فتاح

Arabic

Etymology

Occupational noun from the root ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ), associated with فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open, conquer”).

Noun

فَتَّاح • (fattāḥ) m

1. (Islam) opener (of the gates of profit and sustenance: an attribute of God)
2. conqueror

Declension

Declension of noun فَتَّاح (fattāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَتَّاح fattāḥ	الْفَتَّاح al-fattāḥ	فَتَّاح fattāḥ
Nominative	فَتَّاحٌ fattāḥun	الْفَتَّاحُ al-fattāḥu	فَتَّاحُ fattāḥu
Accusative	فَتَّاحًا fattāḥan	الْفَتَّاحَ al-fattāḥa	فَتَّاحَ fattāḥa
Genitive	فَتَّاحٍ fattāḥin	الْفَتَّاحِ al-fattāḥi	فَتَّاحِ fattāḥi

Derived terms

• فَتَّاح الْفَأْل (fattāḥ al-faʔl)
• عَبْد الْفَتَّاح (ʕabd al-fattāḥ)

References

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