فلاة
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ف ل و (f l w) |
| 5 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.laːh/
Noun
فَلَاة • (falāh) f (singulative, plural أَفْلَاء (ʔaflāʔ), paucal فَلَوَات (falawāt))
- singulative of فَلًا (falan): a waterless desert; a wilderness
- Synonyms: صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ); see also Thesaurus:صحراء
- صَرْخَةٌ فِي فَلَاةٍ ― ṣarḵatun fī falātin ― a voice in the wilderness
- a. 620, Hadith:
- وَلَأَنْ أَمْسَحَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ عَابِرٍ بِالْفَلَاةِ ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَمْسَحَ عَلَيْهِمَا
- walaʔan ʔamsaḥa ʕalā ẓahri ʕābirin bi-l-falāti , ʔaḥabbu ʔilayya min ʔan ʔamsaḥa ʕalayhimā
- to wipe on back of crosser of wilderness, is better to me to wipe on them
- 13th century, Saʿdī aš-Šīrāzī, دیوان سعدی [Dīwān of Saʿdī]:
- سَل الْمَصَانِعَ رَكْبًا تَهِيمُ فِي الْفَلَوَاتِ
- sal al-maṣāniʕa rakban tahīmu fī l-falawāti
- Ask the wells about a caravan dying of thirst in the waterless deserts
Declension
| singulative | singulative triptote in ـَاة (-āh) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | فَلَاة falāt |
الْفَلَاة al-falāt |
فَلَاة falāt |
| nominative | فَلَاةٌ falātun |
الْفَلَاةُ al-falātu |
فَلَاةُ falātu |
| accusative | فَلَاةً falātan |
الْفَلَاةَ al-falāta |
فَلَاةَ falāta |
| genitive | فَلَاةٍ falātin |
الْفَلَاةِ al-falāti |
فَلَاةِ falāti |
| collective | collective in ـًا (-an) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | فَلَا falā |
الْفَلَا al-falā |
فَلَا falā |
| nominative | فَلًا falan |
الْفَلَا al-falā |
فَلَا falā |
| accusative | فَلًا falan |
الْفَلَا al-falā |
فَلَا falā |
| genitive | فَلًا falan |
الْفَلَا al-falā |
فَلَا falā |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | فَلَاتَيْن falātayn |
الْفَلَاتَيْن al-falātayn |
فَلَاتَيْ falātay |
| nominative | فَلَاتَانِ falātāni |
الْفَلَاتَانِ al-falātāni |
فَلَاتَا falātā |
| accusative | فَلَاتَيْنِ falātayni |
الْفَلَاتَيْنِ al-falātayni |
فَلَاتَيْ falātay |
| genitive | فَلَاتَيْنِ falātayni |
الْفَلَاتَيْنِ al-falātayni |
فَلَاتَيْ falātay |
| paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | فَلَوَات falawāt |
الْفَلَوَات al-falawāt |
فَلَوَات falawāt |
| nominative | فَلَوَاتٌ falawātun |
الْفَلَوَاتُ al-falawātu |
فَلَوَاتُ falawātu |
| accusative | فَلَوَاتٍ falawātin |
الْفَلَوَاتِ al-falawāti |
فَلَوَاتِ falawāti |
| genitive | فَلَوَاتٍ falawātin |
الْفَلَوَاتِ al-falawāti |
فَلَوَاتِ falawāti |
| plural of variety | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَفْلَاء ʔaflāʔ |
الْأَفْلَاء al-ʔaflāʔ |
أَفْلَاء ʔaflāʔ |
| nominative | أَفْلَاءٌ ʔaflāʔun |
الْأَفْلَاءُ al-ʔaflāʔu |
أَفْلَاءُ ʔaflāʔu |
| accusative | أَفْلَاءً ʔaflāʔan |
الْأَفْلَاءَ al-ʔaflāʔa |
أَفْلَاءَ ʔaflāʔa |
| genitive | أَفْلَاءٍ ʔaflāʔin |
الْأَفْلَاءِ al-ʔaflāʔi |
أَفْلَاءِ ʔaflāʔi |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “فلاة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2445.
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “فلاة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 373
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فلاة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 981