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فَتَى
young man /faˈtaː/
nounA1#313 most common
Also: youth, lad, young servant
Example sentences
الفَتَى طَوِيلٌ.
The young man is tall.
ذَهَبَ الفَتَى إِلَى المَدْرَسَةِ.
The young man went to school.
رَأَيْتُ فَتًى يَلْعَبُ فِي الحَدِيقَةِ.
I saw a young man playing in the park.
كَانَ الفَتَى شُجَاعًا فَسَاعَدَ المَرْأَةَ العَجُوزَ.
The young man was brave, so he helped the old woman.
لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ الفَتَى يُدْرِكُ أَنَّ قَرَارَهُ سَيُغَيِّرُ مَجْرَى حَيَاتِهِ.
That young man did not realize that his decision would change the course of his life.
إِنَّ الفِتْيَانَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِمَبَادِئِهِمْ لَا يَتَرَدَّدُونَ فِي الدِّفَاعِ عَنْهَا مَهْمَا كَلَّفَهُمْ ذَلِكَ.
The young men who believe in their principles do not hesitate to defend them, whatever the cost.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | الفَتَى / فَتًى | الفِتْيَانُ / فِتْيَانٌ |
| Genitive | الفَتَى / فَتًى | الفِتْيَانِ / فِتْيَانٍ |
| Accusative | الفَتَى / فَتًى | الفِتْيَانَ / فِتْيَانًا |
| Vocative | يا فَتَى | يا فِتْيَانُ |
Word family
فَتَاةyoung woman, girl
فُتُوَّةyouth; chivalry
فِتْيَانyoung men, lads (plural)
فِتْيَةa band of youths (plural)
Etymology
فَتَى comes from the Semitic root f-t-y, which carries the sense of youth and freshness. The same root yields فَتَاة for a young woman and فُتُوَّة for youthful vigor and chivalry. The third root letter is weak and surfaces as the alif maqsura ى at the end of the singular.
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