فضاء

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of فَضَا (faḍā, “to be or become spacious”), from the root ف ض و (f-ḍ-w) or ف ض ي (f-ḍ-y).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.dˤaːʔ/

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Noun

فَضَاء • (faḍāʔ) m (plural أَفْضِيَة (ʔafḍiya))

1. vast and unlimited space, empty space
2. (countable) open area, open country
3. (physics) outer space, cosmic space, cosmos

   الفَضَاءُ الخَارِجِيُّ ― al-faḍāʔu al-ḵārijiyyu ― outer space

Declension

Declension of noun فَضَاء (faḍāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَضَاء faḍāʔ	الْفَضَاء al-faḍāʔ	فَضَاء faḍāʔ
Nominative	فَضَاءٌ faḍāʔun	الْفَضَاءُ al-faḍāʔu	فَضَاءُ faḍāʔu
Accusative	فَضَاءً faḍāʔan	الْفَضَاءَ al-faḍāʔa	فَضَاءَ faḍāʔa
Genitive	فَضَاءٍ faḍāʔin	الْفَضَاءِ al-faḍāʔi	فَضَاءِ faḍāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَضَاءَيْن faḍāʔayn	الْفَضَاءَيْن al-faḍāʔayn	فَضَاءَيْ faḍāʔay
Nominative	فَضَاءَانِ faḍāʔāni	الْفَضَاءَانِ al-faḍāʔāni	فَضَاءَا faḍāʔā
Accusative	فَضَاءَيْنِ faḍāʔayni	الْفَضَاءَيْنِ al-faḍāʔayni	فَضَاءَيْ faḍāʔay
Genitive	فَضَاءَيْنِ faḍāʔayni	الْفَضَاءَيْنِ al-faḍāʔayni	فَضَاءَيْ faḍāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْضِيَة ʔafḍiya	الْأَفْضِيَة al-ʔafḍiya	أَفْضِيَة ʔafḍiyat
Nominative	أَفْضِيَةٌ ʔafḍiyatun	الْأَفْضِيَةُ al-ʔafḍiyatu	أَفْضِيَةُ ʔafḍiyatu
Accusative	أَفْضِيَةً ʔafḍiyatan	الْأَفْضِيَةَ al-ʔafḍiyata	أَفْضِيَةَ ʔafḍiyata
Genitive	أَفْضِيَةٍ ʔafḍiyatin	الْأَفْضِيَةِ al-ʔafḍiyati	أَفْضِيَةِ ʔafḍiyati

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: fəza
• → Ottoman Turkish: فضا (feza)
  • Turkish: feza
• → Persian: فضا (fazâ)
• → Urdu: فضا (fizā)
• → Uzbek: fazo

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic فَضاء (faḍāʔ).

Noun

فضاء • (faḍāʔ) m

1. (formal) Alternative form of فضا (faḍa, “void, space”)

Derived terms

• الفضاء الخارجي (il-faḍāʔ il-ḵāriji, “outer space”)
• سفينة فضاء (safīnet faḍāʔ, “spaceship”)