fatha

See also: fatHa, fatḥa, and faþa

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, an opening), instance noun of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa, to open). Refers to the mouth position when pronouncing the /a/ vowel. Doublet of fathe, patach, and ptaha, denoting the open vowel in the Hebrew and Syriac scripts.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɑːt.hɑ/

Noun

Examples

دَ (da)/da/.
دَا () or دَى ()/daː/

fatha (plural fathas)

  1. In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (‎أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (‎أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.
  2. The vowel designated by this mark.
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Alteration of father.

Pronunciation

Noun

fatha (plural fathas)

  1. (Geordie) father

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, an opening).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ta/

Noun

fatha m or f (plural fathas)

  1. fatha

Welsh

Etymology

From yr (the) +‎ un (one) +‎ fath (kind) +‎ â (as).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaθa/

Preposition

fatha

  1. (North Wales, colloquial) like
    Synonym: fel
    Dw i fatha bechdan heddiw.I'm good for nothing today. (literally, "I'm like a sandwich today.")

Adverb

fatha

  1. (North Wales, colloquial) kind of