فتــح
1 فَتَــحَ, (
S,
A,
MA,
Msb,
K, &c.,)
aor. ـَ (
K,)
inf. n. فَتْــحٌ, (
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 ↓
فتّــح, and ↓ ا
فتــتح; (
K;) or you say ↓
فَتَّــحْتُ الأَبْوَابَ [I opened the doors], this verb being with teshdeed to denote multiplicity [of the objects]; (
S;) and ↓ استـ
ـفتــح signifies the same as ↓ ا
فتــتح; (
S, *
K;) i. e. each of these signifies he opened a door; (
TK;) you say الشَّىْءَ ↓ اِسْتَـ
ـفْتَــحْتُ and ↓ اِـ
ـفْتَــتَحْتُهُ [I opened the thing; and the former signifies also I sought, or demanded, the opening of the thing]; (
S,
TA;) and البَابَ ↓ جَآءَ يَسْتَـ
ـفْتِــحُ [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 يُـ
ـفْتَــحُ العَيْنُ عَلَى مِثْلِهِ [Such a one, the eye will not be opened upon the like of him]. (
A.)
b3: And
فَتَــحْتُ القَنَاةَ,
inf. n. as above, I opened the conduit, in order that the water might run, and irrigate the seed-produce. (
Msb.)
b4: And
فَتَــحَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ [He made an opening between his legs; he parted his legs; like فَرَجَ بَيْنَهُمَا]. (
S in art. رهو.)
b5: And
فَتَــحَ أَصَابِعَ رِجْلَيْهِ [
app. He parted his toes; if not a mistake for
فَتَــخَ, 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: فَتَــحَتْ, said of a she-camel, [and of a sheep or goat (see
فَتُــوحٌ),] She had wide orifices to her teats; as also ↓ ا
فتــحت; (
S,
K;) and ↓ ا
فتــتحت. (
TK: but this I do not find in the
K.)
b7: [The following meanings are
tropical.]
b8: فَتَــحَ, (
A,
Msb,
TA,)
inf. n. فَتْــحٌ; (
K;) and ↓ ا
فتــتح; (
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: [
فَتَــحَهُ 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: فَتَــحَ المُشْكِلَ (assumed
tropical:) He explained, or made clear, that which was dubious, or confused. (
Bd in vii. 87.) And اِـ
ـفْتَــحْ سِرَّكَ عَلَىَّ لَا عَلَى فُلَانٍ (
tropical:) [Open, or reveal, thy secret to me; not to such a one]. (
A,
TA.)
b11: [Hence,]
فَتَــحَ عَلَيْهِ (
tropical:) He taught him, informed him, or acquainted him. (
TA.) [You say,
فَتَــحَ 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
فَتَــحَ 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: فُتِــحَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ (
tropical:) Such a one became fortunate; possessed of good fortune; favoured by the world, or by worldly circumstances. (
A,
TA.)
b15: فَتَــحَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ
فُتُــوحًا كَثِيرَةً (
tropical:) is said of persons who have been rained upon [as meaning God bestowed upon them many, or abundant, first rains]. (
A.)
b16: فَتَــحَ بَيْنَهُمْ, (
A,) or بَيْنَ النَّاسِ, (
Msb,) or بَيْنَ الخَصْمَيْنِ, (
K,)
inf. n. فَتْــحٌ, (
T,
Msb,
K,) and
فُتَــاحَةٌ (
S, *
K) and
فِتَــاحَةٌ are
syn. therewith [
app. as
inf. ns.], (
K,) and
فُتُــوحَةٌ and
فِتَــاحٌ, (
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, اِـ
ـفْتَــحْ بَيْنَنَا Judge thou between us: (
S:) thus in the
Kur vii. 87. (
TA.) And مَا أَحْسَنَ
فِتَــاحَتَهُ How good is his judging, or judgment ! (
A.)
b17: [
فَتَــحَ الحَرْفَ, a conventional phrase in grammar and lexicology, He pronounced the letter with the vowel-sound termed
فَتْــح: and he marked the letter with the sign of that vowel-sound.]
2 فتّــح: 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
فِتَــاحٌ, (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.
فتــك.)
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 أَـ
ـفْتَــحَ see 1, in the second quarter of the paragraph.
5 تَـ
ـفَتَّــحَ see 7, in three places. [Hence,] تـ
ـفتّــح النَّوْرُ The blossom [or blossoms] opened. (
MA.) and تـ
ـفتّــح الأَكِمَّةُ عَنِ النَّوْرِ The calyxes burst open [from over the blossoms, so as to disclose them]. (
TA.)
b2: [تـ
ـفتّــح فِى الكَلَامِ is like our phrase (assumed
tropical:) He showed off, or made an ostentatious display, in speech, or talk.] And you say, تـ
ـفتّــح 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 تـ
ـفتّــح 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 انـ
ـفتــح quasi-
pass. of
فَتَــحَ, said of a door, (
S,
A,
Msb,
TA,) It opened, or became opened or open; (
Msb;) as also ↓ تـ
ـفتّــح: (
TA:) or the latter is quasi-
pass. of
فَتَّــحَ, so that you say, الأَبْوَابُ ↓ تَـ
ـفَتَّــحَتِ [The doors opened, or became opened or open]. (
S.)
b2: And انـ
ـفتــح 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 ↓ تـ
ـفتّــح has a similar meaning, but is properly said of a number of things.]
8 إِـ
ـفْتَــتَحَ see 1, first sentence, in three places; and again, in the second quarter of the paragraph, in two places.
b2: One says also, ا
فتــتح الصَّلَاةَ (
tropical:) (
A,
MA) He opened, or commenced, prayer: (
MA:) اِـ
ـفْتِــتَاحُ 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 اِـ
ـفْتَــتَحْتُهُ بِكَذَا (assumed
tropical:) I commenced it with such a thing. (
Msb.) And مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا ا
فْتُــتِحَ 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 إِسْتَـ
ـفْتَــحَ see 1, first sentence, in three places.
b2: آتِى بَابَ الجَنَّةِ فَأَسْتَـ
ـفْتِــحُ 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: استـ
ـفتــحهُ القُرْآنَ (
tropical:) He desired, or asked, him to explain the
Kur-á
n. (
MA.)
b4: استـ
ـفتــحهُ 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
فَتَــحَ عَلَيْهِ]. (
A,
TA.)
b5: And استـ
ـفتــح signifies also (assumed
tropical:) He sought, desired, demanded, or asked, aid against an enemy, or victory. (
S,
Msb,
K.) One says, استـ
ـفتــح بِهِمْ (assumed
tropical:) He sought, &c., aid, or victory, by means of them. (
L, from a
trad.) And استـ
ـفتــح 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.)
فَتْــحٌ
inf. n. of
فَتَــحَ [
q. v.]. (
Msb, &c.)
b2: [
As a
subst.,] (
tropical:) Conquest of a country: (
K,
TA:)
pl. فُتُــوحٌ (
TA) [and
pl. pl.
فُتُــوحَاتٌ]. يَوْمٌ الـ
ـفَتْــحِ 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 ↓
فَتَــاحَةٌ. (
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 ↓
فَتُــوحٌ [which see again in what follows]: (
K:) or the first of any rain; as also ↓
فُتْــحَةٌ: (
L:)
pl. of the first
فُتُــوحٌ, (
A,) or ↓
فَتُــوحٌ, 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
فُتُــوحٌ (
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 بِالـ
ـفَتْــحِ فَفِيهِ العُشْرُ, and مَا سُقِىَ
فَتْــحًا, (
L,)
فَتْــحًا being here in the
accus. case as an
inf. n., i. e. مَا
فُتِــحَ إِلَيْهِ مَآءُ الأَنْهَارِ
فَتْــحًا, (
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 ↓
فَتْــحَةٌ signifies The sign of that vowel-sound.]
فُتُــحٌ a word of the measure فُعُلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. (
S.) You say بَابٌ
فُتُــحٌ A wide, open, door: (
S,
K:) or a large, wide, door. (
Msb.) And قَارُورَةٌ
فُتُــحٌ 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.)
فَتْــحَةٌ: see
فَتْــحٌ, last sentence.
فُتْــحَةٌ An opening, or intervening space;
syn. فُرْجَةٌ:
pl. فُتَــحٌ. (
Msb.)
b2: See also
فَتْــحٌ.
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 الـ
ـفُتْــحَةُ الَّتِى أَظْهَرْتَهَا (assumed
tropical:) What is this boasting, &c., which thou hast exhibited? (
L.)
IDrd thinks it to be not [genuine] Arabic. (
L.)
فَتْــحَى 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
فَتْــحَى 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.)
فَتُــوحٌ A she-camel having wide orifices to her teats; (
S,
K;) and so a ewe or a she-goat:
pl. فُتْــحٌ. (
TA.)
b2: See also
فَتْــحٌ, in two places.
فَتَــاحَةٌ: see
فَتْــحٌ, fourth sentence.
فُتَــاحَةٌ [see 1, near the end].
A2: الـ
ـفُتَــاحَةُ, thus in the
L and other lexicons, without ى after the ح, but in the
K ↓ الـ
ـفُتَــاحِيَةُ, there said to be with damm and without teshdeed, (
TA,) A certain bird, different from that called الـ
ـفَتَّــاحُ, (
K,
TA,) tinged with redness. (
TA.)
فِتَــاحَةٌ [see 1, near the end].
b2: [
As a
subst.,] (
tropical:) The office of judge: one says, فُلَانٌ وُلِّىَ الـ
ـفِتَــاحَةَ (
tropical:) Such a one was appointed to the office of judge. (
A,
TA.)
b3: And [(
tropical:) Litigation, or altercation:] one says, بَيْنَهُمَا
فِتَــاحَاتٌ (
tropical:) Between them two are litigations, or altercations. (
A,
TA.) الـ
ـفُتَــاحِيَةُ: see الـ
ـفُتَــاحَةُ.
فَتَّــاحٌ [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.) الـ
ـفَتَّــاحُ, 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
فَتَّــاحٌ means A wide, or an ample, house or tent. (El-
Fáïk,
TA.)
b5: And الـ
ـفَتَّــاحُ 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. فَتَــاتِيحُ, (
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
فَتَّــاحٌ.
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-á
n. (
K,
TA.) [See also مُـ
ـفْتَــتَحٌ.]
مَـ
ـفْتَــحٌ 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 ↓ مِـ
ـفْتَــحٌ; (
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.) مِـ
ـفْتَــحٌ see the next preceding paragraph, and the next but one following; the latter in two places.
b2: Also A conduit (قَنَاة) of water. (
TA.) مُـ
ـفَتِّــحٌ, applied to a medicine &c., Aperient; having the property of opening the bowels: and مُـ
ـفَتِّــحٌ لِلسُّدَدِ deobstruent; having the property of removing obstructions.]
مِـ
ـفْتَــاحٌ (
S,
Msb,
K, &c.) and ↓ مِـ
ـفْتَــحٌ (
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. مِـ
ـفْتَــاحٌ, and مفاتح is
pl. of ↓ مِـ
ـفْتَــحٌ [as well as of مَـ
ـفْتَــحٌ]. (
Msb.)
b2: مِـ
ـفْتَــاحُهَا 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 المِـ
ـفْتَــاحُ 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.) مَـ
ـفْتُــوحٌ 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.) مُـ
ـفْتَــتَحٌ 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 مُنْـ
ـفَتِــحٌ بَالمَآءِ (
tropical:) A day [of clouds] bursting, or opening vehemently, with rain. (
A.)
b2: الحُرُوفُ المُنْـ
ـفَتِــحَةُ (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.)