fatha

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See also: fatHa, fatḥa, and faþa

English

A fatḥa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”), instance noun of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”). Refers to the mouth position when pronouncing the /a/ vowel. Doublet of patach and ptaha, denoting the open vowel in the Hebrew and Syriac scripts.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Examples

دَ (da):  /da/.
دَا (dā) or دَى (dā):  /daː/

fatha (plural fathas)

  1. In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (‎أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (‎أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.
    Fatḥahs are mainly encoded U+064E ᴀʀᴀʙɪᴄ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴀ.
  2. The vowel designated by this mark.
Translations

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Etymology 2

Alteration of father.

Pronunciation

Noun

fatha (plural fathas)

  1. (Geordie) father

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fatha m or f (plural fathas)

  1. fatha

Welsh

Etymology

From yr (“the”) +‎ un (“one”) +‎ fath (“kind”) +‎ â (“as”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

fatha

  1. (North Wales, colloquial) like
    Synonym: fel
    Dw i fatha bechdan heddiw. ― I'm good for nothing today. (literally, "I'm like a sandwich today.")

Adverb

fatha

  1. (North Wales, colloquial) kind of
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