فتحة

Arabic

Etymology

Instance noun from the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa), from the root ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fat.ħa/

Noun

فَتْحَة • (fatḥa) f (plural فَتَحَات (fataḥāt))

1. an opening, a hole
2. (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