فَتَاتِيحُ, (K,) to which is added in the K, “without ا and ل; ”

but there is no reason why it should not have ال prefixed to it; and perhaps it should be correctly “ without ا and ت,” i. e. it is not pluralized with ا and ت [as an affix to the sing.], as in the L &c. (MF, TA.) فَاتِحٌ [Opening: &c.]: see فَتَّاحٌ.

فَاتِحَةٌ (tropical:) The commencement, or first part, of a thing: (S, A, * K:) pl. فَوَاتِحُ. (A.) فَاتِحَةُ الكِتَابِ, (Msb,) or فَاتِحَةُ القُرْآنِ, (TA,) [and simply الفَاتِحَةُ, (assumed tropical:) The opening chapter, or exordium, of the Kur-án,] is [said to be] so called because the recitation in prayer is commenced therewith. (Msb.) One says also, قَرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ السُّورَةِ وَخَاتِمَتَهَا (tropical:) He recited the first part, or portion, of the chapter of the Kur-án and its last part, or portion. (A.) And فَوَاتِحُ القُرْآنِ signifies (tropical:) The first parts, or portions, of the chapters of the Kur-án. (K, TA.) [See also مُفْتَتَحٌ.]

مَفْتَحٌ A place in which things are reposited, stowed, laid up, kept, preserved, or guarded; a repository; syn. خِزَانَةٌ and مَخْزَنٌ: [and a hoard; syn. خَزِينَةٌ:] and treasure; or buried property; syn. كَنْزٌ: (K, TA:) pl., in both senses, مَفَاتِحُ. (TA.) The pl. as occurring in the Kur xxviii. 76 is said to signify treasures or buried property (كُنُوز) and hoards (خَزَائِن [as pl. of خَزِينَةٌ, not of خِزَانَةٌ]): or hoards (خَزَاوئن) of wealth, which Az says is the most probable meaning: (L, TA:) or it there means keys, as pl. of ↓ مِفْتَحٌ; (Ksh, Bd;) and it is said that they were of skins, of the measure of the finger, and were borne upon sixty mules, (Ksh, L, TA,) or seventy; but this is not a valid explanation. (L, TA.) مِفْتَحٌ see the next preceding paragraph, and the next but one following; the latter in two places. b2: Also A conduit (قَنَاة) of water. (TA.) مُفَتِّحٌ, applied to a medicine &c., Aperient; having the property of opening the bowels: and مُفَتِّحٌ لِلسُّدَدِ deobstruent; having the property of removing obstructions.]

مِفْتَاحٌ (S, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ مِفْتَحٌ (Msb, K) A key; an instrument with which a lock is opened; (Msb;) [a key] of a door; and of anything that is closed, or locked; (S;) an instrument for opening, (K, TA,) i. e. anything with which a thing is opened: (TA:) pl. of the former مَفَاتِيحُ and مفَاتِحُ, said by Akh to be similar to أَمَانِىُّ and أَمَانٍ; (S;) or مفاتيح is pl. مِفْتَاحٌ, and مفاتح is pl. of ↓ مِفْتَحٌ [as well as of مَفْتَحٌ]. (Msb.) b2: مِفْتَاحُهَا الطُّهُورُ, said by the Prophet, in relation to prayer, means (tropical:) That which is as though it were the key thereof is the thing [or water] with which one purifies himself; being the means of removing the legal impurity that prevents one's addressing himself boldly to the act of prayer. (Msb.) b3: 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. (L.) b4: And المِفْتَاحُ signifies also (assumed tropical:) A certain brand upon the thigh and neck (K, TA) of a camel, in the form of what is [properly] thus called. (TA.) مَفْتُوحٌ An opened, or unclosed, [and an unlocked,] door. (Msb.) b2: [And (assumed tropical:) A light, or bright, colour; a meaning probably post-classical. b3: For other significations, see its verb.]

مَفَاتِيحُ, (unparalleled [in form] among sing. words, MF,) applied to a she-camel, Fat: pl. مَفَاتِيحَاتٌ: (K:) mentioned by Seer.(TA.) مُفْتَتَحٌ is an inf. n. [signifying The act of opening and commencing &c.]: and a n. of place and of time [signifying a place of opening and commencing &c. and a time thereof: and also the opening portion of the Kur-án; as shown voce خَاتَمٌ, q. v.]: and is a commonly-known and chaste word: though it has been said that مُخْتَتَمٌ [which has the contr. significations] is not a chaste word: (TA in the present art.:) this, however, is not correct; for it is a chaste word, and of frequent occurrence. (TA in art. ختم.) يَوْمٌ مُنْفَتِحٌ بَالمَآءِ (tropical:) A day [of clouds] bursting, or opening vehemently, with rain. (A.) b2: الحُرُوفُ المُنْفَتِحَةُ (assumed tropical:) The letters of which the utterance requires the opening of [that part of the mouth which is called] the حَنَك; (TA;) all the letters of the alphabet except ص, ض, ط, and ظ. (K, TA.)

فتح: فتح: ثقب كرة وجعل فيها منفذاً وباباً (بوشر) وفي تاريخ تونس (ص920) في الكلام عن الداي: وفتح باب البنات وبني خارجه سوقاً. ويقال أيضا: فتح بيوتاً في باطن السور أي شق السور السميك وبنى في داخله بيوتاً (ابن بطوطة 135:2).
فتح: كان أول من اشترى (بوشر).
فتح: أخلى الميناء ويقال: فتح مينا، (بوشر).
فتح: كشف ما تراكم من تراب وأزاله، وأزال الطين والوحل. (ألكالا).
فتح: أصلح، رقم، رأب، رقق، رفأ، (ألكالا).
فتح: فتح الله لفلان فتحاً: ألهمه. ففي المقري (943:1): أفتح لي فتحاً تنور به قلبي. ويقال أيضا: فتح على فلان. (المقدمة 256:3).
فتح الله في: سمح، أذن في، ففي البيان (97:1) فأن فتح في الدعاء فقد أذن في الإجابة.
فتح: استجاب، قبل، أجاب إلى: ففي رياض النفوس (ص94 و): فصلى ما فتحه الله أي صلى صلاة قبلها الله.
فتح الله لي في العلم أو العمل: قبل الله دعائي في أن أصبح عالماً وأن أعمل صالحاً، (المقري 487:1، 488).
فتح ب: في ابن العوام (545:1): في وقت فتح الأشجار بالنور (بالنوار في مخطوطة ل) والورق، أي في وقت بدأ الأشجار تتفتح لتظهر أزهارها وأوراقها.
فتح على فلان ب: تصدق عليه ب، أحسن إليه إحساناً غير متوقع. (ابن بطوطة 19:1، 24:2، ألف ليلة: 290:1، 195:2). وفي رياض النفوس (ص58 ق): وقال هذه خمسون ديناراً مثاقيل بعث بهما (بها) إليكما وفتح بها عليكما، ويقال: فتح الله بمعنى وفقك الله في صيد السمك (ألف ليلة برسل 96:4).
يفتح الله: جواب التاجر المألوف حين يرفض الثمن الذي قدمه له المشتري (= هذا قليل جداً) (ألف ليلة 421:1، 116:2) وهذا قول موجز لم يحسن برتون (74:1) تفسيره. وبمقارنة ما جاء في (برسل 303:10) بما جاء في (ماكن 294:4) يتبين أنه (يفتح الله عليَّ بغير بيعه) أي ليوفقني الله فلا أبيع هذا الشيء بهذا الثمن. وهذا التعبير يعني أيضا: لا لن تأخذ شيئاً.
وكذلك يقال للكمدي حين يراد عدم إعطائه شيئاً: يفتح الله عليك. (ألف ليلة 259:1) وفي رياض النفوس (ص80 و) أن طفلاً أراد أن تشتري له أمه حلوى فقالت له: يفتح الله فأخذ يبكي. ويفتح الله لها أيضا معنى آخر، فحين يسأل شخص (أين تذهب، فيجيبه: (يفتح الله) أي إلى حيث يهديني الله.) (هاي ص2).
فتح باباً أو سيرة: فتح الحديث في المسألة، كان أو من تكلم فيها. (بوشر).
فتح معه سيرة: عقد الحديث. وأصل الكلام (بوشر).
فتح معه باباً أو كلاماً: بادر إلى الأمر وسبقه إليه (بوشر). فتح باباً: تعرض للأمر ومهد له. ومجازاً كان أول من سعى في الأمر وابتدأ فيه (بوشر).
فتح باب: تمهيد، الخطوات الأولى للإصلاح والتوفيق. (بوشر).
فتح له باب أو سيرة: قدم له عرضاً للمفاوضة ودعاه إليه. (بوشر).
فتح باباً ل: ولد، سبب. (بوشر).
فتح عليه بابا في السحر (أنظره في مادة باب). وكذلك: فتح الدارات. (المقرئ 234:3).
فتح افتتاحاً: جرب، مهد. مرن. وتستعمل مجازاً بمعنى بدأ بالأقل شأناً وأهمية. (بوشر).
فتح بنتاً: أفرعها، أزال بكارتها. (بوشر، ألف ليلة 884:4).
فتح الحرب: بدأ الحرب. (بوشر).
فتح دعوى على: أقام عليه الدعوى. (بوشر).
فتح سكة: شق طريقاً ومهده. (بوشر).
فتح سيفه: سل سيفه. (أبو الوليد ص594).
فتح يده في السوط: تناول السوط. (عنتر ص58). فتح صدره: صرخ بكل ما يضمر، تكلم بصراحة (بوشر).
فتح عينه: أدبه، هذبه. ومجازاً: أنشأه ونشأه. (بوشر، فوك).
فتح العين: نبه الذهن. (بوشر).
فتح العقل: استفتح العقل وجعله أقدر على الفهم وأشد تنبها. (بوشر).
فتح الفال: تفاءل، وتكهن، وخمن. (بوشر، همبرت ص89، 157).
فتح فتوحات كثيرة: قام بحروب كثيرة ونجح فيها واستولى على بلاد كثيرة وتملكها. (معجم أبي الفداء).
فتح القلوع: نشر الأشرعة. (همبرت ص120).
فتح كياً: كوى. (بوشر).
فتح (بالتشديد): فتح الزهر: تفتح، فغر، فقح، تفقح. (بوشر، المقري 383:1، فليشر بريشت ص185، 271، ياقوت 904:3).
تفتيح في مصطلح الخياطة: غرز الإبرة، حسب رأي دي سلان (المقدة 327:3، 309:3).
فاتح: فاتحه بالكلام: بدأه بالكلام وحادثه. (بوشر، عبد الواحد ص174، المقري 396:2).
فاتح البيع: ذكرت في ديوان الهذليين (13، البيت الخامس) مع الشرح في (ص14).
تفتح. تفتح البرق: لمع البرق ولمحة. (الكامل ص73) انفتح: أفضى إلى، أدى إلى، وانشق وإن فرز.
يقال: انفتح الدمل. (بوشر) انفتح: أخرق، تصدع. ففي رياض النفوس (ص88 ق) في الكلام عن لوح في المركب فانفتح لنا لوح فرجعنا إلى قمودة وفزعنا بعض الشحنة أو الشحنة كلها ثم أصلحنا المركب. وفيه بلغنا أن قلوبكم ضعفت لما نالكم من انفتاح المركب - ومن هذا استعملوا كلمة انفتاح بمعنى غرق (ألكالا) وعند أماري (ديب ص223) يجب إبدال كلمة أصلح بكلمة انفتح فتكون العبارة: وإذا انفتح لهم مركب من ريح عرضت، وكذلك يجب إبدال إنضاج بكلمة انفتح في (ص228) لأن الترجمة الإيطالية القديمة تنص ص 390 على: بسبب الغرق.
انفتاح القلب: إباحة القلب بأسراره ومكاشفته بها. (بوشر).
انفتح إلي: مال إلي، فيه شبه من. ففي رحلة ابن جبير (ص86) في كلامه عن لوحين (بلاطتين) من المرمر الأخضر: فيهما نكت تنفتح عن لونهما إلى الصفرة قليلاً كأنها تجريع.
افتتح: افتتح خاتمة الأمر: خمن خاتمة الأمر. (فالتون ص35، ص69 رقم 2).
انفتح: استفتح، طلب فتح الباب. ففي رياض النفوس (ص82 ق): ولم يكن يفتح بابه قبل وقت الصلاة فجلسنا على باب البيت فطال علينا الأمر فافتتح رجل أندلسي كان معنا بصوت حزين فسمعنا للشيخ حركة وبكاء وشهيقاً ثم فتح الباب.
استفتح: كتب مقدمة الكتاب وفاتحته (ألكالا).
استفتح: استلم أولى مبلغ في يومه من البيع (بوشر).
استفتح: فتح البلاد واستولى عليها. (فوك) فتح: أبو الفتوحات: فاتح. (بوشر) فتح: خرق، شق، فلق، صدع. (بوشر).
فتح: ثاني حراثة للأرض. (ابن العوام 92). فتح، والجمع فتوح، وجمع الجمع فتوحات: صدقة، حسنة. وفي المعجم اللاتيني العربي ( stapes فتح ورزق). (ابن بطوطة 19:2، 275 المقري 710:2).
فتح، والجمع فتوح وجمع الجمع فتوحات: فضل من الله يمنحه للمتصوفة الذين بلغوا أقصى الدرجات من الحياة الروحية (دي سلان المقدمة 91:3 رقم 4) والنص في المقدمة (64:3) (المقري 573:1) وربما ميرسنج (ص26) أيضا، وقد حرفت فيه كلمة القرني.
فتح الباب: عند المنجمين عبارة عن نظر الكوكبين اللذين بيوتهما متقابلة كنظر المشتري وعطارد. (محيط المحيط).
فتحة: ثقبة، فرجة، فجوة، ثغرة. (بوشر).
فتحة: ثقب صغير لمرور القيطان. (بوشر).
فتحة: فتحة في السد لمرور السفن. (بوشر).
فتحة الحلق: فم الحنجرة. زردوم. (بوشر).
فتوح: بدأ المزاد. افتتاح المزاد أول سعر يقدم في المزاد. (بوشر).
فتوح: أجرة، جعالة، معاش، كراء، راتب. (ألكالا، ألف ليلة برسل 215:11).
فتاح: مبالغة فاتح، الذي يكثر الفتح. (بوشر).
فتاح الفال: المتكهن بالمستقبل، بوهيمي. (بوشر، همبرت ص89).
فاتح: ضد غامق، يقال: لون فاتح. (بوشر).
فاتح: عقبة، حجر عثرة، صخور البحر (ألكالا).
فاتح باب كبير: رجل يعيش عيشة باذخة، وكثر حشمة وكثرت نفقاته وعاش بزهو. (بوشر).
فاتح الفال: كاهن، عراف، زاجر الطير، ضارب الرمل، (بوشر، همبرت ص157).
فاتحة: مقدمة، استهلال، مدخل، تمهيد، ديباجة. (بوشر).
فاتحة: فاتحة القداس، بدأ القداس، بدأة القداس. (بوشر).
فاتحة: تمهيد وتوطئة لعقد المعاهدة، ما يجب الاتفاق عليه قبل عقد المعاهدة. (بوشر).
فاتحة الخلاف: أول من بدأ الثورة. (ابن الأغلب ص38). الفاتحة في صحائف من يذوق روحه: طوبى لمن عرف قدر نفسه، فليحي من عرف قدره (بوشر).
مفتح الماء: سكر، باب متحرك حول محور منظم جريان الماء. (محيط المحيط) في مادة بست.
خط مفتح: خط مستقيم. (فوك).
مفتاح: مقلد القانون، مفتاح القانون الآلة الموسيقية. (صفة مصر 300:13).
مفتاح: رائد (مقبض لإدارة آلة) في أخمص القذافة وهي قوس قديمة لقذف السهام والكرات والحجارة وغيرها، الجريدة الآسيوية (1848: 208:2).
المفتاح الناري: شرارة (المعجم اللاتيني العربي) وآلة حربية ترمى النار. (فوك).
مفتاح: قفل، غلق. (كرتاس ص39).
مفتاح: استعملت استعمالاً غريباً في تاريخ البربر ففيه (282:1) اجتمع إليه قبائل غمارة وصنهاجة مفتاح. ويرى السيد دي سلان أنها تعنى الأمر، وهذا بعيد الاحتمال.
مفتوح، بالمفتوح: بصراحة: بوضوح، جهراً، علانية، بإخلاص. (بوشر).
مفتوح العين: لبيب، أريب، بصير، فطن. (فوك) ومحترس، حذر، يقظ. (ألكالا).
فهمه مفتوح: سهل الفهم، قريب المأخذ (بوشر).
يده مفتوحة: كريم، جواد (بوشر).
المفتوح في علم الحساب: العدد المتناظر، المشترك المقياس (محيط المحيط).
الحساب المفتوح: علم الحساب. (ابن خلكان 23:9) وانظر الترجمة (474:3 رقم 2). والمفتوحات أيضا (محيط المحيط) والمفتوح عند أهل الرمل: شكل إحدى مراتبه فرد والباقي أزواج (محيط المحيط) وانظر مسدود.
مفاتحة: مراسلة، مكاتبة. ففي كتاب ابن عبد الملك (ص125 ق): وكانت بينه وبين جماعة من أدباء عصره من أهل مالقة وغيرهم مفاتحات ومراجعات نظماً ونثراً.
مفاتحة الصلح: وعد بالصلح. (بوشر).
افتتاح: بدء: استهلال، تمهيد، مقدمة. (بوشر) وانظر مادة فتح.
افتتاحي: تدشيني، تمهيدي: إعدادي (بوشر)، الانفتاح عند الأطباء: انشقاق العرق في رأسه (محيط المحيط).
استفتاح: أول ما يستلمه البائع في يومه. (بوشر، معجم هابيشت في الجزء الرابع من طبعته لكتاب ألف ليلة).
حرف الاستفتاح: عند النحاة: ألا (محيط المحيط).
استفتاحي: إلا الاستفتاحية. (ابن عقيل ص92) وانظر ما تقدم.