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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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faʔl فَأْل , pl. fuʔūl , ʔafʔul 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√FʔL 
n. 
good omen, favorable auspice; optimistic outlook, hope; omen, auspice, sign – WehrCowan1994 
According to Orel&Stolbova1994, the word goes back to AfrAs *faʔ˅l‑ ‘to foretell’, which itself is related to AfrAs *fal‑/*faʔ˅l‑ ‘magic word, omen’. 
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▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#769: Ar fʔl, Gz fwl ‘to foretell fortune’. Cf. Hbr plʔ ‘confirm miracles’. – Cognates in HEC *faʔ˅l‑ ‘to deceive’. – Related to (#774) Śḥr fol, Mhr fōl, Ḥrs fōl.1 . Cognates in Eg *fnn.wy‑ (partial redupl) ‘magic words’ (pyr), Agaw *fal‑ ‘omen’, SA *fal‑ ‘omen’, and LEC *fal‑ ‘omen’ (e.g., Som faal). 
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#769 and #774 reconstruct Sem *p˅ʔ˅l‑ ‘to foretell fortune’ and HEC *faʔ˅l‑ ‘to deceive’, both from AfrAs *faʔ˅l‑ ‘to foretell’ which is related to AfrAs *fal‑ /*faʔ˅l‑ ‘magic word, omen’, whence Sem *faʔl‑ ‘omen’, Eg *fnn.wy‑ (partial redupl) ‘magic words’ (pyr), Agaw *fal‑ ‘omen’, SA *fal‑ ‘omen’, and LEC *fal‑ ‘omen’. 
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► qaraʔa ’l-faʔl, vb., to tell fortunes, predict the future.

► tafāʔala, vb. VI, to regard as a good omen, as an auspicious beginning; to be optimistic: denom.

► BP#3721tafāʔul, n., optimism: vn. VI.
► BP#4971mutafāʔil, adj., optimistic; n., optimist: PA VI. 

FʔY فأي 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 20Apr2023
√FʔY 
“root” 
▪ FʔY_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ FʔY_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ FʔY_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘party, company, faction, portion, group of people; to split open, cause a cleavage to appear’ 
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FTʔ فتأ 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 20Apr2023
√FTʔ 
“root” 
▪ FTʔ_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ FTʔ_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ FTʔ_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to cease, quieten, become still’ 
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FTḤ فتح 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√FTḤ 
“root” 
▪ FTḤ_1 ‘to open’ ↗fataḥa
▪ FTḤ_2 ‘judgment, decision’ ↗fatḥ
▪ FTḤ_3 ‘…’ ↗…

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘aperture, space, to open; to find a way, key; to conquer, conquest, victory; to initiate; to adjudicate, judgement’. There is a degree of overlapping between the two senses of ‘seeking victory’ and ‘seeking judgement’ because victory in battle is regarded as a kind of judgement between the antagonists’ 
▪ FTḤ_1 : (Orel&Stolbova1994#1989:) from protSem *p˅taḥ‑ ‘to open’ < AfrAs *pitaḥ‑ ‘to open’.
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