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ف-ت-ح

opening

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فَعَلَ
Form I verb (a)
فَعَلَ = the plain action, 'he did it'
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- فَتَحَ
  to open; to switch on
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  يَفْتَحُ
  Command
  اِفْتَحْ
مِفْعَال
Instrument noun مِفْعَال
مِفْعَال = the tool for the action
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- مِفْتَاحٌ
  key
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  Plural
  مَفَاتِيحُ
مَفْعُول
Done-to (passive participle of form I)
مَفْعُول = the thing it was done to
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- مَفْتُوحٌ
  open
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  Feminine
  مَفْتُوحَةٌ
  الْمَحَلُّ مَفْتُوحٌ the shop is open
فَعْل
Short noun فَعْل
فَعْل = the act, or a basic thing
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- فَتْحٌ
  opening; conquest
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  the mark َ is فَتْحَة, 'a little opening' of the mouth
فَاعِلَة
Noun فَاعِلَة
فَاعِلَة = she who does it, or a thing that does it
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- فَاتِحَةٌ
  opening; الْفَاتِحَة, the first chapter of the Quran
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اِفْتَعَلَ
Form VIII verb
اِفْتَعَلَ = do it for yourself, together
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- اِفْتَتَحَ
  to inaugurate, open officially
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  يَفْتَتِحُ
اِفْتِعَال
Masdar of form VIII
اِفْتِعَال = the -ing of a form VIII verb
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- اِفْتِتَاحٌ
  inauguration, opening ceremony
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اِنْفَعَلَ
Form VII verb
اِنْفَعَلَ = it happened by itself
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- اِنْفَتَحَ
  to open (by itself)
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  يَنْفَتِحُ
اِنْفِعَال
Masdar of form VII
اِنْفِعَال = the -ing of a form VII verb
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- اِنْفِتَاحٌ
  openness
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How the patterns shape this root

فَتَحَ is to open — اِفْتَحِ الْبَابَ, open the door — and also to switch on a light. The tool that opens is مِفْتَاح (مِفْعَال, the instrument pattern), plural مَفَاتِيح; what has been opened is مَفْتُوح, open. فَتْح is the act of opening, and the vowel mark َ is called فَتْحَة because the mouth opens for it. Form VIII اِفْتَتَحَ is to open officially, to inaugurate; form VII اِنْفَتَحَ is for a door that opens by itself. الْفَاتِحَة, 'the opener', is the Quran's first chapter.

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