فلاة

Arabic

Root
ف ل و (f-l-w)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.laːh/

Noun

فَلَاة • (falāh) f (singulative, plural أَفْلَاء (ʔaflāʔ), paucal فَلَوَات (falawāt))

1. singulative of فَلًا (falan): a waterless desert; a wilderness

   Synonyms: صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ); see also Thesaurus:صحراء

   صَرْخَةٌ فِي فَلَاةٍ ― ṣarḵatun fī falātin ― a voice in the wilderness

   • a. 620, Hadith:

     وَلَأَنْ أَمْسَحَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ عَابِرٍ بِالْفَلَاةِ ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَمْسَحَ عَلَيْهِمَا

     walaʔan ʔamsaḥa ʕalā ẓahri ʕābirin bi-l-falāti , ʔaḥabbu ʔilayya min ʔan ʔamsaḥa ʕalayhimā

     to wipe on back of crosser of wilderness, is better to me to wipe on them

   • 13th century, Saʿdī aš-Šīrāzī, دیوان سعدی [Dīwān of Saʿdī]:

     سَل الْمَصَانِعَ رَكْبًا تَهِيمُ فِي الْفَلَوَاتِ

     sal al-maṣāniʕa rakban tahīmu fī l-falawāti

     Ask the wells about a caravan dying of thirst in the waterless deserts

Declension

Declension of noun فَلَاة (falāh)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلَاة falāt	الْفَلَاة al-falāt	فَلَاة falāt
Nominative	فَلَاةٌ falātun	الْفَلَاةُ al-falātu	فَلَاةُ falātu
Accusative	فَلَاةً falātan	الْفَلَاةَ al-falāta	فَلَاةَ falāta
Genitive	فَلَاةٍ falātin	الْفَلَاةِ al-falāti	فَلَاةِ falāti
Collective	collective in ـًا (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلَا falā	الْفَلَا al-falā	فَلَا falā
Nominative	فَلًا falan	الْفَلَا al-falā	فَلَا falā
Accusative	فَلًا falan	الْفَلَا al-falā	فَلَا falā
Genitive	فَلًا falan	الْفَلَا al-falā	فَلَا falā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلَاتَيْن falātayn	الْفَلَاتَيْن al-falātayn	فَلَاتَيْ falātay
Nominative	فَلَاتَانِ falātāni	الْفَلَاتَانِ al-falātāni	فَلَاتَا falātā
Accusative	فَلَاتَيْنِ falātayni	الْفَلَاتَيْنِ al-falātayni	فَلَاتَيْ falātay
Genitive	فَلَاتَيْنِ falātayni	الْفَلَاتَيْنِ al-falātayni	فَلَاتَيْ falātay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلَوَات falawāt	الْفَلَوَات al-falawāt	فَلَوَات falawāt
Nominative	فَلَوَاتٌ falawātun	الْفَلَوَاتُ al-falawātu	فَلَوَاتُ falawātu
Accusative	فَلَوَاتٍ falawātin	الْفَلَوَاتِ al-falawāti	فَلَوَاتِ falawāti
Genitive	فَلَوَاتٍ falawātin	الْفَلَوَاتِ al-falawāti	فَلَوَاتِ falawāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْلَاء ʔaflāʔ	الْأَفْلَاء al-ʔaflāʔ	أَفْلَاء ʔaflāʔ
Nominative	أَفْلَاءٌ ʔaflāʔun	الْأَفْلَاءُ al-ʔaflāʔu	أَفْلَاءُ ʔaflāʔu
Accusative	أَفْلَاءً ʔaflāʔan	الْأَفْلَاءَ al-ʔaflāʔa	أَفْلَاءَ ʔaflāʔa
Genitive	أَفْلَاءٍ ʔaflāʔin	الْأَفْلَاءِ al-ʔaflāʔi	أَفْلَاءِ ʔaflāʔi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فلاة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2445
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فلاة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 373
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فلاة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 981