فتح

See also: قبح and ف ت ح

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ). Compare Hebrew פָּתַח (patákh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ta.ħa/
  • (file)

Verb

فَتَحَ (fataḥa) I, non-past يَفْتَحُ‎ (yaftaḥu)

  1. (transitive) to open (to make something accessible)
    • 2003, Alaa Al Aswaany, The Yacoubian building, Maktaba Madbouly, chapter 2:
      فَتَحَ زَكِي عَيْنَيْهُ
      fataḥa zakī ʿaynayhu
      Zaki opened his eyes.
  2. to conquer, occupy, take possession of
  3. (construed with عَلَى (ʿalā)) to disclose to
  4. to explain, expound
  5. to prompt
  6. to assist
  7. to begin
  8. to decide
    فَتَحَ الْفَأْلfataḥa l-faʾlto take as an omen
  9. to mark (a consonant) with a fatha
  10. to offer (a price)
  11. to broach (a subject)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • اِفْتَحْ يَا سِمْسِم (iftaḥ yā simsim)
See also
References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fatħ/

Noun

فَتْح (fatḥ) m (plural فُتُوح (futūḥ) or فُتُوحَات (futūḥāt))

  1. verbal noun of فَتَحَ (fataḥa) (form I)
  2. opening
  3. disclosure, overture, beginning
  4. conquest, victory, occupation of a fortified place
  5. help
  6. the vowel sign fatha
Declension

Etymology 3

Proper noun

فَتْح (fatḥ) ?

  1. (politics) Fatah (a reverse acronym)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), فتح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

فتح (fataħ) (perfect, imperfect يفتح (yiftaħ), Verb form I)

  1. to open (to make something accessible)

Conjugation


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fæt̪h]

Noun

فتح (fath)

  1. victory
  2. conquest

Synonyms


Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ).

Noun

فتح (fath) ?

  1. victory
  2. conquest
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