فلين

Arabic

Etymology

Not فِلّ (fill, “cork”) +‎ ـِين (-īn, chemical suffix) but, for the age of the word, Ancient Greek φέλλινος (phéllinos, “of cork”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

فِلِّين or فَلِّين • (fillīn or fallīn) m

1. cork, the bast of the cork oak

Declension

Declension of noun فِلِّين (fillīn)‎; فَلِّين (fallīn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِلِّين‎; فَلِّين fillīn‎; fallīn	الْفِلِّين‎; الْفَلِّين al-fillīn‎; al-fallīn	فِلِّين‎; فَلِّين fillīn‎; fallīn
Nominative	فِلِّينٌ‎; فَلِّينٌ fillīnun‎; fallīnun	الْفِلِّينُ‎; الْفَلِّينُ al-fillīnu‎; al-fallīnu	فِلِّينُ‎; فَلِّينُ fillīnu‎; fallīnu
Accusative	فِلِّينًا‎; فَلِّينًا fillīnan‎; fallīnan	الْفِلِّينَ‎; الْفَلِّينَ al-fillīna‎; al-fallīna	فِلِّينَ‎; فَلِّينَ fillīna‎; fallīna
Genitive	فِلِّينٍ‎; فَلِّينٍ fillīnin‎; fallīnin	الْفِلِّينِ‎; الْفَلِّينِ al-fillīni‎; al-fallīni	فِلِّينِ‎; فَلِّينِ fillīni‎; fallīni

Derived terms

• فِلِّينِيّ (fillīniyy)
• فِلِّينَة (fillīna)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “فلين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 281b
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فلين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 982