فَتًى

fatFY * i. q. $aAb~N , (S, M, K, TA, but omitted in the CK,) or gulaAmN HadavN , (T,) or $aAb~N HadavN : (Msb:) it is a subst. [signifying A youth, or young man; or one in the prime of life ]: and an epithet [signifying youthful; or in the prime of life ]: (TA:) [as an epithet, similar to fatiY~N , but restricted in application to a human being:] or it signifies, (Mgh,) or signifies also, (Msb,) a strong youth or young man: (Mgh, Msb:) it is said that in the Kur xviii. 59 and 61, it is applied by Moses to Joshua the son of Nun, because he served him: (M, TA:) the fem. is ↓ fataApN : (S, K:) ― -b2- and it also means (tropical:) A slave; (T, M, Mgh, Msb, TA;) even if an old man; metaphorically used in this sense; (Mgh, Msb, TA;) and in like manner, ↓ fataApN means (tropical:) a female slave, (T, M, Mgh, Msb, TA;) and a female servant: (TA:) the Prophet is related to have said, Let not any of you say EabodiY and A^amatiY , but let him say fataAYa and fataAtiY : (T, Mgh:) ― -b3- and Generous, honourable, liberal, or bountiful: (S, K:) [mostly used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates; meaning a generous man: ] a possessor of futuw~ap [q. v.]: hence the saying, laA fataY A_il~aA EaliY~N [ There is no one endowed with generosity but, or other than, (meaning like, ) 'Alee ]: (TA:) ― -b4- the dual of fatFY is fatayaAni and fatawaAni ; (K, TA;) the former occurring in the Kur xii. 36: (TA:) the pl. of fatFY is fitoyapN , (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) a pl. of pauc., (Msb,) not mentioned in the K, though occurring in the Kur xviii. 9 & 12, (TA,) instead of which they did not say A^afotaA='N , (Sb, M,) and fitowapN , (M, K,) [also a pl. of pauc.,] mentioned by Lh, (M,) and (of mult., Msb) fitoyaAnN (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and futuw~N (T, S, M, K) and futiY~N : (S, M, K:) the pl. of ↓ fataApN is fatayaAtN : (S, M, Msb, K:) the dim. of fatFY is ↓ futaY~N ; and that of fataApN is ↓ futay~apN . (T.) [It is disputed whether the last radical letter of this and other words mentioned in the present art. be originally w or Y .] ― -b5- AlfatayaAni means (tropical:) The night and the day; (S, M, K, TA;) like AlA^ajad~aAni and AljadiydaAni : (S, TA:) or, accord. to Seer, the morning and the evening, or the early part of the morning and the late part of the evening, or the forenoon and the afternoon; syn. AlgadaApu waAlEa$iY~u . (Har p. 377.) And you say, A^aqomatu Einodahu fatFY mino nahaArK i. e. (tropical:) I remained, stayed, or abode, with him during a first part of a day. (TA.)