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))
- creation
- 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)
- by nature
Etymology 3
Singulative noun of فُطْر (fuṭr, “fungus, mushroom”). Compare Hebrew פִּטְרִיָּה (pitriyá).
Noun
فُطْرَة • (fuṭra) f (singulative, collective فُطْر m (fuṭr))
- 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 (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 357
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 49
- Schwally, Friedrich (1899), “Lexikalische Studien. (Fortsetzung.)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (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