فادن

Arabic

Alternative forms

• فَادِم (fādim)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Variant of فَدَام (fadām, “stopper”)?

Noun

فَادِن • (fādin) m (plural فَوادِن (fawādin))

1. instrument used as a reference line, be it a plumb line or a spirit level

   Synonyms: شَاقُول (šāqūl), مِطْمَار (miṭmār), مِطْمَر (miṭmar), تُرّ (turr)

Declension

Declension of noun فَادِن (fādin)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَادِن fādin	الْفَادِن al-fādin	فَادِن fādin
Nominative	فَادِنٌ fādinun	الْفَادِنُ al-fādinu	فَادِنُ fādinu
Accusative	فَادِنًا fādinan	الْفَادِنَ al-fādina	فَادِنَ fādina
Genitive	فَادِنٍ fādinin	الْفَادِنِ al-fādini	فَادِنِ fādini
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَادِنَيْن fādinayn	الْفَادِنَيْن al-fādinayn	فَادِنَيْ fādinay
Nominative	فَادِنَانِ fādināni	الْفَادِنَانِ al-fādināni	فَادِنَا fādinā
Accusative	فَادِنَيْنِ fādinayni	الْفَادِنَيْنِ al-fādinayni	فَادِنَيْ fādinay
Genitive	فَادِنَيْنِ fādinayni	الْفَادِنَيْنِ al-fādinayni	فَادِنَيْ fādinay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَوادِن fawādin	الْفَوادِن al-fawādin	فَوادِن fawādin
Nominative	فَوادِنُ fawādinu	الْفَوادِنُ al-fawādinu	فَوادِنُ fawādinu
Accusative	فَوادِنَ fawādina	الْفَوادِنَ al-fawādina	فَوادِنَ fawādina
Genitive	فَوادِنَ fawādina	الْفَوادِنِ al-fawādini	فَوادِنِ fawādini

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “فادن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 246
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فادن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 948