فوت

1 فَاتَ الأَمْرُ ذ , aor. يَفُوتُ, inf. n. فَوْتٌ and فَوَاتٌ, originally signifies فَاتَ وَقْتُ فِعْلِهِ [i. e. The time, or opportunity, of the doing, or performing, of the affair passed, passed away, elapsed, or escaped, neglected by him, without his doing it or performing it ]; and hence the phrase فَاتَتِ الصَّلَاةُ, meaning The time of prayer passed, passed away, elapsed, or escaped, without his performing it therein (Msb:) and ↓ افتات is syn. with فَاتَ. (M, O.) [And both of these verbs are trans.:] one says فَاتَهُ الشَّىْءُ, (S, O, Msb,) or الأَمْرُ, (M, K,) aor. as above, (O,) and so the inf. ns.; (S, * M, O, * Msb, K;) and ↓ افتاتهُ: (K;) The thing, or affair, passed, or passed away, from him [ neglected by him ]; (M, K;) [or the time, or opportunity, of the doing, or performing, thereof passed, or passed away from him neglected by him; ] or the thing escaped him, [or became beyond his reach, ] so that he was unable to attain it, or to do it, or to accomplish it. (Msb.) But this explanation is not applicable except in the case of prayer, and the like: in other cases, فَاتَهُ signifies He, or it, preceded him; was, or became, or got, before him; outwent him; passed beyond him; or had, got, or look, precedence of him: and went, or passed, away from him: and the like. (MF, TA.) One says, فَاتَنِى كَذَا, meaning سَبَقَنِى [i. e. Such a thing preceded me, &c., app. so as to become beyond my reach ]: and فُتُّهُ أَنَا [ I preceded it, &c.]: (T:) and جَارَيْتُهُ حَتَّى فُتُّهُ I ran with him until I passed beyond him, or outwent him: (A, TA:) and فَاتَهُ فُلَانٌ بِذِرَاعٍ Such a one preceded him, or outwent him, by a cubit. (Msb.) فَلَا فَوْتَ, in the Kur xxxiv. 50, means فَلَا فَوْتَ لَهُمْ مِنًّا [ And there shall be for them no escaping from us ], i. e. لَا يَفُوتُونَنَا [ they shall not escape us ]. (Jel. [And Bd says the like; adding, “ by flight, or fortifying themselves. ”]) An Arab of the desert is related to have said, الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِى لا يُفَاتُ وَلَا [expl. in art. ليت) (T. And they assert that a man went forth from his family, and when he returned, his wife said to him, “ If thou hadst been present with us, we would have related to thee what hath happened; ” whereupon he said to her, لَمْ تُفَاتِى فَهَاتِى (M, Meyd) i. e. It has not escaped thee [lit. thou hast not been escaped ], so adduce what thou hast [to tell]: the saying is a proverb. (Meyd.) ― -b2- See also 5: and see 8, in three places. ― -b3- فَاتَ is also syn. with فَادَ [as signifying He died; in which sense the aor. is يَفُوتُ, and the inf. n. فَوْتٌ]. (A in art. فيد.) And ↓ أفْتِيتَ signifies He died suddenly. (TA in art. فأت, q. v.)