فادن

فادن

Arabic

Alternative forms

• فَادِم‎ (fādim)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Variant of فَدَام‎ (fadām, “stopper”)?

Noun

فَادِن • (fādin) m (plural فَوادِن‎ (fawādin))

1. instrument used as a reference line, be it a plumb line or a spirit level

   Synonyms: شَاقُول‎ (šāqūl), مِطْمَار‎ (miṭmār), مِطْمَر‎ (miṭmar), تُرّ‎ (turr)

Declension

Declension of noun فَادِن (fādin)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَادِن fādin	الْفَادِن‎ al-fādin	فَادِن fādin
Nominative	فَادِنٌ fādinun	الْفَادِنُ‎ al-fādinu	فَادِنُ fādinu
Accusative	فَادِنًا‎ fādinan	الْفَادِنَ‎ al-fādina	فَادِنَ fādina
Genitive	فَادِنٍ fādinin	الْفَادِنِ‎ al-fādini	فَادِنِ fādini
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَادِنَيْن‎ fādinayn	الْفَادِنَيْن‎ al-fādinayn	فَادِنَيْ‎ fādinay
Nominative	فَادِنَانِ‎ fādināni	الْفَادِنَانِ‎ al-fādināni	فَادِنَا‎ fādinā
Accusative	فَادِنَيْنِ‎ fādinayni	الْفَادِنَيْنِ‎ al-fādinayni	فَادِنَيْ‎ fādinay
Genitive	فَادِنَيْنِ‎ fādinayni	الْفَادِنَيْنِ‎ al-fādinayni	فَادِنَيْ‎ fādinay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَوادِن‎ fawādin	الْفَوادِن‎ al-fawādin	فَوادِن‎ fawādin
Nominative	فَوادِنُ‎ fawādinu	الْفَوادِنُ‎ al-fawādinu	فَوادِنُ‎ fawādinu
Accusative	فَوادِنَ‎ fawādina	الْفَوادِنَ‎ al-fawādina	فَوادِنَ‎ fawādina
Genitive	فَوادِنَ‎ fawādina	الْفَوادِنِ‎ al-fawādini	فَوادِنِ‎ fawādini

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “فادن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 246
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “فادن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 948