fitna

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, sedition, strife).

Noun

fitna (countable and uncountable, plural fitnas)

  1. (Islam, uncountable) Temptation.
  2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century.
References
  • OED 2006

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Contraction

fitna

  1. (rare) African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
    I'm fitna go to the store.

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fitna, from Proto-Germanic *fitnaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪʰtna/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʰtna
  • Homophone: fitnað

Verb

fitna (third person singular past indicative fitnaði, third person plural past indicative fitnaðu, supine fitnað)

  1. (intransitive) to become fat, to get fat
    Tú ert fitnaður.
    You've gotten fatter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine fitnað
present past
first singular fitni fitnaði
second singular fitnar fitnaði
third singular fitnar fitnaði
plural fitna fitnaðu
participle (a6)1 fitnandi fitnaður
imperative
singular fitna!
plural fitnið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪhtna/
  • Rhymes: -ɪhtna

Verb

fitna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fitnaði, supine fitnað)

  1. (intransitive) to become fat, to get fat
    Þú hefur fitnað yfir jólin.
    You've gotten fatter over Christmas.

Conjugation

fitna – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur fitna
supine sagnbót fitnað
present participle
fitnandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég fitna fitnaði fitni fitnaði
þú fitnar fitnaðir fitnir fitnaðir
hann, hún, það fitnar fitnaði fitni fitnaði
plural við fitnum fitnuðum fitnum fitnuðum
þið fitnið fitnuðuð fitnið fitnuðuð
þeir, þær, þau fitna fitnuðu fitni fitnuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fitna (þú), fitnaðu
plural þið fitnið (þið), fitniði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, sedition, strife).

Noun

fitna (plural fitnalar)

  1. mischiefmaking
  2. sedition