فاثور
Arabic
Etymology
From Aramaic פָּתוּרָא / ܦ݂ܰܬ݂ܽܘܪܳܐ (pāṯūrā, “platter, table”), from Akkadian 𒍎 (paššūrum), ultimately from Sumerian 𒍎 (banšur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faː.θuːr/
Noun
فَاثُور • (fāṯūr) m (plural فَوَاثِير (fawāṯīr))
- platter, tray, table of precious material
- a. 678, الحطيئة, يا لَيتَ كُلَّ خَليلٍ كُنتُ آمُلُهُ (…):
- إِذا يَحارُ هُداةُ الناسِ لَم يَحِرِ
حَتّى إِذا القَومُ كانوا في رِحالِهِمِ
كانَ الجَوادُ بِذي الفاثورِ وَالغُمَرِ
قَد يَملَأُ الجَفنَةَ الشيزى فَيَترِعُها- When the guides of the people return, they thirst not, until the folks are at their camps, and the horses are at their trays and bowls, then they can fill and implete the wooden stoop.
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Declension
Declension of noun فَاثُور (fāṯūr)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | فَاثُور fāṯūr | الْفَاثُور al-fāṯūr | فَاثُور fāṯūr |
| Nominative | فَاثُورٌ fāṯūrun | الْفَاثُورُ al-fāṯūru | فَاثُورُ fāṯūru |
| Accusative | فَاثُورًا fāṯūran | الْفَاثُورَ al-fāṯūra | فَاثُورَ fāṯūra |
| Genitive | فَاثُورٍ fāṯūrin | الْفَاثُورِ al-fāṯūri | فَاثُورِ fāṯūri |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | فَاثُورَيْن fāṯūrayn | الْفَاثُورَيْن al-fāṯūrayn | فَاثُورَيْ fāṯūray |
| Nominative | فَاثُورَانِ fāṯūrāni | الْفَاثُورَانِ al-fāṯūrāni | فَاثُورَا fāṯūrā |
| Accusative | فَاثُورَيْنِ fāṯūrayni | الْفَاثُورَيْنِ al-fāṯūrayni | فَاثُورَيْ fāṯūray |
| Genitive | فَاثُورَيْنِ fāṯūrayni | الْفَاثُورَيْنِ al-fāṯūrayni | فَاثُورَيْ fāṯūray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | فَوَاثِير fawāṯīr | الْفَوَاثِير al-fawāṯīr | فَوَاثِير fawāṯīr |
| Nominative | فَوَاثِيرُ fawāṯīru | الْفَوَاثِيرُ al-fawāṯīru | فَوَاثِيرُ fawāṯīru |
| Accusative | فَوَاثِيرَ fawāṯīra | الْفَوَاثِيرَ al-fawāṯīra | فَوَاثِيرَ fawāṯīra |
| Genitive | فَوَاثِيرَ fawāṯīra | الْفَوَاثِيرِ al-fawāṯīri | فَوَاثِيرِ fawāṯīri |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 83
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “فاثور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 316
- Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 81–82
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “فاثور”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 542