افتى

1.
He (a learned man) notified the decision of the law [in, or respecting, a particular case]. (Msb.) [And the verb in this sense is transitive: you say,] افتاهُ فِى الأَمْرِ He notified, made known, or explained, to him, [what he required to know, and particularly what was the decision of the law, in, or respecting,] the case; (M, K, TA;) it being dubious: said of a lawyer. (TA.) And أَفْتَانِى فِى مَسْأَلَةٍ, (T, S,) verbal noun إِفْتَاءٌ, (T,) He (a lawyer) gave me an answer, or a reply, [stating the decision of the law,] respecting a question. (T, S, TA.) And أَفْتَيْتُ فُلَانًا فِى رُوءْيَا رَاهَا I interpreted, or explained, to such a one, a dream that he had seen. (T, TA.)
2.
Also He drank with the فُتَىّ [q. v.]. (IAar, T, TA.)

Perseus ID: n32985