فاثور

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic פָּתוּרָא / ܦ݂ܰܬ݂ܽܘܪܳܐ (pāṯūrā, “platter, table”), from Akkadian 𒍎 (paššūrum), ultimately from Sumerian 𒍎 (banšur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faː.θuːr/

Noun

فَاثُور • (fāṯūr) m (plural فَوَاثِير (fawāṯīr))

1. platter, tray, table of precious material
   • a. 678, الحطيئة, يا لَيتَ كُلَّ خَليلٍ كُنتُ آمُلُهُ (…):

     إِذا يَحارُ هُداةُ الناسِ لَم يَحِرِ
     حَتّى إِذا القَومُ كانوا في رِحالِهِمِ
     كانَ الجَوادُ بِذي الفاثورِ وَالغُمَرِ
     قَد يَملَأُ الجَفنَةَ الشيزى فَيَترِعُها

     When the guides of the people return, they thirst not, until the folks are at their camps, and the horses are at their trays and bowls, then they can fill and implete the wooden stoop.

Declension

Declension of noun فَاثُور (fāṯūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَاثُور fāṯūr	الْفَاثُور al-fāṯūr	فَاثُور fāṯūr
Nominative	فَاثُورٌ fāṯūrun	الْفَاثُورُ al-fāṯūru	فَاثُورُ fāṯūru
Accusative	فَاثُورًا fāṯūran	الْفَاثُورَ al-fāṯūra	فَاثُورَ fāṯūra
Genitive	فَاثُورٍ fāṯūrin	الْفَاثُورِ al-fāṯūri	فَاثُورِ fāṯūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَاثُورَيْن fāṯūrayn	الْفَاثُورَيْن al-fāṯūrayn	فَاثُورَيْ fāṯūray
Nominative	فَاثُورَانِ fāṯūrāni	الْفَاثُورَانِ al-fāṯūrāni	فَاثُورَا fāṯūrā
Accusative	فَاثُورَيْنِ fāṯūrayni	الْفَاثُورَيْنِ al-fāṯūrayni	فَاثُورَيْ fāṯūray
Genitive	فَاثُورَيْنِ fāṯūrayni	الْفَاثُورَيْنِ al-fāṯūrayni	فَاثُورَيْ fāṯūray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَوَاثِير fawāṯīr	الْفَوَاثِير al-fawāṯīr	فَوَاثِير fawāṯīr
Nominative	فَوَاثِيرُ fawāṯīru	الْفَوَاثِيرُ al-fawāṯīru	فَوَاثِيرُ fawāṯīru
Accusative	فَوَاثِيرَ fawāṯīra	الْفَوَاثِيرَ al-fawāṯīra	فَوَاثِيرَ fawāṯīra
Genitive	فَوَاثِيرَ fawāṯīra	الْفَوَاثِيرِ al-fawāṯīri	فَوَاثِيرِ fawāṯīri

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 83
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فاثور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 316
• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[2], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 81–82
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “فاثور”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 542