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1 to open; 2 to switch on, turn on (lights, TV); 3a to dig (a canal); 3b to build (a road); 4 to open, preface, introduce, begin; 5 to reveal, disclose; 6a to grant victory or success (God); 6b to open the gates (of profit) (God); 6c to conquer, capture; 7 to infuse, imbue, inspire, endow; 8 (gram.) to pronounce with the vowel a. – WehrCowan1976.

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▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#1989: from protSem *p˅taḥ‑ ‘to open’ < AfrAs *pitaḥ‑ ‘to open’.
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (*‘to open’) Akk iptē, Hbr ptḥ a (a), Syr ptḥ a (a), Gz ftḥ – (ā).
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#1989: Akk petû, Ug ptḥ, Hbr ptḥ, Aram Syr ptḥ, Gz ftḥ, Ḥrs fetōḥ, Mhr fōteḥ, Śḥr fetaḥ). – Outside Sem; (CCh) pəth‑ ‘open (of eyes or anus’) in 1 lang; (ECh) pit fitifiti (with redupl.).

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▪ Orel&Stolbova1994# 1989: protSem *p˅taḥ‑ ‘open’, CCh *p˅t˅H‑ (reconstructed from pəth‑ ‘open (of eyes or anus)’ in 1 lang), ECh *pit‑ ‘open’, all perh. from a hypothetical AfrAs *pitaḥ‑ ‘to open’.
▪ Ehret1995#89: an extension in »iterative« *‑ḥ (» > extendative sense«) from a bi‑consonantal »pre‑protSem« root *pṭ ‘to break apart’ < AfrAs *‑feeť‑ or *‑fooť‑ ‘to separate (tr.)’. – Other extensions from the same pre‑Sem root: ↗FṬR, ↗FṬM.
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►fattaḥa, vb. II, to open (also of a flower): D‑stem, ints.
►fātaḥa, vb. III, 1a to address first, speak first; 1b to open the conversation or talk; 2 to disclose, let s.o. in on s.th.: L‑stem, assoc.
►tafattaḥa, vb. V, 1 to open, open up, unfold (intr.); 2a to be opened (so that s.o. becomes perceptible); 2b to be open, be responsive (heart): Dt‑stem, intr./pass.
►ĭnfataḥa, vb. VII, 1a to open, open up, unfold (intr.); 1b to be opened: N‑stem, pass./intr.
►^BP#1720ĭftataḥa, vb. VIII, 1 to open, inaugurate; 2 to introduce, preface, begin; 3 to conquer, capture: Gt‑stem.
►ĭstaftaḥa, vb. X, 1 to begin, start, commence; 2 to seek the assistance of God (against s.th.), implore God for victory: *Št‑stem, desiderative.

►^BP#910fatḥ, 1 opening; 2 introduction, commencement, beginning; 3 pl. futūḥ, futūḥāt, n., 3a conquest; 3b victory, triumph; 4 pl. futūḥāt, alms; donations, contributions (for a zāwiyaẗ; Tun.): vn. I.
►^BP#4634fatḥaẗ, 1 the vowel point a; 2 opening; porthole: < n.vic.
►futḥaẗ, pl. futaḥ, ‑āt, n.f., 1 opening, aperture, breach, gap, hole; 2 sluice.
►fattāḥ, n., openor (of the gates of profit, of sustenance; one of the attributes of God): ints. formation.
►fattāḥaẗ, n.f., can opener: ints. formation, f. for instr.
►^BP#1845miftāḥ, pl. mafātīḥᵘ, n., 1 key; 2 switch; 3 lever (peadal (of a vehicle); 4 knob (on the radio); knob (in the radio; stopp; valve; peg, pin): n.instr.
►miftāḥǧī, n., (railroad) switchman: n.prof. in (Tu) ‑ǧī.
►mufātaḥaẗ, n.f., opening of a conversation: vn. III.
►^BP#3577ĭnfitāḥ, n., 1 opening up, welcoming; 2 openness: vn.VII.
►^BP#1780ĭftitāḥ, n., 1 opening, inauguration; 2 introduction, beginning: vn.VIII.
►^BP#4865ĭftitāḥī, adj., 1 opening; 2 introductory
►ĭftitāḥiyyaẗ, n.f., 1 editorial, leading article, leader; 2 overture (mus.)
►ĭstiftāḥ, n., 1 start, beginning, commencement, inception, incipience; 2 earnest money, handsel: vn. X.
►^BP#2577fātiḥ, 1 n., opener; 2 beginner; 3 conqueror, victor; 4 adj., clear (color): PA I | fātiḥ al‑baḫt, n., fortuneteller.
►^BP#4349fātiḥaẗ, pl. fawātiḥᵘ, n.f., 1 start, opening, beginning, commencement, inception; 2 incipience; 3 introduction, preface, preamble, proem: PA I.f.
►^BP#1045maftūḥ, adj., open, opened: PP I.
►mufattiḥ, 1 adj., appetizing; 2 (pl. ‑āt), n., aperitif: PA II.
►muftataḥ, n., start, beginning, commencement, inception, opening, inauguration: n.loc.

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