فلاة
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ف ل و (f-l-w) |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.laːh/
Noun
فَلَاة • (falāh) f (singulative, plural أَفْلَاء (ʔaflāʔ), paucal فَلَوَات (falawāt))
- 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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