fitna

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

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.

• OED 2006

• See fixing to.

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.

• Fanti, faint

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

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

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.

• fiti
• feitur
• fita

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

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.

• feiti
• feitur
• fita