فترة

Arabic

Root
ف ت ر (f t r)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

فَتْرَة • (fatra) f (plural فَتَرَات (fatarāt))

1. interval, a while, a period of time

   بَعْد فَتْرَة ― baʕd fatra ― after a while

2. interregnum
3. weariness, relaxedness, languidness, weakness

Declension

Declension of noun فَتْرَة (fatra)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَتْرَة fatra	الْفَتْرَة al-fatra	فَتْرَة fatrat
nominative	فَتْرَةٌ fatratun	الْفَتْرَةُ al-fatratu	فَتْرَةُ fatratu
accusative	فَتْرَةً fatratan	الْفَتْرَةَ al-fatrata	فَتْرَةَ fatrata
genitive	فَتْرَةٍ fatratin	الْفَتْرَةِ al-fatrati	فَتْرَةِ fatrati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَتْرَتَيْن fatratayn	الْفَتْرَتَيْن al-fatratayn	فَتْرَتَيْ fatratay
nominative	فَتْرَتَانِ fatratāni	الْفَتْرَتَانِ al-fatratāni	فَتْرَتَا fatratā
accusative	فَتْرَتَيْنِ fatratayni	الْفَتْرَتَيْنِ al-fatratayni	فَتْرَتَيْ fatratay
genitive	فَتْرَتَيْنِ fatratayni	الْفَتْرَتَيْنِ al-fatratayni	فَتْرَتَيْ fatratay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَتَرَات fatarāt	الْفَتَرَات al-fatarāt	فَتَرَات fatarāt
nominative	فَتَرَاتٌ fatarātun	الْفَتَرَاتُ al-fatarātu	فَتَرَاتُ fatarātu
accusative	فَتَرَاتٍ fatarātin	الْفَتَرَاتِ al-fatarāti	فَتَرَاتِ fatarāti
genitive	فَتَرَاتٍ fatarātin	الْفَتَرَاتِ al-fatarāti	فَتَرَاتِ fatarāti

Descendants

• South Levantine Arabic: فترة (fatra)
• → Ottoman Turkish: فترت (fitret)
  • Turkish: fetret

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “فترة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “فترة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic فَتْرَة (fatra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fat.ra/, [ˈfat.rˤɑ]

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Noun

فترة • (fatra) f (plural فترات (fatrāt))

1. period of time, while

   Synonym: مدّة (mudde)

See also

• وقت (waʔt, “time”)