فاتحة

Arabic

Root
ف ت ح (f t ḥ)
18 terms

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faː.ti.ħa/

Noun

فَاتِحَة • (fātiḥa) f (plural فَوَاتِح (fawātiḥ))

start, beginning, commencement
preface, preamble, introduction
Antonym: خَاتِمَة (ḵātima)

Declension

Declension of noun **فَاتِحَة** (fātiḥa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَاتِحَة fātiḥa	الْفَاتِحَة al-fātiḥa	فَاتِحَة fātiḥat
nominative	فَاتِحَةٌ fātiḥatun	الْفَاتِحَةُ al-fātiḥatu	فَاتِحَةُ fātiḥatu
accusative	فَاتِحَةً fātiḥatan	الْفَاتِحَةَ al-fātiḥata	فَاتِحَةَ fātiḥata
genitive	فَاتِحَةٍ fātiḥatin	الْفَاتِحَةِ al-fātiḥati	فَاتِحَةِ fātiḥati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَاتِحَتَيْن fātiḥatayn	الْفَاتِحَتَيْن al-fātiḥatayn	فَاتِحَتَيْ fātiḥatay
nominative	فَاتِحَتَانِ fātiḥatāni	الْفَاتِحَتَانِ al-fātiḥatāni	فَاتِحَتَا fātiḥatā
accusative	فَاتِحَتَيْنِ fātiḥatayni	الْفَاتِحَتَيْنِ al-fātiḥatayni	فَاتِحَتَيْ fātiḥatay
genitive	فَاتِحَتَيْنِ fātiḥatayni	الْفَاتِحَتَيْنِ al-fātiḥatayni	فَاتِحَتَيْ fātiḥatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَوَاتِح fawātiḥ	الْفَوَاتِح al-fawātiḥ	فَوَاتِح fawātiḥ
nominative	فَوَاتِحُ fawātiḥu	الْفَوَاتِحُ al-fawātiḥu	فَوَاتِحُ fawātiḥu
accusative	فَوَاتِحَ fawātiḥa	الْفَوَاتِحَ al-fawātiḥa	فَوَاتِحَ fawātiḥa
genitive	فَوَاتِحَ fawātiḥa	الْفَوَاتِحِ al-fawātiḥi	فَوَاتِحِ fawātiḥi

Descendants

Bashkir: фатиха (fatixa, “Fatiha; blessing”), бата (bata).

Adjective

فَاتِحَة • (fātiḥa) f

feminine singular of فَاتِح (fātiḥ)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “فتح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN