فتو ر فتى

4 افتى ذ He (a learned man) notified the decision of the law [in, or respecting, a particular case]. (Msb.) [And the verb in this sense is trans.: you say,] افتاهُ فِى الأَمْرِ He notified, made known, or explained, to him, [ what he required to know, and particularly what was the decision of the law, in, or respecting, ] the case; (M, K, TA;) it being dubious: said of a lawyer. (TA.) And أَفْتَانِى فِى مَسْأَلَةٍ, (T, S,) inf. n. اـِفْتَاآءٌ, (T,) He (a lawyer) gave me an answer, or a reply, [ stating the decision of the law, ] respecting a question. (T, S, TA.) And أَفْتَيْتُ فُلَانًا فِى رُؤْيَا رَاآهَا I interpreted, or explained, to such a one, a dream that he had seen. (T, TA.) -A2- Also He drank with the فُتَىّ [q. v.]. (IAar, T, TA.)