فناء

See also: فنا and قباء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ن ي (f-n-y). Contaminated from Aramaic פניא / ܦܢܝܐ (pānyā, “evening; end-time, decisive point”).

Pronunciation

• Noun 1: IPA^(key): /fa.naːʔ/
• Noun 2: IPA^(key): /fi.naːʔ/

Noun

فَنَاء • (fanāʔ) m

1. annihilation, evanescence, extinction, perishment

Declension

Declension of noun فَنَاء (fanāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَنَاء fanāʔ	الْفَنَاء al-fanāʔ	فَنَاء fanāʔ
Nominative	فَنَاءٌ fanāʔun	الْفَنَاءُ al-fanāʔu	فَنَاءُ fanāʔu
Accusative	فَنَاءً fanāʔan	الْفَنَاءَ al-fanāʔa	فَنَاءَ fanāʔa
Genitive	فَنَاءٍ fanāʔin	الْفَنَاءِ al-fanāʔi	فَنَاءِ fanāʔi

Noun

فِنَاء • (fināʔ) m (plural أَفْنِيَة (ʔafniya))

1. yard, courtyard, patio

Declension

Declension of noun فِنَاء (fināʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِنَاء fināʔ	الْفِنَاء al-fināʔ	فِنَاء fināʔ
Nominative	فِنَاءٌ fināʔun	الْفِنَاءُ al-fināʔu	فِنَاءُ fināʔu
Accusative	فِنَاءً fināʔan	الْفِنَاءَ al-fināʔa	فِنَاءَ fināʔa
Genitive	فِنَاءٍ fināʔin	الْفِنَاءِ al-fināʔi	فِنَاءِ fināʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِنَاءَيْن fināʔayn	الْفِنَاءَيْن al-fināʔayn	فِنَاءَيْ fināʔay
Nominative	فِنَاءَانِ fināʔāni	الْفِنَاءَانِ al-fināʔāni	فِنَاءَا fināʔā
Accusative	فِنَاءَيْنِ fināʔayni	الْفِنَاءَيْنِ al-fināʔayni	فِنَاءَيْ fināʔay
Genitive	فِنَاءَيْنِ fināʔayni	الْفِنَاءَيْنِ al-fināʔayni	فِنَاءَيْ fināʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْنِيَة ʔafniya	الْأَفْنِيَة al-ʔafniya	أَفْنِيَة ʔafniyat
Nominative	أَفْنِيَةٌ ʔafniyatun	الْأَفْنِيَةُ al-ʔafniyatu	أَفْنِيَةُ ʔafniyatu
Accusative	أَفْنِيَةً ʔafniyatan	الْأَفْنِيَةَ al-ʔafniyata	أَفْنِيَةَ ʔafniyata
Genitive	أَفْنِيَةٍ ʔafniyatin	الْأَفْنِيَةِ al-ʔafniyati	أَفْنِيَةِ ʔafniyati

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “فناء”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “فناء”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فناء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “فناء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• فنا (fenâ)

Etymology

Fron Arabic فَنَاء (fanāʔ).

Noun

فناء • (fenâ)

1. vanity, nothingness
2. evanescence, perishment, dash

Adjective

فناء • (fenâ)

1. vain, idle
2. bad, evil, peak, injurious

Descendants

• Turkish: fena

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فناء”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 911
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fena”, in Nişanyan Sözlük