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فوت

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of something being missed, escaped, or gone. It extends to the idea of being beyond reach, a gap or interval, and the act of preceding or preempting someone.

Derived headwords

الفَوْتnoun
  1. 1.
    The missed opportunityboth

    The state of something being missed or having passed by, often referring to an opportunity or a chance.

  2. 2.
    The gapclassical

    A space or interval, specifically mentioned as the gap between two fingers.

الفَوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Passing byboth

    The act of something passing by or being missed; it is synonymous with 'al-fawt'.

فَاتَverb
  1. 1.
    To missboth

    To miss out on something, to have something pass by or escape one.

  2. 2.
    To escapeboth

    To escape from someone's grasp or attention.

أَفَاتَverb
  1. 1.
    To cause to missboth

    To cause someone to miss something or to let something escape.

مَوْتُ الفَوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Sudden deathclassical

    A sudden or unexpected death, as if one were taken by surprise.

فَوْتُ الفَمnoun
  1. 1.
    Beyond reachclassical

    Describing something that is just out of reach, specifically referring to sustenance that is seen but unattainable.

فَوْتُ الرِّمْحnoun
  1. 1.
    Beyond spear's reachclassical

    A distance that cannot be reached, even by a spear.

أَفْوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    Gapsclassical

    Plural of 'fawt', referring to spaces or intervals.

الاِفْتِيَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    preceding to do something without waiting for consultationboth

    preceding to do something without waiting for consultation

اِفْتَاتَverb
  1. 1.
    he acted on his own opinion: he acted alone and arbitrarilyboth

    he acted on his own opinion: he acted alone and arbitrarily

يُفْتَاتُ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    To be acted upon without consentclassical

    To have decisions made or actions taken concerning one without one's consultation or permission.

تَفَوَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    To miss out onclassical

    To miss out on something, especially in relation to one's wealth or possessions.

تَفَاوَتَverb
  1. 1.
    the two things differed, the distance between them was great, تَفَاوُتًا with a damma on the wawboth

    the two things differed, the distance between them was great, تَفَاوُتًا with a damma on the waw

تَفَاوُتnoun
  1. 1.
    the two things differed, the distance between them was great, تَفَاوُتًا with a damma on the wawboth

    the two things differed, the distance between them was great, تَفَاوُتًا with a damma on the waw

Parallel reading

فاتَه الشَّيءُ
The thing missed him.
أفَاتَهُ إيَّاهُ غَيْرُهُ
Another caused him to miss it.
ماتَ فُلانٌ مَوْتَ الفَوَاتِ
So-and-so died a death of suddenness (i.e., was taken by surprise).
جَعَلَ اللهُ رِزْقَهُ فَوْتَ فَمِهِ
May God make his sustenance beyond his mouth (i.e., something he sees but cannot reach).
هو مِنِّي فَوْتُ الرِّمْحِ
He is beyond the reach of my spear.
الفَوْتُ: الفُرْجَةُ ما بَيْنَ إصْبَعَيْنِ
Al-fawt: the gap between two fingers.
الافْتِيَاتُ: افْتِعَالٌ مِنَ الفَوْتِ، وهو السَّبْقُ إلى الشَّيءِ دُونَ ائْتِمَارٍ مِمَّنْ يُؤْتَمَرُ
Al-ifti'at: is an 'ifti'al' from al-fawt, which is to precede to a matter without consultation from whom one should consult.
افتَاتَ عَلَيْهِ بأَمْرِ كَذا
He preempted him in such-and-such a matter.
فُلانٌ لا يُفْتَاتُ عَلَيْهِ
So-and-so is not acted upon without his command.
أمْثَلِي يُفْتَاتُ عَلَيْهِ في أمْرِ بَنَاتِهِ
Should someone like me be acted upon regarding the matter of his daughters without his consent?
وتَفَوَّتَ عَلَيْهِ في مالِهِ
And he missed out on his wealth.
وتَفَاوَتَ الشَّيْئانِ
And the two things differed.
تَفَاوُتٌ بِضَمِّ الواوِ
Tafawut with dammah on the waw.