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^[1], 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