تينة

Arabic

Etymology

Singulative noun composed of تِين (tīn, “fig”) +‎ ـَة (-a), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *tiʾin-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː.na/

Noun

تِينَة • (tīna) f (singulative, collective تِين m (tīn))

1. fig (fruit)
2. fig tree

Declension

Declension of noun تِينَة (tīna)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِينَة tīna	التِّينَة at-tīna	تِينَة tīnat
Nominative	تِينَةٌ tīnatun	التِّينَةُ at-tīnatu	تِينَةُ tīnatu
Accusative	تِينَةً tīnatan	التِّينَةَ at-tīnata	تِينَةَ tīnata
Genitive	تِينَةٍ tīnatin	التِّينَةِ at-tīnati	تِينَةِ tīnati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِين tīn	التِّين at-tīn	تِين tīn
Nominative	تِينٌ tīnun	التِّينُ at-tīnu	تِينُ tīnu
Accusative	تِينًا tīnan	التِّينَ at-tīna	تِينَ tīna
Genitive	تِينٍ tīnin	التِّينِ at-tīni	تِينِ tīni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِينَتَيْن tīnatayn	التِّينَتَيْن at-tīnatayn	تِينَتَيْ tīnatay
Nominative	تِينَتَانِ tīnatāni	التِّينَتَانِ at-tīnatāni	تِينَتَا tīnatā
Accusative	تِينَتَيْنِ tīnatayni	التِّينَتَيْنِ at-tīnatayni	تِينَتَيْ tīnatay
Genitive	تِينَتَيْنِ tīnatayni	التِّينَتَيْنِ at-tīnatayni	تِينَتَيْ tīnatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تِينَات tīnāt	التِّينَات at-tīnāt	تِينَات tīnāt
Nominative	تِينَاتٌ tīnātun	التِّينَاتُ at-tīnātu	تِينَاتُ tīnātu
Accusative	تِينَاتٍ tīnātin	التِّينَاتِ at-tīnāti	تِينَاتِ tīnāti
Genitive	تِينَاتٍ tīnātin	التِّينَاتِ at-tīnāti	تِينَاتِ tīnāti

Descendants

• Maltese: tina

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Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːna/

Noun

تينة (tīna) f (plural تواني (twāni))

1. (vulgar) buttocks

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Probably from Arabic تِينة (tīna, “fig”). Compare semantically German Pflaume (literally “plum”). These uses are based partly on the sexual desirability, but also on a certain outward resemblence (e.g. when the fruit is halved).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːna/

Noun

تينة • (tina) f

1. (vulgar) vagina

See also

• كرموس (karmūs, “fig”)