فطن

1 فَطِنَ ذ , [aor. فَطَنَ ,] inf. n. فِطْنَةٌ and فَطَانَةٌ and فَطَانِيَةٌ [&c. as in the next sentence, He was, or became, intelligent, understanding, knowing, sagacious, or skilful: see the explanations of فِطْنَةٌ below]; (S;) and فَطُنَ signifies [the same, i. e.] he became such as is termed فَطِن. (Lth, TA.) You say, فَطِنَ لَهُ, (Msb, K,) and اـِلَيْهِ, and بِهِ, (K,) aor. فَطَنَ ; (Msb, K;) and فَطَنَ, aor. فَطُنَ ; (Msb, K;) and فَطُنَ, aor. فَطُنَ ; (K;) inf. n. فَطْنٌ (Msb, K) and فَطْنٌ and فُطْنٌ and فَطَنٌ and فُطُنٌ (K) and فِطْنَةٌ and فِطَانٌ (Msb) and فُطُونَةٌ and فَطَانَةٌ and فَطَانِيَةٌ; (K;) He was, or became, [ intelligent, understanding, knowing, or sagacious, respecting it; (agreeably with explanations above;) or] skilled of it, i. e. skilful in it; (K;) namely, an affair: (Msb:) [and he understood, or knew, it; often used in this sense:] and sometimes they said فَطَنَهُ, making the verb trans. by itself, because it implies the meaning of فَهِمَ; (TA;) or فَطَنْتُ الشَّىْءِ, with fet-h, signifies I understood, or knew, the thing: (S:) and some say that فَطَانَةٌ [as inf. n., agreeably with analogy, of فَطُنَ, which see in what follows,] signifies [the possessing ] excellence in respect of readiness of intelligence for the perception of what comes to one from another. (TA.) [فَطَنَ لَهُ also signifies He took notice of, or paid attention to, him, or it: see Har p. 626, and Ham p. 695.] And فَطُنَ signifies [also] He became one of whom فِطْنَة [i. e. intelligence, &c., as expl. below,] was a سَجِيَّة [meaning faculty, or quality, firmly rooted in the mind ]. (Msb.)