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فتح
Root entry · 1 derived lemma5 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.
تفتّح النَّوْرُ
تفتّح الأَكِمَّةُ عَنِ النَّوْرِ
تفتّح فِى الكَلَامِ
تفتّح بِمَا عِنْدَهُ
مِنْ مَالٍ أَوْ أَدَبٍ
مِنْ مُلْكٍ وَأَدَبٍ
تفتّح بِهِ عَلَيْنَا