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فتو ر فتى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فُتُوَّةٌ ذ : see فَتَاآءٌ. ― -b2- [Also Youthful conduct. ] One says, مَالَ اـِلَى الجَهْلِ وَالفُتُوَّةِ [ He inclined to ignorant, or foolish, or silly, and youthful, conduct ]. (S in art. صبو). ― -b3- And Generosity, honourableness, liberality, or bountifulness: (S, K, TA:) used as meaning thus in [treatises on] the law; but not occurring in the Sunneh nor in the Scripture [i. e. the Kur-án]: the earliest mentioner thereof was Jaafar Es-Sádik. (TA.)

Derived headwords

فُتُوَّةٌ
  1. 1.
مَالَ اـِلَى الجَهْلِ وَالفُتُوَّةِ