fitna

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, sedition, strife).

Noun

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fitna (countable and uncountable, plural fitnas)

  1. (Islam, uncountable) Temptation.
  2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century.
References
  • OED 2006

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Contraction

fitna

  1. (rare) African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
    I'm fitna go to the store.

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fitna, from Proto-Germanic *fitnaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

fitna (third person singular past indicative fitnaði, third person plural past indicative fitnaðu, supine fitnað)

  1. (intransitive) to become fat, to get fat
    Tú ert fitnaður.
    You've gotten fatter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fitna (group v-30)
infinitive fitna
supine fitnað
participle (a6)1 fitnandi fitnaður
present past
first singular fitni fitnaði
second singular fitnar fitnaði
third singular fitnar fitnaði
plural fitna fitnaðu
imperative
singular fitna!
plural fitnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

fitna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fitnaði, supine fitnað)

  1. (intransitive) to become fat, to get fat
    Þú hefur fitnað yfir jólin.
    You've gotten fatter over Christmas.

Conjugation