فادن
Arabic
Alternative forms
- فَادِم (fādim)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Variant of فَدَام (fadām, “stopper”)?
Noun
فَادِن • (fādin) m (plural فَوادِن (fawādin))
- instrument used as a reference line, be it a plumb line or a spirit level
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | فَادِن fādin |
الْفَادِن al-fādin |
فَادِن fādin |
| nominative | فَادِنٌ fādinun |
الْفَادِنُ al-fādinu |
فَادِنُ fādinu |
| accusative | فَادِنًا fādinan |
الْفَادِنَ al-fādina |
فَادِنَ fādina |
| genitive | فَادِنٍ fādinin |
الْفَادِنِ al-fādini |
فَادِنِ fādini |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | فَادِنَيْن fādinayn |
الْفَادِنَيْن al-fādinayn |
فَادِنَيْ fādinay |
| nominative | فَادِنَانِ fādināni |
الْفَادِنَانِ al-fādināni |
فَادِنَا fādinā |
| accusative | فَادِنَيْنِ fādinayni |
الْفَادِنَيْنِ al-fādinayni |
فَادِنَيْ fādinay |
| genitive | فَادِنَيْنِ fādinayni |
الْفَادِنَيْنِ al-fādinayni |
فَادِنَيْ fādinay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | فَوادِن fawādin |
الْفَوادِن al-fawādin |
فَوادِن fawādin |
| nominative | فَوادِنُ fawādinu |
الْفَوادِنُ al-fawādinu |
فَوادِنُ fawādinu |
| accusative | فَوادِنَ fawādina |
الْفَوادِنَ al-fawādina |
فَوادِنَ fawādina |
| genitive | فَوادِنَ fawādina |
الْفَوادِنِ al-fawādini |
فَوادِنِ fawādini |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “فادن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 246
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فادن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 948