فطن
1 فَطِنَ, [
aor. ـَ
inf. n. فِطْنَةٌ and فَطَانَةٌ and فَطَانِيَةٌ [&c. as in the next sentence, He was, or became, intelligent, understanding, knowing, sagacious, or skilful: see the explanations of فِطْنَةٌ below]; (
S;) and فَطُنَ signifies [the same, i. e.] he became such as is termed فَطِن. (
Lth,
TA.) You say, فَطِنَ لَهُ, (
Msb,
K,) and إِلَيْهِ, and بِهِ, (
K,)
aor. ـَ (
Msb,
K;) and فَطَنَ,
aor. ـُ (
Msb,
K;) and فَطُنَ,
aor. ـُ (
K;)
inf. n. فَطْنٌ (
Msb,
K) and فَطْنٌ and فُطْنٌ and فَطَنٌ and فُطُنٌ (
K) and فِطْنَةٌ and فِطَانٌ (
Msb) and فُطُونَةٌ and فَطَانَةٌ and فَطَانِيَةٌ; (
K;) He was, or became, [intelligent, understanding, knowing, or sagacious, respecting it; (agreeably with explanations above;) or] skilled of it, i. e. skilful in it; (
K;) namely, an affair: (
Msb:) [and he understood, or knew, it; often used in this sense:] and sometimes they said فَطَنَهُ, making the verb
trans. by itself, because it implies the meaning of فَهِمَ; (
TA;) or فَطَنْتُ الشَّىْءِ, with fet-h, signifies I understood, or knew, the thing: (
S:) and some say that فَطَانَةٌ [as
inf. n., agreeably with
analogy, of فَطُنَ, which see in what follows,] signifies [the possessing] excellence in respect of readiness of intelligence for the perception of what comes to one from another. (
TA.) [فَطَنَ لَهُ also signifies He took notice of, or paid attention to, him, or it: see
Har p. 626, and
Ham p. 695.] And فَطُنَ signifies [also] He became one of whom فِطْنَة [i. e. intelligence, &c., as
expl. below,] was a سَجِيَّة [meaning faculty, or quality, firmly rooted in the mind]. (
Msb.) 2 فطّنهُ للأَمْرِ, (
Msb,
TA,)
inf. n. تَفْطِينٌ, (
K,
TA,) He made him to understand, or know, the affair: (
K, *
TA:) or he made him knowing in the various modes of the affair, and skilful therein. (
Msb.) Hence the
prov., لَا يُفَطِّنُ القَارَةَ إِلَّا الحِجَارَة i. e. [Nothing will make] the she-bear [to understand, except stones]. (
TA.) And فطّنهُ المُعَلِّمُ means The teacher rendered him فَطِن [i. e. intelligent, &c.,] by the disciplining of his mind and the correcting him. (
TA.) 3 مُفَاطَنَةٌ is of the measure مُفَاعَلَةٌ from فَطِنَ: (
S:) [as such it signifies The contending, or vying, one with another, in intelligence, understanding, knowledge, sagacity, or skill; whence فَاطَنْتُهُ is used in the
K (in art. حجو) as a
syn. of حَاجَيْتُهُ,
q. v.: or] it signifies [sometimes] the showing intelligence, understanding, knowledge, sagacity, or skill, one with another. (
PS.) [Agreeably with the former explanation,] one says, فَاطَنَهُ فِى الكَلَامِ i. e. He held a dialogue or colloquy, or a disputation or debate, with him [with the view of trying which of them would prove superior in intelligence, &c.];
syn. رَاجَعَهُ. (
K) [See also 3 in art. لحن.]
5 تفطّن لَهُ He understood it, or knew it, [quickly, or] with quickness of intelligence; namely, what was said. (
TA.) فَطْنٌ: see what next follows.
فَطُنٌ: see what next follows.
فَطِنٌ (
S,
Msb,
K,
KL) and ↓ فَطُنٌ (
S,
K,
KL) and ↓ فَطْنٌ and ↓ فَطِينٌ and ↓ فَطُونٌ and ↓ فَاطِنٌ (
K) are epithets (
S,
K,
TA) applied to a man, (
S,
TA,) signifying Intelligent, understanding, knowing, sagacious, or skilful; (
S, *
K, *
KL;) the first
expl. by
Lth as signifying possessing فِطْنَة respecting things: (
TA:) and it signifies one of whom فِطْنَة has become a سَجِيَّة [meaning faculty, or quality, firmly rooted in the mind]: (
Msb:) the
pl. [of this] is فُطْنٌ, (
K,) or فُزُنٌ, with two dammehs, (
Msb,) or both: (
TA:) and the
fem. is فَطِنَةٌ. (
K.) فَطِنٌ بِخُصُومَتِهِ means A man knowing in the various modes of his disputation, or litigation, and skilful therein. (
Msb.) فِطْنَةٌ [mentioned above as an
inf. n. seems to be regarded by some as a simple
subst., and] signifies Intelligence, understanding, knowledge, sagacity, (
S, *
KL,
PS,) or skill; (
K,
KL,
PS;)
contr. of غَبَاوَةٌ: (
TA:) or,
accord. to some, such [intelligence, &c.,] as is instinctive [or natural; infused into the mind by God]; not acquired. (
TA.) [See also ذِهْنٌ.]
فَطُونٌ: see فَطِنٌ.
فَطِينٌ: see فَطِنٌ.
فَاطِنٌ: see فَطِنٌ.
