فتحة

Arabic
Root
ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ)

Etymology

Instance noun from the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa). For the sense of a diacritical mark signifying an open vowel, compare Hebrew פַּתָּח (patákh, pattɔḥ).

Pronunciation
  • Noun 1: IPA(key): /fut.ħa/
  • Noun 2: IPA(key): /fat.ħa/

Noun

فُتْحَة • (futḥa) f (plural فُتَح (futaḥ))

  1. an opening, a hole
    سَقَطَتِ ٱلْكُرَةُ فِي ٱلْفُتْحَةِ.
    saqaṭati l-kuratu fī l-futḥati.
    The ball fell into the hole.

Declension
Declension of noun فُتْحَة (futḥa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فُتْحَة
futḥa		 الْفُتْحَة
al-futḥa		 فُتْحَة
futḥat
Nominative فُتْحَةٌ
futḥatun		 الْفُتْحَةُ
al-futḥatu		 فُتْحَةُ
futḥatu
Accusative فُتْحَةً
futḥatan		 الْفُتْحَةَ
al-futḥata		 فُتْحَةَ
futḥata
Genitive فُتْحَةٍ
futḥatin		 الْفُتْحَةِ
al-futḥati		 فُتْحَةِ
futḥati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فُتْحَتَيْن
futḥatayn		 الْفُتْحَتَيْن
al-futḥatayn		 فُتْحَتَيْ
futḥatay
Nominative فُتْحَتَانِ
futḥatāni		 الْفُتْحَتَانِ
al-futḥatāni		 فُتْحَتَا
futḥatā
Accusative فُتْحَتَيْنِ
futḥatayni		 الْفُتْحَتَيْنِ
al-futḥatayni		 فُتْحَتَيْ
futḥatay
Genitive فُتْحَتَيْنِ
futḥatayni		 الْفُتْحَتَيْنِ
al-futḥatayni		 فُتْحَتَيْ
futḥatay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فُتَح
futaḥ		 الْفُتَح
al-futaḥ		 فُتَح
futaḥ
Nominative فُتَحٌ
futaḥun		 الْفُتَحُ
al-futaḥu		 فُتَحُ
futaḥu
Accusative فُتَحًا
futaḥan		 الْفُتَحَ
al-futaḥa		 فُتَحَ
futaḥa
Genitive فُتَحٍ
futaḥin		 الْفُتَحِ
al-futaḥi		 فُتَحِ
futaḥi

Noun

فَتْحَة • (fatḥa) f (plural فَتَحَات (fataḥāt))

  1. (linguistics) fatha, fatḥa (a vowel sign in Arabic-based scripts, signifying a short /a/ sound in Classical Arabic)

Declension
Declension of noun فَتْحَة (fatḥa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَتْحَة
fatḥa		 الْفَتْحَة
al-fatḥa		 فَتْحَة
fatḥat
Nominative فَتْحَةٌ
fatḥatun		 الْفَتْحَةُ
al-fatḥatu		 فَتْحَةُ
fatḥatu
Accusative فَتْحَةً
fatḥatan		 الْفَتْحَةَ
al-fatḥata		 فَتْحَةَ
fatḥata
Genitive فَتْحَةٍ
fatḥatin		 الْفَتْحَةِ
al-fatḥati		 فَتْحَةِ
fatḥati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَتْحَتَيْن
fatḥatayn		 الْفَتْحَتَيْن
al-fatḥatayn		 فَتْحَتَيْ
fatḥatay
Nominative فَتْحَتَانِ
fatḥatāni		 الْفَتْحَتَانِ
al-fatḥatāni		 فَتْحَتَا
fatḥatā
Accusative فَتْحَتَيْنِ
fatḥatayni		 الْفَتْحَتَيْنِ
al-fatḥatayni		 فَتْحَتَيْ
fatḥatay
Genitive فَتْحَتَيْنِ
fatḥatayni		 الْفَتْحَتَيْنِ
al-fatḥatayni		 فَتْحَتَيْ
fatḥatay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَتَحَات
fataḥāt		 الْفَتَحَات
al-fataḥāt		 فَتَحَات
fataḥāt
Nominative فَتَحَاتٌ
fataḥātun		 الْفَتَحَاتُ
al-fataḥātu		 فَتَحَاتُ
fataḥātu
Accusative فَتَحَاتٍ
fataḥātin		 الْفَتَحَاتِ
al-fataḥāti		 فَتَحَاتِ
fataḥāti
Genitive فَتَحَاتٍ
fataḥātin		 الْفَتَحَاتِ
al-fataḥāti		 فَتَحَاتِ
fataḥāti

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فتحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فتح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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