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فَنّ
art /ˈfann/
nounA2#1273 most common
Also: skill, craft, branch or discipline
Example sentences
هٰذا فَنٌّ جَميل.
This is beautiful art.
أُحِبُّ الفَنَّ كَثيراً.
I love art very much.
الرَّسْمُ فَنٌّ قَديم.
Drawing is an ancient art.
تَعَلَّمَ فُنونَ القِتالِ في الصين.
He learned the martial arts in China.
الطَّبْخُ فَنٌّ يَحتاجُ إلى صَبرٍ ودِقَّة.
Cooking is an art that needs patience and precision.
يَرى النُّقّادُ أنَّ هٰذا العَمَلَ يَجمَعُ بَينَ فُنونٍ مُختَلِفةٍ في قالَبٍ واحِد.
Critics see this work as combining different arts in a single form.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَنٌّ | فُنونٌ |
| Genitive | فَنٍّ | فُنونٍ |
| Accusative | فَنّاً | فُنوناً |
| Vocative | يا فَنُّ | يا فُنونُ |
Word family
فُنون (funūn)arts (plural of fann)
فَنّان (fannān)artist
فَنّانة (fannāna)female artist
فَنّي (fannī)artistic, technical
تَفَنُّن (tafannun)versatility, ingenuity
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root f-n-n, which carries the sense of variety and diversity. فَنّ first meant a kind, sort, or manner of something. From there it came to mean a branch of activity, then a skill or craft, and in modern usage it means art.
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