فَتَحَ (fataḥa)to open

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa) — “to open”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation (1): فَتَحَ يَفْتَحُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
فَتَحَ fataḥaيَفْتَحُ yaftaḥuاِفْتَحْ aiftaḥفَتْحٌ fatḥun

Conjugation (2): فَتَّحَ يُفَتِّحُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
فَتَّحَ fataaḥaيُفَتِّحُ yufatiiḥuفَتِّحْ fatiiḥتَفْتِيح taftīḥ

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to open

    • فَتَحَ البَابَ.He opened the door.
    • فَتَحَتِ المَرْأَةُ النَّافِذَةَ لِتُدْخِلَ الهَوَاءَ الطَّلْقَ.The woman opened the window to let in the fresh air.
    • هَلْ فَتَحْتَ صُنْدُوقَ الهَدَايَا بَعْدُ؟Have you opened the gift box yet?
  2. 2. to conquer

    • فَتَحَ الْقَائِدُ الْمَدِينَةَ.The leader conquered the city.
    • يَفْتَحُ الْجَيْشُ الْحُصُونَ الْقَدِيمَةَ.The army conquers ancient fortresses.
    • هَلْ فَتَحَ الْفَاتِحُونَ كُلَّ الْأَرَاضِي؟Did the conquerors conquer all the lands?
  3. 3. to open, unlock

    • فَتَحَ البَابَ.He opened the door.
    • لِمَاذَا لَمْ تَفْتَحْ النَّافِذَةَ؟Why didn't you open the window?
    • فَتَحَ الرَّجُلُ الكَبِيرُ صُنْدُوقَ ذِكْرَيَاتِهِ القَدِيمَةِ بِعِنَايَةٍ.The old man carefully opened his box of old memories.
  4. 4. to begin

    • فَتَحَ الطِّفْلُ يَبْكِي بَعْدَ أَنْ سَقَطَ.The child began to cry after he fell.
    • فَتَحَ السَّمَاءُ تُمْطِرُ بَعْدَ جَفَافٍ طَوِيلٍ.The sky began to rain after a long drought.
    • فَتَحَ الْجُمْهُورُ يُصَفِّقُ لِلْمُمَثِّلِ.The audience began to applaud the actor.
  5. 5. to give a fatha

    • فَتَحَ الْمُعَلِّمُ الْحَرْفَ بِالْفَتْحَةِ لِتَوْضِيحِ النُّطْقِ.The teacher gave the letter a fatha to clarify pronunciation.
    • يَفْتَحُ الطِّفْلُ الْكَلِمَاتِ بِشَكْلٍ صَحِيحٍ بَعْدَ التَّدْرِيبِ.The child gives the words a fatha correctly after training.
    • فَتَحَتْ أُمِّي الْحُرُوفَ لِي عِنْدَمَا كُنْتُ صَغِيرًا.My mother gave the letters a fatha for me when I was young.
  6. 6. to grant

    • فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَبْوَابَ الرِّزْقِ.God granted him the doors of sustenance.
    • فَتَحَ الْمُعَلِّمُ لِلطُّلَّابِ آفاقًا جَدِيدَةً لِلْمَعْرِفَةِ.The teacher granted the students new horizons of knowledge.
    • يَفْتَحُ الْعِلْمُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ طُرُقًا لِلْفَهْمِ.Knowledge grants man ways of understanding.
  7. 7. to judge

    • فَتَحَ الْقَاضِي بَيْنَ الْمُتَنَازِعِينَ بِالْعَدْلِ.The judge judged between the disputants with justice.
    • اللَّهُ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِهِ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ.God judges between His servants concerning that over which they used to differ.
    • سَوْفَ نَفْتَحُ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَالْبَاطِلِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ.We will judge between truth and falsehood on the Day of Resurrection.
  8. 8. to pronounce with fatḥa

    • فَتَحَ الْمُعَلِّمُ الْحَرْفَ لِلتَّلَامِيذِ.The teacher pronounced the letter with fatḥa for the students.
    • يَفْتَحُ الطَّالِبُ الْكَلِمَةَ بِشَكْلٍ صَحِيحٍ.The student pronounces the word with fatḥa correctly.
    • اِفْتَحْ هَذَا الْحَرْفَ بِشَكْلٍ وَاضِحٍ.Pronounce this letter with fatḥa clearly.

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