فاتحة

Arabic

Root
ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ)

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faː.ti.ħa/

Noun

فَاتِحَة • (fātiḥa) f (plural فَوَاتِح (fawātiḥ))

start, beginning, commencement
preface, preamble, introduction
Antonym: خَاتِمَة (ḵātima)

Declension

Declension of noun فَاتِحَة (fātiḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَاتِحَة fātiḥa	الْفَاتِحَة al-fātiḥa	فَاتِحَة fātiḥat
Nominative	فَاتِحَةٌ fātiḥatun	الْفَاتِحَةُ al-fātiḥatu	فَاتِحَةُ fātiḥatu
Accusative	فَاتِحَةً fātiḥatan	الْفَاتِحَةَ al-fātiḥata	فَاتِحَةَ fātiḥata
Genitive	فَاتِحَةٍ fātiḥatin	الْفَاتِحَةِ al-fātiḥati	فَاتِحَةِ fātiḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَاتِحَتَيْن fātiḥatayn	الْفَاتِحَتَيْن al-fātiḥatayn	فَاتِحَتَيْ fātiḥatay
Nominative	فَاتِحَتَانِ fātiḥatāni	الْفَاتِحَتَانِ al-fātiḥatāni	فَاتِحَتَا fātiḥatā
Accusative	فَاتِحَتَيْنِ fātiḥatayni	الْفَاتِحَتَيْنِ al-fātiḥatayni	فَاتِحَتَيْ fātiḥatay
Genitive	فَاتِحَتَيْنِ fātiḥatayni	الْفَاتِحَتَيْنِ al-fātiḥatayni	فَاتِحَتَيْ fātiḥatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَوَاتِح fawātiḥ	الْفَوَاتِح al-fawātiḥ	فَوَاتِح fawātiḥ
Nominative	فَوَاتِحُ fawātiḥu	الْفَوَاتِحُ al-fawātiḥu	فَوَاتِحُ fawātiḥu
Accusative	فَوَاتِحَ fawātiḥa	الْفَوَاتِحَ al-fawātiḥa	فَوَاتِحَ fawātiḥa
Genitive	فَوَاتِحَ fawātiḥa	الْفَوَاتِحِ al-fawātiḥi	فَوَاتِحِ fawātiḥi

Descendants

Bashkir: фатиха (fatixa, “Fatiha; blessing”), бата (bata).

Adjective

فَاتِحَة • (fātiḥa) f

feminine singular of فَاتِح (fātiḥ)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “فتح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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