فتح

See also: قبح and ف ت ح

Arabic

Root
ف ت ح (f t ḥ)
17 terms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ta.ħa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

1. (transitive) to open (“to make something accessible”)
   • 2003, Alaa Al Aswaany, chapter 2, in The Yacoubian building, Maktaba Madbouly:

     فَتَحَ زَكِي عَيْنَيْهِ

     fataḥa zakī ʕaynayhi

     Zaki opened his eyes.

   Antonym: أَغْلَقَ (ʔaḡlaqa)

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 الْفَأْل ― fataḥa l-faʔl ― to take as an omen

9. to mark (a consonant) with a fatha
10. to offer (a price)
11. to broach (a subject)

Derived terms

• اِفْتَحْ يَا سِمْسِم (iftaḥ yā simsim)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فتح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Verb

فَتَّحَ • (fattaḥa) II (non-past يُفَتِّحُ (yufattiḥu), verbal noun تَفْتِيح (taftīḥ))

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

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

Declension of noun فَتْح (fatḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَتْح fatḥ	الْفَتْح al-fatḥ	فَتْح fatḥ
Nominative	فَتْحٌ fatḥun	الْفَتْحُ al-fatḥu	فَتْحُ fatḥu
Accusative	فَتْحًا fatḥan	الْفَتْحَ al-fatḥa	فَتْحَ fatḥa
Genitive	فَتْحٍ fatḥin	الْفَتْحِ al-fatḥi	فَتْحِ fatḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَتْحَيْن fatḥayn	الْفَتْحَيْن al-fatḥayn	فَتْحَيْ fatḥay
Nominative	فَتْحَانِ fatḥāni	الْفَتْحَانِ al-fatḥāni	فَتْحَا fatḥā
Accusative	فَتْحَيْنِ fatḥayni	الْفَتْحَيْنِ al-fatḥayni	فَتْحَيْ fatḥay
Genitive	فَتْحَيْنِ fatḥayni	الْفَتْحَيْنِ al-fatḥayni	فَتْحَيْ fatḥay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُتُوح‎; فُتُوحَات futūḥ‎; futūḥāt	الْفُتُوح‎; الْفُتُوحَات al-futūḥ‎; al-futūḥāt	فُتُوح‎; فُتُوحَات futūḥ‎; futūḥāt
Nominative	فُتُوحٌ‎; فُتُوحَاتٌ futūḥun‎; futūḥātun	الْفُتُوحُ‎; الْفُتُوحَاتُ al-futūḥu‎; al-futūḥātu	فُتُوحُ‎; فُتُوحَاتُ futūḥu‎; futūḥātu
Accusative	فُتُوحًا‎; فُتُوحَاتٍ futūḥan‎; futūḥātin	الْفُتُوحَ‎; الْفُتُوحَاتِ al-futūḥa‎; al-futūḥāti	فُتُوحَ‎; فُتُوحَاتِ futūḥa‎; futūḥāti
Genitive	فُتُوحٍ‎; فُتُوحَاتٍ futūḥin‎; futūḥātin	الْفُتُوحِ‎; الْفُتُوحَاتِ al-futūḥi‎; al-futūḥāti	فُتُوحِ‎; فُتُوحَاتِ futūḥi‎; futūḥāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: fəth
• → Ottoman Turkish: فتح
  • Turkish: fetih
• → Persian: فتح
  • → Bengali: ফতে (fôte)
  • → Gujarati: ફતેહ (phateh)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: फ़तह (fatah)

    Urdu: فتح (fath)

  • → Marathi: फत्ते (phatte)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਤਿਹ (fatih)

    Shahmukhi script: فَتح (fatḥ)

• → Uzbek: fath

Etymology 3

Proper noun

فَتْح • (fatḥ) ?

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

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa).

Verb

1. to open (to make something accessible)

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fæt̪h]

Noun

فتح • (fath)

1. victory
2. conquest

Synonyms

• پیروزی (piruzi)
• گشایش (gošâyeš)

Descendants

• → Bengali: ফতে (fôte)
• → Gujarati: ફતેહ (phateh)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़तह (fatah)

  Urdu: فتح (fath)

• → Marathi: फत्ते (phatte)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਤਿਹ (fatih)

  Shahmukhi script: فَتح (fatḥ)

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ت ح
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.taħ/, [ˈfa.taħ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (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)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ).

Noun

فتح • (fath) ? (Hindi spelling फ़तह)

1. victory
2. conquest