فطرة

See also: قطرة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ge'ez ፍጥረት (fəṭrät, “creation; nature, disposition”) together with فَطَرَ (faṭara, “to create”) from ፈጠረ (fäṭärä, “to create; to inscribe, to carve”), unless – which cannot be excluded –, independently shaped from the borrowed verb, which is however unlikely considering the semantic and morphic parallelism.

Noun

فِطْرَة • (fiṭra) f (plural فِطَر (fiṭar))

1. creation
2. nature, disposition, constitution, temperament, instinct

Declension

Declension of noun فِطْرَة (fiṭra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِطْرَة fiṭra	الْفِطْرَة al-fiṭra	فِطْرَة fiṭrat
Nominative	فِطْرَةٌ fiṭratun	الْفِطْرَةُ al-fiṭratu	فِطْرَةُ fiṭratu
Accusative	فِطْرَةً fiṭratan	الْفِطْرَةَ al-fiṭrata	فِطْرَةَ fiṭrata
Genitive	فِطْرَةٍ fiṭratin	الْفِطْرَةِ al-fiṭrati	فِطْرَةِ fiṭrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِطْرَتَيْن fiṭratayn	الْفِطْرَتَيْن al-fiṭratayn	فِطْرَتَيْ fiṭratay
Nominative	فِطْرَتَانِ fiṭratāni	الْفِطْرَتَانِ al-fiṭratāni	فِطْرَتَا fiṭratā
Accusative	فِطْرَتَيْنِ fiṭratayni	الْفِطْرَتَيْنِ al-fiṭratayni	فِطْرَتَيْ fiṭratay
Genitive	فِطْرَتَيْنِ fiṭratayni	الْفِطْرَتَيْنِ al-fiṭratayni	فِطْرَتَيْ fiṭratay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِطَر fiṭar	الْفِطَر al-fiṭar	فِطَر fiṭar
Nominative	فِطَرٌ fiṭarun	الْفِطَرُ al-fiṭaru	فِطَرُ fiṭaru
Accusative	فِطَرًا fiṭaran	الْفِطَرَ al-fiṭara	فِطَرَ fiṭara
Genitive	فِطَرٍ fiṭarin	الْفِطَرِ al-fiṭari	فِطَرِ fiṭari

Descendants

• → English: fitra
• → Ottoman Turkish: فطرت (fıtrat)
  • Turkish: fıtrat
• → Persian: فطرت (fetrat)
  • → Gujarati: ફિતરત (phitrat)
  • → Hindustani
    • Hindi: फ़ितरत (fitrat)
    • Urdu: فطرت

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of فِطْرَة (fiṭra).

Adverb

فِطْرَةً • (fiṭratan)

1. by nature

Etymology 3

Singulative noun of فُطْر (fuṭr, “fungus, mushroom”). Compare Hebrew פִּטְרִיָּה (pitriyá).

Noun

فُطْرَة • (fuṭra) f (singulative, collective فُطْر m (fuṭr))

1. fungus, mushroom

Declension

Declension of noun فُطْرَة (fuṭra)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُطْرَة fuṭra	الْفُطْرَة al-fuṭra	فُطْرَة fuṭrat
Nominative	فُطْرَةٌ fuṭratun	الْفُطْرَةُ al-fuṭratu	فُطْرَةُ fuṭratu
Accusative	فُطْرَةً fuṭratan	الْفُطْرَةَ al-fuṭrata	فُطْرَةَ fuṭrata
Genitive	فُطْرَةٍ fuṭratin	الْفُطْرَةِ al-fuṭrati	فُطْرَةِ fuṭrati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُطْر fuṭr	الْفُطْر al-fuṭr	فُطْر fuṭr
Nominative	فُطْرٌ fuṭrun	الْفُطْرُ al-fuṭru	فُطْرُ fuṭru
Accusative	فُطْرًا fuṭran	الْفُطْرَ al-fuṭra	فُطْرَ fuṭra
Genitive	فُطْرٍ fuṭrin	الْفُطْرِ al-fuṭri	فُطْرِ fuṭri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُطْرَتَيْن fuṭratayn	الْفُطْرَتَيْن al-fuṭratayn	فُطْرَتَيْ fuṭratay
Nominative	فُطْرَتَانِ fuṭratāni	الْفُطْرَتَانِ al-fuṭratāni	فُطْرَتَا fuṭratā
Accusative	فُطْرَتَيْنِ fuṭratayni	الْفُطْرَتَيْنِ al-fuṭratayni	فُطْرَتَيْ fuṭratay
Genitive	فُطْرَتَيْنِ fuṭratayni	الْفُطْرَتَيْنِ al-fuṭratayni	فُطْرَتَيْ fuṭratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُطْرَات fuṭrāt	الْفُطْرَات al-fuṭrāt	فُطْرَات fuṭrāt
Nominative	فُطْرَاتٌ fuṭrātun	الْفُطْرَاتُ al-fuṭrātu	فُطْرَاتُ fuṭrātu
Accusative	فُطْرَاتٍ fuṭrātin	الْفُطْرَاتِ al-fuṭrāti	فُطْرَاتِ fuṭrāti
Genitive	فُطْرَاتٍ fuṭrātin	الْفُطْرَاتِ al-fuṭrāti	فُطْرَاتِ fuṭrāti

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فطرة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 357
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 49
• Schwally, Friedrich (1899) “Lexikalische Studien. (Fortsetzung.)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 53, page 201
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فطرة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN