فتنة

See also: فتنه

Arabic

Root
ف ت ن (f t n)
5 terms

Etymology

Related with seduction and revolt. Compare فَتَنَ (fatana, to trial).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fit.na/

Noun

فِتْنَة • (fitnaf (plural فِتَن (fitan))

  1. trial
  2. strife
  3. civil war
  4. sedition
  5. tribulation
  6. charm
  7. craze
  8. crime

Declension

Declension of noun فِتْنَة (fitna)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal فِتْنَة
fitna
الْفِتْنَة
al-fitna
فِتْنَة
fitnat
nominative فِتْنَةٌ
fitnatun
الْفِتْنَةُ
al-fitnatu
فِتْنَةُ
fitnatu
accusative فِتْنَةً
fitnatan
الْفِتْنَةَ
al-fitnata
فِتْنَةَ
fitnata
genitive فِتْنَةٍ
fitnatin
الْفِتْنَةِ
al-fitnati
فِتْنَةِ
fitnati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal فِتْنَتَيْن
fitnatayn
الْفِتْنَتَيْن
al-fitnatayn
فِتْنَتَيْ
fitnatay
nominative فِتْنَتَانِ
fitnatāni
الْفِتْنَتَانِ
al-fitnatāni
فِتْنَتَا
fitnatā
accusative فِتْنَتَيْنِ
fitnatayni
الْفِتْنَتَيْنِ
al-fitnatayni
فِتْنَتَيْ
fitnatay
genitive فِتْنَتَيْنِ
fitnatayni
الْفِتْنَتَيْنِ
al-fitnatayni
فِتْنَتَيْ
fitnatay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal فِتَن
fitan
الْفِتَن
al-fitan
فِتَن
fitan
nominative فِتَنٌ
fitanun
الْفِتَنُ
al-fitanu
فِتَنُ
fitanu
accusative فِتَنًا
fitanan
الْفِتَنَ
al-fitana
فِتَنَ
fitana
genitive فِتَنٍ
fitanin
الْفِتَنِ
al-fitani
فِتَنِ
fitani

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: fitnə
  • Bengali: ফিতনা (fitna)
  • Persian: فتنه (fetne, seduction, trial)
  • Classical Syriac: ܦܬܢܐ (peṯnā, tumult, discord)
  • Hausa: fìtinā̀
  • Ottoman Turkish: فتنه (fitne)
  • Swahili: fitina
  • Turkmen: pitne
  • Uyghur: پىتنە (pitne)
  • Uzbek: fitna

References

  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “فتنة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 863
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “فتنة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz