فتحة

Arabic

Root
ف ت ح (f t ḥ)
18 terms

Etymology

Instance noun from the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa). For the sense of a diacritical mark signifying an open vowel, compare Hebrew פַּתָּח (patákh, pattɔḥ).

Pronunciation

Noun 1: IPA^(key): /fut.ħa/
Noun 2: IPA^(key): /fat.ħa/

Noun

فُتْحَة • (futḥa) f (plural فُتَح (futaḥ))

an opening, a hole
سَقَطَتِ ٱلْكُرَةُ فِي ٱلْفُتْحَةِ.
saqaṭati l-kuratu fī l-futḥati.
The ball fell into the hole.

Declension

Declension of noun **فُتْحَة** (futḥa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُتْحَة futḥa	الْفُتْحَة al-futḥa	فُتْحَة futḥat
nominative	فُتْحَةٌ futḥatun	الْفُتْحَةُ al-futḥatu	فُتْحَةُ futḥatu
accusative	فُتْحَةً futḥatan	الْفُتْحَةَ al-futḥata	فُتْحَةَ futḥata
genitive	فُتْحَةٍ futḥatin	الْفُتْحَةِ al-futḥati	فُتْحَةِ futḥati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُتْحَتَيْن futḥatayn	الْفُتْحَتَيْن al-futḥatayn	فُتْحَتَيْ futḥatay
nominative	فُتْحَتَانِ futḥatāni	الْفُتْحَتَانِ al-futḥatāni	فُتْحَتَا futḥatā
accusative	فُتْحَتَيْنِ futḥatayni	الْفُتْحَتَيْنِ al-futḥatayni	فُتْحَتَيْ futḥatay
genitive	فُتْحَتَيْنِ futḥatayni	الْفُتْحَتَيْنِ al-futḥatayni	فُتْحَتَيْ futḥatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُتَح futaḥ	الْفُتَح al-futaḥ	فُتَح futaḥ
nominative	فُتَحٌ futaḥun	الْفُتَحُ al-futaḥu	فُتَحُ futaḥu
accusative	فُتَحًا futaḥan	الْفُتَحَ al-futaḥa	فُتَحَ futaḥa
genitive	فُتَحٍ futaḥin	الْفُتَحِ al-futaḥi	فُتَحِ futaḥi

Noun

فَتْحَة • (fatḥa) f (plural فَتَحَات (fataḥāt))

(linguistics) fatha, fatḥa (a vowel sign in Arabic-based scripts, signifying a short /a/ sound in Classical Arabic)

Declension

Declension of noun **فَتْحَة** (fatḥa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَتْحَة fatḥa	الْفَتْحَة al-fatḥa	فَتْحَة fatḥat
nominative	فَتْحَةٌ fatḥatun	الْفَتْحَةُ al-fatḥatu	فَتْحَةُ fatḥatu
accusative	فَتْحَةً fatḥatan	الْفَتْحَةَ al-fatḥata	فَتْحَةَ fatḥata
genitive	فَتْحَةٍ fatḥatin	الْفَتْحَةِ al-fatḥati	فَتْحَةِ fatḥati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَتْحَتَيْن fatḥatayn	الْفَتْحَتَيْن al-fatḥatayn	فَتْحَتَيْ fatḥatay
nominative	فَتْحَتَانِ fatḥatāni	الْفَتْحَتَانِ al-fatḥatāni	فَتْحَتَا fatḥatā
accusative	فَتْحَتَيْنِ fatḥatayni	الْفَتْحَتَيْنِ al-fatḥatayni	فَتْحَتَيْ fatḥatay
genitive	فَتْحَتَيْنِ fatḥatayni	الْفَتْحَتَيْنِ al-fatḥatayni	فَتْحَتَيْ fatḥatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَتَحَات fataḥāt	الْفَتَحَات al-fataḥāt	فَتَحَات fataḥāt
nominative	فَتَحَاتٌ fataḥātun	الْفَتَحَاتُ al-fataḥātu	فَتَحَاتُ fataḥātu
accusative	فَتَحَاتٍ fataḥātin	الْفَتَحَاتِ al-fataḥāti	فَتَحَاتِ fataḥāti
genitive	فَتَحَاتٍ fataḥātin	الْفَتَحَاتِ al-fataḥāti	فَتَحَاتِ fataḥāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فتحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “فتح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN