- فتح
- فَتَحَ \ conquer: to beat (an enemy) or seize (a country) by force of arms; win a victory over (an opponent at sport, some fault or weakness, etc.): He conquered his fear of water and learnt to swim. open: to make or become open; unfasten or uncover: Please open the door. The door opened suddenly. Does this shop open on Sundays?, start He sold his farm and opened a shop instead. She opened the meeting (or The meeting opened) with a short speech. run: (of a tap) to let water flow; cause water to flow: Who left this tap running? Don’t run both taps at once. \ See Also انفتح (اِنْفَتَحَ) \ فَتَحَ \ turn: to cause a flow of (electricity, water, gas, on, off, out) to begin or stop: Please turn the lights out. \ See Also أغلق (أغلَقَ) \ فَتَحَ \ turn over a new leaf: to make a fresh start, with better behaviour: When I get out of prison, I shall turn over a new leaf. \ See Also بَدَأ صفحة جديدة \ فَتَحَ بالقوّة \ force sth. open: to open sth. by using force: I had forgotten my key, so we had to force the door open. \ فَتَحَ ثانيةً \ reopen: (of schools, shops, inquiries, etc.) to start again after being closed or stopped: The school will reopen with a new headmaster after the holidays. \ فَتَحَ الكلام \ broach: to begin to talk about (a difficult or unwelcome matter): He broached the subject of his pay rise to his employer.
Arabic-English dictionary. 2015.