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Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of youth, young men, and young women. It extends to encompass the prime or best part of anything, generosity, and the act of giving fatwas or legal opinions. It also has some less common meanings related to time and specific objects.

Derived headwords

الفَتَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    youthboth

    The state or period of being young, especially in males.

الفَتَىnoun
  1. 1.
    young manboth

    A young male person.

  2. 2.
    generous personclassical

    A generous, noble, and honorable person.

فَتِيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two young menboth

    The dual form for young men.

فَتْوَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two young menclassical

    An alternative dual form for young men.

فِتْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    young menboth

    The plural of فتى (young man).

فُتُوَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    youthboth

    The state of being young.

  2. 2.
    generosityclassical

    The quality of being generous, noble, and honorable.

فُتُوّnoun
  1. 1.
    young menclassical

    A plural form of فتى (young man).

فَتَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    young womanboth

    A young female person.

فَتَيَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    young womenboth

    The plural of فتاة (young woman).

فِتْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    young of anythingclassical

    The young or prime of any species or thing.

فَتِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    youngboth

    Young, in the prime of life.

تَفَتَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be prevented from playingclassical

    A girl was prevented from playing with boys.

تَفْتِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    prevention from playingclassical

    The act of preventing a girl from playing with boys.

الفِتْيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    day and nightclassical

    The two periods of day and night.

أَفْتَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to explain to himboth

    To make something clear or manifest to someone.

الفُتْيَاnoun
  1. 1.
    legal opinionboth

    A legal or religious opinion given by a qualified scholar.

الفُتْوَىnoun
  1. 1.
    legal opinionboth

    A legal or religious opinion given by a qualified scholar.

تَفْتَحُnoun
  1. 1.
    legal opinionclassical

    A legal or religious opinion given by a qualified scholar.

الفِتْيَانِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Fityaniclassical

    A nisba indicating origin from the Fityan tribe.

تَفَتَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to act generouslyclassical

    To behave with generosity and nobility.

تَفَاتَىverb
  1. 1.
    to act generouslyclassical

    To behave with generosity and nobility.

فَتَوْتُهُمْverb
  1. 1.
    to overcome themclassical

    To overcome them in generosity or nobility.

الفَتِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    dice cupclassical

    A cup used by gamblers for throwing dice.

المُفْتِيnoun
  1. 1.
    measuring vesselclassical

    A specific type of measuring vessel used by Hisham ibn Hubayrah.

الفَتَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    jarclassical

    A large earthenware jar.

فُتُونnoun
  1. 1.
    jarsclassical

    The plural of فتة (jar).

Parallel reading

الفَتَاء، كسماء: الشباب.
Al-fata', like sama': youth.
والفَتَى: الشاب، والسخي الكريم.
And al-fata: the young man, and the generous noble one.
وهما فتيان وفتوان ج: فتيان وفتوة وفتو وفتي، وهي فتاة ج: فتيات.
And they are fityan and fatwan, plural: fityan, futuwwah, futu, and fityah, and she is fatat, plural: fatayat.
وكغني: الشاب من كل شيء، وهي فتية ج: فتاء.
And like ghani: the young of everything, and she is fityah, plural: fata'.
وفُتيت البنت تفتية: منعت من اللعب مع الصبيان، فتفتت.
And the girl was prevented (tufutit) from playing with boys, she was prevented (tafatta).
والفِتْيَان: الليل والنهار.
And al-fityan: the night and the day.
وأفتاه في الأمر: أبانه له.
And aftahu fi al-amr: he made it clear to him.
والفتيا والفتوى، وتفتح: ما أفتى به الفقيه.
And al-futya and al-fatwa, and tafattah: what the jurist issued as a legal opinion.
والفتيان، بالكسر: قبيلة من بجيلة، منهم ربيعة الفتياني.
And al-fityan, with kasr: a tribe from Bajila, among them is Rabi'ah al-Fityani.
والفتوة: الكرم، وقد تفتى وتفاتى.
And al-futuwwah: generosity, and it has been said tafatta and tafata.
وفَتَوْتُهُمْ: غلبتهم فيها.
And fatutuhum: we overcame them in it.
والفتي، كسمي: قدح الشطار.
And al-fati, like summi: the dice cup of gamblers.
والمفتي: مكيال هشام بن هبيرة.
And al-mifti: the measuring vessel of Hisham ibn Hubayrah.
والفتة، كعدة: الجرة ج: فتون.
And al-fittah, like 'iddah: the jar, plural: futun.