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فاتِن
charmer /ˈfaː.tin/
nounB1#2802 most common
Also: seducer, enchanter, captivating one
Example sentences
هُوَ فاتِنٌ.
He is charming.
صَوْتُها فاتِنٌ جِدًّا.
Her voice is very captivating.
رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً فاتِنًا فِي الحَفْلَةِ.
I saw a charming man at the party.
كَانَ جَمالُها الفاتِنُ مَوْضوعَ حَديثِ الجَميعِ.
Her captivating beauty was the talk of everyone.
انْجَذَبَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِسَبَبِ حُضورِهِ الفاتِنِ رَغْمَ تَحَفُّظِها.
She was drawn to him because of his captivating presence, despite her reserve.
لَمْ تَكُنْ تِلْكَ الفاتِنَةُ سِوى سَرابٍ خَلَبَ لُبَّهُ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ يَتَخَبَّطُ فِي أَوْهامِهِ.
That captivating woman turned out to be nothing but a mirage that stole his mind, then left him floundering in his delusions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فاتِنٌ | فاتِنونَ |
| Genitive | فاتِنٍ | فاتِنينَ |
| Accusative | فاتِنًا | فاتِنينَ |
| Vocative | يا فاتِنُ | يا فاتِنونَ |
Word family
فتنة (fitna)temptation, strife, sedition
فتّان (fattān)extremely charming, a heartbreaker
مفتون (maftūn)infatuated, enchanted
يَفْتِن (yaftinu)to tempt, seduce, captivate
افتتان (iftitān)fascination, infatuation
Etymology
Fātin comes from the Arabic triliteral root f-t-n (ف-ت-ن), whose base verb fatana means to tempt, seduce, or put someone to a trial. Fātin is the active participle of that verb, built on the faʿil pattern, so it literally names the one doing the captivating. The same root gives Arabic fitna, meaning temptation, discord, or civil strife, which shows the word carries an old sense of allure as something dangerous, not just pleasant.
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