فوطة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Coptic ϥⲱⲧⲉ (fōte, “to wipe”) (Sahidic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuː.tˤa/

Noun

فُوطَة • (fūṭa) f (plural فُوَط (fuwaṭ))

1. napkin
2. apron

Declension

Declension of noun فُوطَة (fūṭa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُوطَة fūṭa	الْفُوطَة al-fūṭa	فُوطَة fūṭat
Nominative	فُوطَةٌ fūṭatun	الْفُوطَةُ al-fūṭatu	فُوطَةُ fūṭatu
Accusative	فُوطَةً fūṭatan	الْفُوطَةَ al-fūṭata	فُوطَةَ fūṭata
Genitive	فُوطَةٍ fūṭatin	الْفُوطَةِ al-fūṭati	فُوطَةِ fūṭati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُوطَتَيْن fūṭatayn	الْفُوطَتَيْن al-fūṭatayn	فُوطَتَيْ fūṭatay
Nominative	فُوطَتَانِ fūṭatāni	الْفُوطَتَانِ al-fūṭatāni	فُوطَتَا fūṭatā
Accusative	فُوطَتَيْنِ fūṭatayni	الْفُوطَتَيْنِ al-fūṭatayni	فُوطَتَيْ fūṭatay
Genitive	فُوطَتَيْنِ fūṭatayni	الْفُوطَتَيْنِ al-fūṭatayni	فُوطَتَيْ fūṭatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُوَط fuwaṭ	الْفُوَط al-fuwaṭ	فُوَط fuwaṭ
Nominative	فُوَطٌ fuwaṭun	الْفُوَطُ al-fuwaṭu	فُوَطُ fuwaṭu
Accusative	فُوَطًا fuwaṭan	الْفُوَطَ al-fuwaṭa	فُوَطَ fuwaṭa
Genitive	فُوَطٍ fuwaṭin	الْفُوَطِ al-fuwaṭi	فُوَطِ fuwaṭi

Derived terms

• فُوَيْطَة (fuwayṭa, diminutive)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[1] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 339–343

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Coptic ϥⲱⲧⲉ (fōte, “to wipe”) (Sahidic).

Noun

فُوطَة • (fuṭa) f

1. towel