فلو

Arabic

Root
ف ل و (f-l-w)

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /filw/, /fa.luww/, /fu.luww/

Noun

فِلْو or فَلُوّ or فُلُوّ • (filw or faluww or fuluww) m (plural أَفْلَاء (ʔaflāʔ) or فَلَاوَى (falāwā) or فِلَاء (filāʔ))

1. foal, colt (a preadult horse or ass which has been weaned)
   • 7th century CE, Muwaṭṭaʾ Mālik, section 58:

     مَنْ تَصَدَّقَ بِصَدَقَةٍ مِنْ كَسْبٍ طَيِّبٍ - وَلَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا - كَانَ إِنَّمَا يَضَعُهَا فِي كَفِّ الرَّحْمَنِ يُرَبِّيهَا كَمَا يُرَبِّي أَحَدُكُمْ فَلُوَّهُ أَوْ فَصِيلَهُ حَتَّى تَكُونَ مِثْلَ الْجَبَلِ.

     man taṣaddaqa biṣadaqatin min kasbin ṭayyibin - walā yaqbalu l-lahu ʔillā ṭayyiban - kāna ʔinnamā yaḍaʕuhā fī kaffi r-raḥmani yurabbīhā kamā yurabbī ʔaḥadukum faluwwahu ʔaw faṣīlahu ḥattā takūna miṯla l-jabali.

     Whoever gives handout from good earning – and Allah only accepts the good – it is as if he placed it in the palm of the Merciful to raise it, as one of you raises his foal or young camel until it is like the mountain.

Declension

Declension of noun فِلْو (filw)‎; فَلُوّ (faluww)‎; فُلُوّ (fuluww)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِلْو‎; فَلُوّ‎; فُلُوّ filw‎; faluww‎; fuluww	الْفِلْو‎; الْفَلُوّ‎; الْفُلُوّ al-filw‎; al-faluww‎; al-fuluww	فِلْو‎; فَلُوّ‎; فُلُوّ filw‎; faluww‎; fuluww
Nominative	فِلْوٌ‎; فَلُوٌّ‎; فُلُوٌّ filwun‎; faluwwun‎; fuluwwun	الْفِلْوُ‎; الْفَلُوُّ‎; الْفُلُوُّ al-filwu‎; al-faluwwu‎; al-fuluwwu	فِلْوُ‎; فَلُوُّ‎; فُلُوُّ filwu‎; faluwwu‎; fuluwwu
Accusative	فِلْوًا‎; فَلُوًّا‎; فُلُوًّا filwan‎; faluwwan‎; fuluwwan	الْفِلْوَ‎; الْفَلُوَّ‎; الْفُلُوَّ al-filwa‎; al-faluwwa‎; al-fuluwwa	فِلْوَ‎; فَلُوَّ‎; فُلُوَّ filwa‎; faluwwa‎; fuluwwa
Genitive	فِلْوٍ‎; فَلُوٍّ‎; فُلُوٍّ filwin‎; faluwwin‎; fuluwwin	الْفِلْوِ‎; الْفَلُوِّ‎; الْفُلُوِّ al-filwi‎; al-faluwwi‎; al-fuluwwi	فِلْوِ‎; فَلُوِّ‎; فُلُوِّ filwi‎; faluwwi‎; fuluwwi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِلْوَيْن‎; فَلُوَّيْن‎; فُلُوَّيْن filwayn‎; faluwwayn‎; fuluwwayn	الْفِلْوَيْن‎; الْفَلُوَّيْن‎; الْفُلُوَّيْن al-filwayn‎; al-faluwwayn‎; al-fuluwwayn	فِلْوَيْ‎; فَلُوَّيْ‎; فُلُوَّيْ filway‎; faluwway‎; fuluwway
Nominative	فِلْوَانِ‎; فَلُوَّانِ‎; فُلُوَّانِ filwāni‎; faluwwāni‎; fuluwwāni	الْفِلْوَانِ‎; الْفَلُوَّانِ‎; الْفُلُوَّانِ al-filwāni‎; al-faluwwāni‎; al-fuluwwāni	فِلْوَا‎; فَلُوَّا‎; فُلُوَّا filwā‎; faluwwā‎; fuluwwā
Accusative	فِلْوَيْنِ‎; فَلُوَّيْنِ‎; فُلُوَّيْنِ filwayni‎; faluwwayni‎; fuluwwayni	الْفِلْوَيْنِ‎; الْفَلُوَّيْنِ‎; الْفُلُوَّيْنِ al-filwayni‎; al-faluwwayni‎; al-fuluwwayni	فِلْوَيْ‎; فَلُوَّيْ‎; فُلُوَّيْ filway‎; faluwway‎; fuluwway
Genitive	فِلْوَيْنِ‎; فَلُوَّيْنِ‎; فُلُوَّيْنِ filwayni‎; faluwwayni‎; fuluwwayni	الْفِلْوَيْنِ‎; الْفَلُوَّيْنِ‎; الْفُلُوَّيْنِ al-filwayni‎; al-faluwwayni‎; al-fuluwwayni	فِلْوَيْ‎; فَلُوَّيْ‎; فُلُوَّيْ filway‎; faluwway‎; fuluwway
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْلَاء‎; فَلَاوَى‎; فِلَاء ʔaflāʔ‎; falāwā‎; filāʔ	الْأَفْلَاء‎; الْفَلَاوَى‎; الْفِلَاء al-ʔaflāʔ‎; al-falāwā‎; al-filāʔ	أَفْلَاء‎; فَلَاوَى‎; فِلَاء ʔaflāʔ‎; falāwā‎; filāʔ
Nominative	أَفْلَاءٌ‎; فَلَاوَى‎; فِلَاءٌ ʔaflāʔun‎; falāwā‎; filāʔun	الْأَفْلَاءُ‎; الْفَلَاوَى‎; الْفِلَاءُ al-ʔaflāʔu‎; al-falāwā‎; al-filāʔu	أَفْلَاءُ‎; فَلَاوَى‎; فِلَاءُ ʔaflāʔu‎; falāwā‎; filāʔu
Accusative	أَفْلَاءً‎; فَلَاوَى‎; فِلَاءً ʔaflāʔan‎; falāwā‎; filāʔan	الْأَفْلَاءَ‎; الْفَلَاوَى‎; الْفِلَاءَ al-ʔaflāʔa‎; al-falāwā‎; al-filāʔa	أَفْلَاءَ‎; فَلَاوَى‎; فِلَاءَ ʔaflāʔa‎; falāwā‎; filāʔa
Genitive	أَفْلَاءٍ‎; فَلَاوَى‎; فِلَاءٍ ʔaflāʔin‎; falāwā‎; filāʔin	الْأَفْلَاءِ‎; الْفَلَاوَى‎; الْفِلَاءِ al-ʔaflāʔi‎; al-falāwā‎; al-filāʔi	أَفْلَاءِ‎; فَلَاوَى‎; فِلَاءِ ʔaflāʔi‎; falāwā‎; filāʔi

Descendants

• Maltese: felu

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /falw/

Noun

فَلْو • (falw) m

1. verbal noun of فَلَا (falā) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun فَلْو (falw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلْو falw	الْفَلْو al-falw	فَلْو falw
Nominative	فَلْوٌ falwun	الْفَلْوُ al-falwu	فَلْوُ falwu
Accusative	فَلْوًا falwan	الْفَلْوَ al-falwa	فَلْوَ falwa
Genitive	فَلْوٍ falwin	الْفَلْوِ al-falwi	فَلْوِ falwi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فلو”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2445
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فلو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 373
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فلو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 981