فتح

See also: قبح and ف ت ح

Arabic

Root
ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *pataḥ-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm) and Biblical Hebrew פָּתַח (pɔṯaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ta.ħa/
  • (file)

Verb

فَتَحَ • (fataḥa) I, non-past يَفْتَحُ‎ (yaftaḥu)

  1. (transitive) to open (to make something accessible)
    Antonym: أَغْلَقَ (ʔaḡlaqa)
    • 2003, Alaa Al Aswaany, chapter 2, in The Yacoubian building, Maktaba Madbouly:
      فَتَحَ زَكِي عَيْنَيْهِ
      fataḥa zakī ʕaynayhi
      Zaki opened his eyes.
  2. to conquer, occupy, take possession of
  3. (construed with عَلَى (ʕalā)) to disclose to
  4. to explain, expound
  5. to prompt
  6. to assist
  7. to begin
  8. to decide
    فَتَحَ الْفَأْلfataḥa l-faʔlto take as an omen
  9. to mark (a consonant) with a fatha
  10. to offer (a price)
  11. to broach (a subject)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • اِفْتَحْ يَا سِمْسِم (iftaḥ yā simsim)
References

Verb

فَتَّحَ • (fattaḥa) II, non-past يُفَتِّحُ‎ (yufattiḥu)

  1. (transitive) to open in large numbers or thoroughly
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:40:
      إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ
      ʔinna llaḏīna kaḏḏabū biʔāyātinā wastakbarū ʕanhā lā tufattaḥu lahum ʔabwābu s-samāʔi walā yadḵulūna l-jannata ḥattā yalija l-jamalu fī sammi l-ḵiyāṭi
      Indeed, those who deny Our signs and disdain them—the gates of the heaven will not be opened for them, nor shall they enter paradise until the camel passes through the needle's eye
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Cognate with Akkadian 𒁉𒌈 (pītum) and Biblical Hebrew פֶּתַח (pɛ́ṯaḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fatħ/

Noun

فَتْح • (fatḥ) m (plural فُتُوح (futūḥ) or فُتُوحَات (futūḥāt))

  1. verbal noun of فَتَحَ (fataḥa) (form I)
  2. opening
  3. disclosure, overture, beginning
  4. conquest, victory, an outcome; occupation of a fortified place, opening of an enemy's defenses
  5. help
  6. the vowel sign fatha
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: fəth
  • Ottoman Turkish: فتح
  • Persian: فتح
  • Uzbek: fath

Proper noun

فَتْح • (fatḥ) f

  1. (politics) Fatah (a reverse acronym)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فتح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ف ت ح
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa).

Verb

فتح • (fataḥ) I (non-past يفتح (yiftaḥ))

  1. to open (to make something accessible)

Conjugation

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? fath
Dari reading? fath
Iranian reading? fath
Tajik reading? fath

Noun

فتح • (fath)

  1. victory
  2. conquest

Synonyms

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ت ح
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.taħ/, [ˈfa.taħ]
  • (file)

Verb

فتح • (fataḥ) I (present بفتح (biftaḥ), passive participle مفتوح (maftūḥ))

  1. to open
    Antonym: سكّر (sakkar)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of فتح (fataḥ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m فتحت (fataḥt) فتحت (fataḥt) فتح (fataḥ) فتحنا (fataḥna) فتحتو (fataḥtu) فتحو (fataḥu)
f فتحتي (fataḥti) فتحت (fatḥat)
present m بفتح (baftaḥ) بتفتح (btiftaḥ) بفتح (biftaḥ) منفتح (mniftaḥ) بتفتحو (btiftaḥu) بفتحو (biftaḥu)
f بتفتحي (btiftaḥi) بتفتح (btiftaḥ)
subjunctive m أفتح (ʔaftaḥ) تفتح (tiftaḥ) يفتح (yiftaḥ) نفتح (niftaḥ) تفتحو (tiftaḥu) يفتحو (yiftaḥu)
f تفتحي (tiftaḥi) تفتح (tiftaḥ)
imperative m افتح (iftaḥ) افتحو (iftaḥu)
f افتحي (iftaḥi)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ).

Noun

فَتَح • (fatah) f (Hindi spelling फ़तह)

  1. victory
  2. conquest
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