fitna

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”).

Noun

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fitna (countable and uncountable, plural fitnas)

1. (Islam, uncountable) Temptation.
2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century.

References

• OED 2006

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• See fixing to.

Contraction

fitna

1. (rare) African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

   I'm fitna go to the store.

Anagrams

• Fanti, faint

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fitna, from Proto-Germanic *fitnaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʰtna/
• Rhymes: -ɪʰtna
• Homophone: fitnað

Verb

fitna (third person singular past indicative fitnaði, third person plural past indicative fitnaðu, supine fitnað)

1. (intransitive) to become fat, to get fat

   Tú ert fitnaður.

   You've gotten fatter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fitna (group v-30)

infinitive	fitna
supine	fitnað
	present	past
first singular	fitni	fitnaði
second singular	fitnar	fitnaði
third singular	fitnar	fitnaði
plural	fitna	fitnaðu
participle (a6)1	fitnandi	fitnaður
	imperative
singular	fitna!
plural	fitnið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• fiti
• feitur
• fita

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪhtna/
• Rhymes: -ɪhtna

Verb

fitna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fitnaði, supine fitnað)

1. (intransitive) to become fat, to get fat

   Þú hefur fitnað yfir jólin.

   You've gotten fatter over Christmas.

Conjugation

fitna – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fitna
supine sagnbót		fitnað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fitnandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fitna	fitnaði		fitni	fitnaði
	þú	fitnar	fitnaðir		fitnir	fitnaðir
	hann, hún, það	fitnar	fitnaði		fitni	fitnaði
plural	við	fitnum	fitnuðum		fitnum	fitnuðum
	þið	fitnið	fitnuðuð		fitnið	fitnuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	fitna	fitnuðu		fitni	fitnuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fitna (þú), fitnaðu
plural	þið	fitnið (þið), fitniði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Related terms

• feiti
• feitur
• fita

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”).

Noun

fitna (plural fitnalar)

1. mischiefmaking
2. sedition