فتنة

See also: فتنه

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ت ن (f-t-n), related with seduction and revolt. Compare فَتَنَ (fatana, “to trial”).

Noun

فِتْنَة • (fitna) f (plural فِتَن (fitan))

1. trial
2. strife
3. civil war
4. sedition
5. tribulation
6. charm
7. craze
8. crime

Declension

Declension of noun فِتْنَة (fitna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِتْنَة fitna	الْفِتْنَة al-fitna	فِتْنَة fitnat
Nominative	فِتْنَةٌ fitnatun	الْفِتْنَةُ al-fitnatu	فِتْنَةُ fitnatu
Accusative	فِتْنَةً fitnatan	الْفِتْنَةَ al-fitnata	فِتْنَةَ fitnata
Genitive	فِتْنَةٍ fitnatin	الْفِتْنَةِ al-fitnati	فِتْنَةِ fitnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِتْنَتَيْن fitnatayn	الْفِتْنَتَيْن al-fitnatayn	فِتْنَتَيْ fitnatay
Nominative	فِتْنَتَانِ fitnatāni	الْفِتْنَتَانِ al-fitnatāni	فِتْنَتَا fitnatā
Accusative	فِتْنَتَيْنِ fitnatayni	الْفِتْنَتَيْنِ al-fitnatayni	فِتْنَتَيْ fitnatay
Genitive	فِتْنَتَيْنِ fitnatayni	الْفِتْنَتَيْنِ al-fitnatayni	فِتْنَتَيْ fitnatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِتَن fitan	الْفِتَن al-fitan	فِتَن fitan
Nominative	فِتَنٌ fitanun	الْفِتَنُ al-fitanu	فِتَنُ fitanu
Accusative	فِتَنًا fitanan	الْفِتَنَ al-fitana	فِتَنَ fitana
Genitive	فِتَنٍ fitanin	الْفِتَنِ al-fitani	فِتَنِ fitani

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: fitnə
• → Bengali: ফেৎনা (fetna)
• → Persian: فتنه (fetne, “seduction, trial”)
• → Classical Syriac: ܦܬܢܐ (peṯnā, “tumult, discord”)
• → Hausa: fìtinā̀
  • → Nupe: fìtína
  • → Yoruba: fìtínà
• → Swahili: fitina

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “فتنة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 863
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “فتنة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz