فلاة

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Arabic

Root
ف ل و (f l w)
5 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

فَلَاة • (falāh) f (singulative, plural أَفْلَاء (ʔaflāʔ), paucal فَلَوَات (falawāt))

  1. singulative of فَلًا (falan): a waterless desert; a wilderness
    Synonyms: صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ); see also Thesaurus:صحراء
    صَرْخَةٌ فِي فَلَاةٍ ― ṣarḵatun fī falātin ― a voice in the wilderness
    • a. 620, Hadith:
      وَلَأَنْ أَمْسَحَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ عَابِرٍ بِالْفَلَاةِ ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَمْسَحَ عَلَيْهِمَا
      walaʔan ʔamsaḥa ʕalā ẓahri ʕābirin bi-l-falāti , ʔaḥabbu ʔilayya min ʔan ʔamsaḥa ʕalayhimā
      to wipe on back of crosser of wilderness, is better to me to wipe on them
    • 13th century, Saʿdī aš-Šīrāzī, دیوان سعدی [Dīwān of Saʿdī]:
      سَل الْمَصَانِعَ رَكْبًا تَهِيمُ فِي الْفَلَوَاتِ
      sal al-maṣāniʕa rakban tahīmu fī l-falawāti
      Ask the wells about a caravan dying of thirst in the waterless deserts

Declension

Declension of noun فَلَاة (falāh)
Singulative singulative triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَلَاة
falāt 		الْفَلَاة
al-falāt 		فَلَاة
falāt
Nominative فَلَاةٌ
falātun 		الْفَلَاةُ
al-falātu 		فَلَاةُ
falātu
Accusative فَلَاةً
falātan 		الْفَلَاةَ
al-falāta 		فَلَاةَ
falāta
Genitive فَلَاةٍ
falātin 		الْفَلَاةِ
al-falāti 		فَلَاةِ
falāti
Collective collective in ـًا (-an)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَلَا
falā 		الْفَلَا
al-falā 		فَلَا
falā
Nominative فَلًا
falan 		الْفَلَا
al-falā 		فَلَا
falā
Accusative فَلًا
falan 		الْفَلَا
al-falā 		فَلَا
falā
Genitive فَلًا
falan 		الْفَلَا
al-falā 		فَلَا
falā
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَلَاتَيْن
falātayn 		الْفَلَاتَيْن
al-falātayn 		فَلَاتَيْ
falātay
Nominative فَلَاتَانِ
falātāni 		الْفَلَاتَانِ
al-falātāni 		فَلَاتَا
falātā
Accusative فَلَاتَيْنِ
falātayni 		الْفَلَاتَيْنِ
al-falātayni 		فَلَاتَيْ
falātay
Genitive فَلَاتَيْنِ
falātayni 		الْفَلَاتَيْنِ
al-falātayni 		فَلَاتَيْ
falātay
Paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَلَوَات
falawāt 		الْفَلَوَات
al-falawāt 		فَلَوَات
falawāt
Nominative فَلَوَاتٌ
falawātun 		الْفَلَوَاتُ
al-falawātu 		فَلَوَاتُ
falawātu
Accusative فَلَوَاتٍ
falawātin 		الْفَلَوَاتِ
al-falawāti 		فَلَوَاتِ
falawāti
Genitive فَلَوَاتٍ
falawātin 		الْفَلَوَاتِ
al-falawāti 		فَلَوَاتِ
falawāti
Plural of variety basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَفْلَاء
ʔaflāʔ 		الْأَفْلَاء
al-ʔaflāʔ 		أَفْلَاء
ʔaflāʔ
Nominative أَفْلَاءٌ
ʔaflāʔun 		الْأَفْلَاءُ
al-ʔaflāʔu 		أَفْلَاءُ
ʔaflāʔu
Accusative أَفْلَاءً
ʔaflāʔan 		الْأَفْلَاءَ
al-ʔaflāʔa 		أَفْلَاءَ
ʔaflāʔa
Genitive أَفْلَاءٍ
ʔaflāʔin 		الْأَفْلَاءِ
al-ʔaflāʔi 		أَفْلَاءِ
ʔaflāʔi

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “فلاة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2445
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “فلاة”, 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 373
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فلاة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 981
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