Core sense — he acted on his own without consulting the one entitled to order; he extemporized speechgenerated
8.1
See form 1, first and second sentences.
8.1.1O ingenuous woman, I have become an old man, my sight has grown weak, and the part of my life before the day of resurrection has run out like water poured forth
shāhidيَا حُرَّ أَمْسَيْتُ شَيْخًا قَدْ وَهَى بَصَرِىوَٱفْتِيتَ مَا دُونَ يَوْمِ لبَعْثِ مِنْ عُمُرِى
In it حُرَّ is short for حُرَّةٌ.
The words rendered "has run out like water poured forth" are فَرِغَ.
The verse is of Ibn-Muḳbil, related by As, who says it is from الفَوْتُ.
الاِفْتِيَاتُ, apparently the maṣdar of the passive verb افتيت used in this verse, signifies الفَرَاغُ.
8.1.2
See also form 1, last sentence.
8.1.3acting on a thing before another or others, or hastily, without obeying the one who should be obeyed—الاِفْتِيَاتُ
he acted so in opposition to him—افتات عَلَيْهِ بِأَمْرِ كَذَا
Also: following one's own opinion only, without consulting the person who had the best right to give orders in the case.
That is, فَاتَهُ بِهِ; apparently meaning that he acted so in opposition to him. Or فاته به may be used here in the sense explained above under تَفَوَّتَ.
such a one — nothing is to be done without his order—فُلَانٌ لَا يُفْتَاتُ عَلَيْهِ
One says also لَا يُفَاتُ عليه or لَا يُفْتَاتُ عَلَيْهِ شَىْءٌ دُونَ أَمْرِهِ, which mean the same.
shall a man like me have anything done about his daughters without his order?—أَمِثْلِى يُفْتَاتُ عَلَيْهِ فِى بَنَاتِهِ
فِى أَمْرِ بَنَاتِهِ is also said. It occurs in a tradition, said by 'Abd-Er-Rahmán the son of Aboo-Bekr to his sister 'Áïsheh, when she had given his daughter, the elder Hafsah, in marriage to El-Mundhir the son of Ez-Zubeyr during his absence.
he brought a thing to pass without him, the other having no part in it—افتات عَلَيْهِ فِى شَىْءٍ
فَاتَهُ بشَىْءٍ is said in the same sense.
he followed his own opinion only, without him, in the management of such a thing—افتات عَلَيْهِ فى كَذَا
تفوّت عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ is said in the same sense. These verbs are made transitive by means of عَلَى because they imply the meaning of الثَّغَلُّب.
he decided against him in the affair—افتات عَلَيْهِ فِى الأَمْرِ
تفوّت عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ is said in the same sense.
8.1.4he carried out his affair without consulting anyone—افتات بِأَمْرِهِ
he was alone in his affair—افتأت بأمره
he was alone in his opinion—بِرَأْيِهِ
So according to As, without hemzeh.
With hemzeh, as related on the authority of ISh and ISk.
See also the article on فأت.
8.1.5he originated, or devised, the speech; he spoke it without preparation—افتات الكَلَامَ
He spoke it without thinking it over beforehand, and without pausing or hesitating. اِفْتَلَتَهُ is used in the same way.
Show Lane's original text
see 1, first and second sentences. As, relating the verse of Ibn-Mukbil, 1 [which may be rendered O ingenuous woman, ( حُرَّ being an abbreviation of حُرَّةٌ ,) I have become an old man, my sight has become weak, and what is anterior to the day of resurrection, of my life, has been passed, or has run out like water poured forth ( فَرِغَ )], says, it is from الفَوْتُ , and الاِفْتِيَاتُ [app. as the inf. n. of the pass. v. افتيت used in this verse] signifies الفَرَاغُ . (T.) يَا حُرَّ أَمْسَيْتُ شَيْخًا قَدْ وَهَى بَصَرِى | وَٱفْتِيتَ مَا دُونَ يَوْمِ لبَعْثِ مِنْ عُمُرِى See also 1, last sentence. الاِفْتِيَاتُ signifies also The betaking oneself, or applying oneself, before another or others, or hastily, (S, O, Msb,) to a thing, (S, O,) or to the doing of a thing, (Msb,) without obeying him who should be obeyed, (S, O,) or following his own opinion only, without consulting him who had the best right to order in the case: (Mgh, * Msb:) you say, افتات عَلَيْهِ بِأَمْرِ كَذَا i. e. فَاتَهُ بِهِ [app. meaning He so betook himself, &c., in opposition to him: or فاته به may be here used in the sense in which it is expl. above voce تَفَوَّتَ ]. (S, O.) And you say, فُلَانٌ لَا يُفْتَاتُ عَلَيْهِ Such a one, nothing is to be done without his order; (S, O, K; *) and so لَا يُفَاتُ عليه ; (Har p. 63;) or لَا يُفْتَاتُ عَلَيْهِ شَىْءٌ دُونَ أَمْرِهِ [which means the same]. (Msb.) أَمِثْلِى يُفْتَاتُ عَلَيْهِ فِى بَنَاتِهِ , (T, M, O,) or فِى أَمْرِ بَنَاتِهِ , (S, TA,) occurs in a trad., (S, M, Mgh, O, TA,) meaning Shall such a one as I [am] have anything done in respect of his daughters without his order? (Mgh, * TA;) and was said by 'Abd-Er-Rahmán the son of Aboo-Bekr to his sister 'Áïsheh, on the occasion of her having given in marriage his daughter, the elder Hafsah, during his absence, to El-Mundhir the son of Ez-Zubeyr. (T, * O, TA. *) And you say, افتات عَلَيْهِ فِى شَىْءٍ , and فَاتَهُ بشَىْءٍ , meaning He brought to pass a thing exclusively of him [i. e., of another person, without the latter's having any part therein]. (TA.) And افتات عَلَيْهِ فى كَذَا , and تفوّت عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ , He followed his own opinion only, exclusively of him [i. e., of another], in the disposal, or management, of such a thing: the verbs being trans. by means of عَلَى because implying the meaning of الثَّغَلُّب . (TA.) And افتات عَلَيْهِ فِى الأَمْرِ , (M, K, * TA,) and تفوّت عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ , (MA,) He decided against him in the affair. (M, MA, K, * TA.) And افتات بِأَمْرِهِ He effected, or executed, his affair without consulting any one: thus accord. to As, without hemz: (T, TA:) and, as is related on the authority of ISh and ISk, one says, افتأت بأمره , with hemz, meaning he was alone in his affair; and in like manner one says, بِرَأْيِهِ in his opinion. (TA. [See also art. فأت .]) And افتات الكَلَامَ He originated, or excogitated, the speech: (O, K, TA:) and he extemporized the speech; spoke it without consideration, or thought, or preparation, or without pausing, or hesitating; as also اِفْتَلَتَهُ . (TA.)