[1]
فَتَحَ , (S, A, MA, Msb, K, &c.,) aor.
فَتَحَ , (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
اِسْتَفْتَحْتُ ↓
الشَّىْءَ and
↓
اِفْتَتَحْتُهُ [
I opened the thing; and the former
signifies also
I sought, or
demanded, the opening
of the thing]; (S, TA;) and
جَآءَ يَسْتَفْتِحُ ↓
البَابَ
[
He came opening the door; or
seeking, or
demanding, the opening of the door; the latter
being the more obvious meaning]. (A, TA.) ―
2-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.) ―
2-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.) ―
2-b4- And
فَتَحَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ [
He made an
opening between his legs; he parted his legs; like
فَرَجَ بَيْنَهُمَا]. (S in art.
رهو.) ―
2-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.) ―
2-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.) ―
2-b7- [The following meanings are
tropical.] ―
2-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.) ―
2-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.] ―
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.) ―
2-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.] ―
2-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 ٱسْتَقْرَأَهُ (tropical:) [
He recited
something
to him who desired him to do so, the
latter being unable to do it]. (TA.) ―
2-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.) ―
2-b14-
فُتِحَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ
(tropical:)
Such a one became fortunate; possessed of good
fortune; favoured by the world, or
by worldly
circumstances. (A, TA.) ―
2-b15-
فَتَحَ ٱللّٰهُ 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.) ―
2-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.) ―
2-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.]