فتنة

See also: فتنه

Arabic

Root
ف ت ن (f t n)
5 terms

Etymology

Related with seduction and revolt. Compare فَتَنَ (fatana, “to trial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fit.na/

Noun

فِتْنَة • (fitna) f (plural فِتَن (fitan))

1. trial
2. strife
3. civil war
4. sedition
5. tribulation
6. charm
7. craze
8. crime

Declension

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِتْنَة fitna	الْفِتْنَة al-fitna	فِتْنَة fitnat
Nominative	فِتْنَةٌ fitnatun	الْفِتْنَةُ al-fitnatu	فِتْنَةُ fitnatu
Accusative	فِتْنَةً fitnatan	الْفِتْنَةَ al-fitnata	فِتْنَةَ fitnata
Genitive	فِتْنَةٍ fitnatin	الْفِتْنَةِ al-fitnati	فِتْنَةِ fitnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِتْنَتَيْن fitnatayn	الْفِتْنَتَيْن al-fitnatayn	فِتْنَتَيْ fitnatay
Nominative	فِتْنَتَانِ fitnatāni	الْفِتْنَتَانِ al-fitnatāni	فِتْنَتَا fitnatā
Accusative	فِتْنَتَيْنِ fitnatayni	الْفِتْنَتَيْنِ al-fitnatayni	فِتْنَتَيْ fitnatay
Genitive	فِتْنَتَيْنِ fitnatayni	الْفِتْنَتَيْنِ al-fitnatayni	فِتْنَتَيْ fitnatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِتَن fitan	الْفِتَن al-fitan	فِتَن fitan
Nominative	فِتَنٌ fitanun	الْفِتَنُ al-fitanu	فِتَنُ fitanu
Accusative	فِتَنًا fitanan	الْفِتَنَ al-fitana	فِتَنَ fitana
Genitive	فِتَنٍ fitanin	الْفِتَنِ al-fitani	فِتَنِ fitani

Declension of noun فِتْنَة (fitna)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: fitnə
• → Bengali: ফেৎনা (fetna)
• → Persian: فتنه (fetne, “seduction, trial”)
• → Classical Syriac: ܦܬܢܐ (peṯnā, “tumult, discord”)
• → Hausa: fìtinā̀
  • → Nupe: fìtína
  • → Yoruba: fìtínà
• → Ottoman Turkish: فتنه (fitne)
  • → Turkish: fitne
• → Swahili: fitina
• → Turkmen: pitne
• → Uyghur: پىتنە (pitne)
• → Uzbek: fitna

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “فتنة”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎ (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 863
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “فتنة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz