fatha
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”), instance noun of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”). Refers to the mouth position when pronouncing the /a/ vowel. Doublet of patach and ptaha, denoting the open vowel in the Hebrew and Syriac scripts.
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Noun[edit]
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دَ (da): /da/. |
fatha (plural fathas)
- In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.
- The vowel designated by this mark.
Translations[edit]
in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "a"
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See also[edit]
- Arabic diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- kasra
- damma (ḍamma)
- sukun (sukūn)
- shadda (šadda)
- tashkil, taškīl
Etymology 2[edit]
Alteration of father.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fatha (plural fathas)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fatha m or f (plural fathas)
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From yr (“the”) + un (“one”) + fath (“kind”) + â (“as”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
fatha
- (North Wales, colloquial) like
- Synonym: fel
- Dw i fatha bechdan heddiw. ― I'm good for nothing today. (literally, "I'm like a sandwich today.")
Adverb[edit]
fatha
- (North Wales, colloquial) kind of
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