فتح

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ)

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fa.ta.ħa/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

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)
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Verb[edit]

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
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Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

فَتْح (fatḥm (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
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Etymology 3[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

فَتْح (fatḥf

  1. (politics) Fatah (a reverse acronym)

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Root
ف ت ح
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

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

  1. to open (to make something accessible)

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

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

Noun[edit]

فتح (fath)

  1. victory
  2. conquest

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South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ف ت ح
5 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to open
    Antonym: سكّر (sakkar)

Conjugation[edit]

    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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ).

Noun[edit]

فَتَح (fatahf (Hindi spelling फ़तह)

  1. victory
  2. conquest