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فتح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تَفَتَّحَ see 7, in three places. [Hence,] تفتّح النَّوْرُ The blossom [or blossoms ] opened. (MA.) And تفتّح الأَكِمَّةُ عَنِ النَّوْرِ The calyxes burst open [ from over the blossoms, so as to disclose them ]. (TA.) ― -b2- [تفتّح فِى الكَلَامِ is like our phrase (assumed tropical:) He showed off, or made an ostentatious display, in speech, or talk. ] And you say, تفتّح بِمَا عِنْدَهُ مِنْ مَالٍ أَوْ أَدَبٍ (L, in the K مِنْ مُلْكٍ وَأَدَبٍ,) (assumed tropical:) He boasted of, or boasted himself in, or made a vain display of, what he had, or possessed, of wealth, or of good education, or polite accomplishments: (L, K: *) and تفتّح بِهِ عَلَيْنَا (assumed tropical:) He boasted of it, or boasted himself in it, against us. (L.)

Derived headwords

تَفَتَّحَverb
  1. 1.
تفتّح النَّوْرُ
تفتّح الأَكِمَّةُ عَنِ النَّوْرِ
تفتّح فِى الكَلَامِ
تفتّح بِمَا عِنْدَهُ
مِنْ مَالٍ أَوْ أَدَبٍ
مِنْ مُلْكٍ وَأَدَبٍ
تفتّح بِهِ عَلَيْنَا