فتك

1 فَتَكَ بِهِ ذ , (S, MA, O, Msb, K,) aor. فَتُكَ and فَتِكَ , inf. n. فَتْكٌ and فُتْكٌ and فِتْكٌ (S, O, Msb, K *) and فُتُوكٌ (MA, K *) and فَتَاكَةٌ, (MA,) He assassinated him; i. e. he came to him when he (the latter) was inadvertent, and assaulted him and slew him; (S, MA, * O;) thus it signifies accord. to an explanation of الفَتْكُ by A' Obeyd; and this is the primary signification: (Az, TA:) if he have not given him [for أَعْطَانَا in my original (an obvious mistranscription) I read أَعْطَاهُ] assurance of safety, it behooves him to make that known to him: (A' Obeyd, TA:) he assaulted him; or he slew him at unawares; and ↓ افتك is a dial. var. thereof: (Msb:) he seized an opportunity that he (another) offered him (K, TA) by his inadvertence, (TA,) and slew him: or he wounded him openly: (K, TA:) or it has a more general meaning with respect to both of these acts: (K, * TA:) Fr says that الفَتْكُ signifies the man's slaying openly. (TA.) It is said in a trad., قَيَّدَ الاـِيمَانُ الفَتْكَ لَا يَفْتُِكُ مُؤْمِنٌ [i. e. The giving assurance of safety has inhibited (or, emphatically, inhibits ) the slaying at unawares, &c.: one who gives assurance of safety shall not slay at unawares, &c.: the like has been said above: see also an explanation of the former clause of the trad. in art. قيد]. (S, O.) ― -b2- And فَتَكَ, aor. فَتُكَ and فَتِكَ , inf. n. فَتْكٌ and فُتْكٌ and فِتْكٌ (O, K) and فُتُوكٌ, (K,) He purposed an affair and executed it: (O:) or he embarked in, or performed, an affair that occasioned uneasiness, and to which the mind invited; as also ↓ افتك: (K:) the latter verb is said by Fr to be a dial. var. of the former. (O.) ― -b3- [Hence,] فَتَكَ فِى الأَمْرِ, (K, TA,) inf. n. فَتْكٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He persisted, or persevered, in the affair; syn. لَجَّ, or أَلَحَّ. (Accord. to different copies of the K; in the TA the former. [The same meaning is also assigned to فَنَكَ.]) ― -b4- And فَتَكَ فِى الخُبْثِ, [in the CK فى الخُنْبُثِ,] inf. n. فُتُوكٌ, (O, K, TA,) (tropical:) He exceeded the usual bounds in that which was evil, abominable, foul, or unlawful. (K, TA.) ― -b5- فَتَكَ فِى صِنَاعَتِهِ (assumed tropical:) He was skilful in his art, or craft. (TA.) ― -b6- And فَتَكَتْ said of a girl, or young woman, means (tropical:) She cared not for what she did nor for what was said to her. (O, K, TA.) [See also فَتَكَتْ.]