فترة

فترة

Arabic

Pronunciation

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Noun

فَتْرَة • (fatra) f (plural فَتَرَات‎ (fatarāt))

1. interval, period of time

   ‏بَعْد فَتْرَة‎ ― baʿd fatra ― after a while

2. interregnum
3. weariness, relaxedness, languidness, weakness

Declension

Declension of noun فَتْرَة (fatra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَتْرَة fatra	الْفَتْرَة‎ al-fatra	فَتْرَة fatrat
Nominative	فَتْرَةٌ fatratun	الْفَتْرَةُ‎ al-fatratu	فَتْرَةُ fatratu
Accusative	فَتْرَةً fatratan	الْفَتْرَةَ‎ al-fatrata	فَتْرَةَ fatrata
Genitive	فَتْرَةٍ fatratin	الْفَتْرَةِ‎ al-fatrati	فَتْرَةِ fatrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَتْرَتَيْن‎ fatratayn	الْفَتْرَتَيْن‎ al-fatratayn	فَتْرَتَيْ‎ fatratay
Nominative	فَتْرَتَانِ‎ fatratāni	الْفَتْرَتَانِ‎ al-fatratāni	فَتْرَتَا‎ fatratā
Accusative	فَتْرَتَيْنِ‎ fatratayni	الْفَتْرَتَيْنِ‎ al-fatratayni	فَتْرَتَيْ‎ fatratay
Genitive	فَتْرَتَيْنِ‎ fatratayni	الْفَتْرَتَيْنِ‎ al-fatratayni	فَتْرَتَيْ‎ fatratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَتَرَات‎ fatarāt	الْفَتَرَات‎ al-fatarāt	فَتَرَات‎ fatarāt
Nominative	فَتَرَاتٌ‎ fatarātun	الْفَتَرَاتُ‎ al-fatarātu	فَتَرَاتُ‎ fatarātu
Accusative	فَتَرَاتٍ‎ fatarātin	الْفَتَرَاتِ‎ al-fatarāti	فَتَرَاتِ‎ fatarāti
Genitive	فَتَرَاتٍ‎ fatarātin	الْفَتَرَاتِ‎ al-fatarāti	فَتَرَاتِ‎ fatarāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “فترة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “فترة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فَتْرَة‎ (fatra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fat.re/, [ˈfat.rˤɑ]
• IPA^(key): /fat.ra/, [ˈfat.rˤɑ]

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Noun

فترة • (fatra) f (plural فترات‎ (fatrāt))

1. period of time, while

   Synonym: مدّة‎ (mudde)

See also

• وقت‎ (waʔt, “time”)