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^[1] (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^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 638
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فنطاس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2449
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فنطاس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 983