See also: قطر and فطز

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ف ط ر (f-ṭ-r)

Cognate to Hebrew פָטַר (pāṭar, to set free, to let out, to release, to dismiss), Aramaic פָטַר (pāṭar, to cleave, to separate, to free, to discharge), Aramaic פְטַר (pəṭar, to free, to release, to dismiss), Classical Syriac ܦܛܰܪ (pṭar, to leave, to desist from; to shoot out; to separate, to dissolve; to dismiss), Ugaritic 𐎔𐎉𐎗 (pṭr, to split), hypercorrected Ugaritic 𐎔𐎑𐎗 (pẓr, to free, to loosen, to let go), Akkadian 𒃮 (DUḪ /⁠paṭāru⁠/, to loosen, to detach; to relax, to slacken; to release, to let free; to disperse), and Ge'ez ፈጠረ (fäṭärä, to carve; to feign; to create) which has been borrowed into a second فَطَرَ (faṭara).

Verb edit

فَطَرَ (faṭara) I, non-past يَفْطُرُ‎ (yafṭuru)

  1. to rip apart, to rend the seam, to cleave, to break apart, to crack
  2. to split open, to cut open, to slit open, to crack
  3. to lance, to lacerate, to gash, to cut, to make an incision
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

فَطَرَ (faṭara) I, non-past يَفْطُرُ‎ (yafṭuru)

  1. to breakfast, to have breakfast
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

فَطْر (faṭrm (plural فُطُور (fuṭūr))

  1. verbal noun of فَطَرَ (faṭara) (form I)
  2. crack, fissure, rift, rupture, cleavage
Declension edit

Noun edit

فِطْر (fiṭrm

  1. breaking of the fast
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

فُطْر (fuṭrm (collective, singulative فُطْرَة f (fuṭra))

  1. fungi, mushrooms
    Synonym: عَيْش الْغُرَاب (ʕayš al-ḡurāb)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Ge'ez ፈጠረ (fäṭärä). Doublet of the former فَطَرَ (faṭara) for the Ethiopic one is cognate.

Verb edit

فَطَرَ (faṭara) I, non-past يَفْطُرُ‎ (yafṭuru)

  1. to shape, to make, to form, to create, to fashion, to compose, to bring forth
    Synonyms: بَرَأَ (baraʔa), خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa), أَحْدَثَ (ʔaḥdaṯa)
  2. (with عَلَى) to endow
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

فَطْر (faṭrm

  1. verbal noun of فَطَرَ (faṭara) (form I)
Declension edit

Noun edit

فِطَر (fiṭarf pl

  1. plural of فِطْرَة (fiṭra, nature, disposition, constitution, temperament, instinct)

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “فطر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 357
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 49
  • Schwally, Friedrich (1899) “Lexikalische Studien. (Fortsetzung.)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[3] (in German), volume 53, page 201

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ف ط ر
2 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic فَطَرَ (faṭara).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fi.tˤir/, [ˈfɪ.tˤɪr]
  • (file)

Verb edit

فطر (fiṭir) I (present بفطر (bifṭar))

  1. to break one's fast
  2. to eat breakfast
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of فطر (fiṭir)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m فطرت (fṭirt) فطرت (fṭirt) فطر (fiṭir) فطرنا (fṭirna) فطرتو (fṭirtu) فطرو (fiṭru)
f فطرتي (fṭirti) فطرت (fiṭrat)
present m بفطر (bafṭar) بتفطر (btifṭar) بفطر (bifṭar) منفطر (mnifṭar) بتفطرو (btifṭaru) بفطرو (bifṭaru)
f بتفطري (btifṭari) بتفطر (btifṭar)
subjunctive m أفطر (ʔafṭar) تفطر (tifṭar) يفطر (yifṭar) نفطر (nifṭar) تفطرو (tifṭaru) يفطرو (yifṭaru)
f تفطري (tifṭari) تفطر (tifṭar)
imperative m افطر (ifṭar) افطرو (ifṭaru)
f افطري (ifṭari)
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic فُطْر (fuṭr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fitˤr/, [ˈfɪ.tˤ(ɪ)rˤ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

فطر (fiṭrm (collective)

  1. mushrooms
    حبة فطرḥabbet fiṭra mushroom