فدن
Arabic
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܐܦܕܢܐ (ʾāppaḏnā), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴 (apadāna), thus doublet of إِيوَان (ʔīwān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.dan/
Noun
فَدَن • (fadan) m (plural أَفْدَان (ʔafdān)) (obsolete)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | فَدَن fadan |
الْفَدَن al-fadan |
فَدَن fadan |
| nominative | فَدَنٌ fadanun |
الْفَدَنُ al-fadanu |
فَدَنُ fadanu |
| accusative | فَدَنًا fadanan |
الْفَدَنَ al-fadana |
فَدَنَ fadana |
| genitive | فَدَنٍ fadanin |
الْفَدَنِ al-fadani |
فَدَنِ fadani |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | فَدَنَيْن fadanayn |
الْفَدَنَيْن al-fadanayn |
فَدَنَيْ fadanay |
| nominative | فَدَنَانِ fadanāni |
الْفَدَنَانِ al-fadanāni |
فَدَنَا fadanā |
| accusative | فَدَنَيْنِ fadanayni |
الْفَدَنَيْنِ al-fadanayni |
فَدَنَيْ fadanay |
| genitive | فَدَنَيْنِ fadanayni |
الْفَدَنَيْنِ al-fadanayni |
فَدَنَيْ fadanay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَفْدَان ʔafdān |
الْأَفْدَان al-ʔafdān |
أَفْدَان ʔafdān |
| nominative | أَفْدَانٌ ʔafdānun |
الْأَفْدَانُ al-ʔafdānu |
أَفْدَانُ ʔafdānu |
| accusative | أَفْدَانًا ʔafdānan |
الْأَفْدَانَ al-ʔafdāna |
أَفْدَانَ ʔafdāna |
| genitive | أَفْدَانٍ ʔafdānin |
الْأَفْدَانِ al-ʔafdāni |
أَفْدَانِ ʔafdāni |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 27
- Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 16
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “فدن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2353.