فاتر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف ت ر (f-t-r)

Derived from the active participle of فَتَرَ (fatara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faː.tir/

Adjective

فَاتِر • (fātir) (feminine فَاتِرَة (fātira), masculine plural فَاتِرُونَ (fātirūna), feminine plural فَاتِرَات (fātirāt))

1. lukewarm, tepid

   مَاءٌ فَاتِرٌ ― māʔun fātirun ― lukewarm water

2. weak, feeble
3. slack, loose, flabby
4. dull, listless

Declension

Declension of adjective فَاتِر (fātir)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فَاتِر fātir	الْفَاتِر al-fātir	فَاتِرَة fātira	الْفَاتِرَة al-fātira
Nominative	فَاتِرٌ fātirun	الْفَاتِرُ al-fātiru	فَاتِرَةٌ fātiratun	الْفَاتِرَةُ al-fātiratu
Accusative	فَاتِرًا fātiran	الْفَاتِرَ al-fātira	فَاتِرَةً fātiratan	الْفَاتِرَةَ al-fātirata
Genitive	فَاتِرٍ fātirin	الْفَاتِرِ al-fātiri	فَاتِرَةٍ fātiratin	الْفَاتِرَةِ al-fātirati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فَاتِرَيْن fātirayn	الْفَاتِرَيْن al-fātirayn	فَاتِرَتَيْن fātiratayn	الْفَاتِرَتَيْن al-fātiratayn
Nominative	فَاتِرَانِ fātirāni	الْفَاتِرَانِ al-fātirāni	فَاتِرَتَانِ fātiratāni	الْفَاتِرَتَانِ al-fātiratāni
Accusative	فَاتِرَيْنِ fātirayni	الْفَاتِرَيْنِ al-fātirayni	فَاتِرَتَيْنِ fātiratayni	الْفَاتِرَتَيْنِ al-fātiratayni
Genitive	فَاتِرَيْنِ fātirayni	الْفَاتِرَيْنِ al-fātirayni	فَاتِرَتَيْنِ fātiratayni	الْفَاتِرَتَيْنِ al-fātiratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فَاتِرِين fātirīn	الْفَاتِرِين al-fātirīn	فَاتِرَات fātirāt	الْفَاتِرَات al-fātirāt
Nominative	فَاتِرُونَ fātirūna	الْفَاتِرُونَ al-fātirūna	فَاتِرَاتٌ fātirātun	الْفَاتِرَاتُ al-fātirātu
Accusative	فَاتِرِينَ fātirīna	الْفَاتِرِينَ al-fātirīna	فَاتِرَاتٍ fātirātin	الْفَاتِرَاتِ al-fātirāti
Genitive	فَاتِرِينَ fātirīna	الْفَاتِرِينَ al-fātirīna	فَاتِرَاتٍ fātirātin	الْفَاتِرَاتِ al-fātirāti

Descendants

• Maltese: fietel

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فاتر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN