fatua

See also: fátua

Italian

Adjective

fatua f sg

1. feminine singular of fatuo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tu.a/, [ˈfät̪uä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tu.a/, [ˈfäːt̪uä]

Adjective

fatua

1. inflection of fatuus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

fatuā

1. ablative feminine singular of fatuus

Noun

fatua f (genitive fatuae, masculine fatuus); first declension

1. a fool (female)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fatua	fatuae
Genitive	fatuae	fatuārum
Dative	fatuae	fatuīs
Accusative	fatuam	fatuās
Ablative	fatuā	fatuīs
Vocative	fatua	fatuae

References

• “fatua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fatua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfatwa/ [ˈfa.t̪wa]
• Rhymes: -atwa
• Syllabification: fa‧tua

Etymology 1

Adjective

fatua f sg

1. feminine singular of fatuo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”). مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”) is the active participle of the same verb.

Alternative forms

• fatwa, fetua

Noun

fatua f (plural fatuas)

1. (Islam) fatwa (legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti)

Related terms

• muftí