فنطاس

Arabic

Etymology

With well-known augmented alveolar nasal between a first and second radical from the root ف ط س (f-ṭ-s) in its meaning of flatness, being trodden down, having a depression – although by now this connection is not necessarily there and containers denoted by this word are as well bulky.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fin.tˤaːs/

Noun

فِنْطَاس • (finṭās) m (plural فَنَاطِيس (fanāṭīs))

  1. tank, reservoir, cistern
  2. trough
  3. crate, large container
  4. (definite) Al-Finṭās an area in Kuwait

Declension
Declension of noun فِنْطَاس (finṭās)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فِنْطَاس
finṭās		 الْفِنْطَاس
al-finṭās		 فِنْطَاس
finṭās
Nominative فِنْطَاسٌ
finṭāsun		 الْفِنْطَاسُ
al-finṭāsu		 فِنْطَاسُ
finṭāsu
Accusative فِنْطَاسًا
finṭāsan		 الْفِنْطَاسَ
al-finṭāsa		 فِنْطَاسَ
finṭāsa
Genitive فِنْطَاسٍ
finṭāsin		 الْفِنْطَاسِ
al-finṭāsi		 فِنْطَاسِ
finṭāsi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فِنْطَاسَيْن
finṭāsayn		 الْفِنْطَاسَيْن
al-finṭāsayn		 فِنْطَاسَيْ
finṭāsay
Nominative فِنْطَاسَانِ
finṭāsāni		 الْفِنْطَاسَانِ
al-finṭāsāni		 فِنْطَاسَا
finṭāsā
Accusative فِنْطَاسَيْنِ
finṭāsayni		 الْفِنْطَاسَيْنِ
al-finṭāsayni		 فِنْطَاسَيْ
finṭāsay
Genitive فِنْطَاسَيْنِ
finṭāsayni		 الْفِنْطَاسَيْنِ
al-finṭāsayni		 فِنْطَاسَيْ
finṭāsay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَنَاطِيس
fanāṭīs		 الْفَنَاطِيس
al-fanāṭīs		 فَنَاطِيس
fanāṭīs
Nominative فَنَاطِيسُ
fanāṭīsu		 الْفَنَاطِيسُ
al-fanāṭīsu		 فَنَاطِيسُ
fanāṭīsu
Accusative فَنَاطِيسَ
fanāṭīsa		 الْفَنَاطِيسَ
al-fanāṭīsa		 فَنَاطِيسَ
fanāṭīsa
Genitive فَنَاطِيسَ
fanāṭīsa		 الْفَنَاطِيسِ
al-fanāṭīsi		 فَنَاطِيسِ
fanāṭīsi

Derived terms
  • → English: fantass

References
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “فنطاس”, 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 376
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “فنطاس”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 638
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “فنطاس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2449
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فنطاس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 983
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