الفطنة

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root pertains to intelligence, quick understanding, and shrewdness. It encompasses the ability to grasp concepts quickly, to be perceptive, and to possess mental acuity. Derived terms describe the state of being intelligent, the act of understanding, and the process of making someone understand.

Derived headwords

الفِطْنَةnoun

1.
Intelligenceboth
Sharpness of mind, quickness of understanding, and astuteness.
2.
Perceptivenessboth
The quality of being able to grasp things quickly and accurately.

فَطِنَverb

1.
To understandboth
To grasp a concept or meaning quickly and intelligently.
2.
To perceiveboth
To become aware of something, often through subtle signs.
3.
To be shrewdboth
To possess mental acuity and astuteness.

فطن به — He understood it.

فطن إليه — He perceived it.

فطن له — He was shrewd about it.

فُطِنَverb

1.
To be understoodboth
To be grasped or comprehended.

كَرُمَverb

1.
To be intelligentboth
To possess intelligence and quick understanding.

فَطَنًاnoun

1.
Intelligenceboth
A state of being intelligent or sharp-witted.

فُطُونًاnoun

1.
Intelligenceboth
A state of being intelligent or sharp-witted.

فُطْنَةًnoun

1.
Intelligenceboth
A state of being intelligent or sharp-witted.

فُطُونَةًnoun

1.
Intelligenceboth
A state of being intelligent or sharp-witted.

فَطَانَةًnoun

1.
Intelligenceboth
A state of being intelligent or sharp-witted.

فَطَانِيَةًnoun

1.
Intelligenceboth
A state of being intelligent or sharp-witted.

فَاطِنadjective

1.
Intelligentboth
Possessing quick understanding and mental acuity.

فَطِينadjective

1.
Intelligentboth
Possessing quick understanding and mental acuity.

فُطُونadjective

1.
Intelligentboth
Possessing quick understanding and mental acuity.

فَطِنadjective

1.
Intelligentboth
Possessing quick understanding and mental acuity.

فَطِنadjective

1.
Intelligentboth
Possessing quick understanding and mental acuity.

فُطُنnoun

1.
Intelligent peopleboth
Plural of an intelligent person, referring to those who are sharp-witted.

فُطْنَةnoun

1.
Intelligenceboth
The state or quality of being intelligent.

فَاطَنَهُverb

1.
To debateclassical
To engage in a verbal exchange, to argue back and forth.

فاطنه في الكلام — He debated with him in speech.

التَّفْطِينnoun

1.
Making understandboth
The act of causing someone to understand or comprehend something.

Parallel reading

الفطنة، بالكسر: الحذق

Al-fitnah, with a kasra: shrewdness.

فطن به، و إليه، و له

He understood it, perceived it, and was shrewd about it.

فطنا، مثلثة وبالتحريك وبضمتين

Fatan, with three vowelizations, with harakat, and with two dammah.

وفطونة وفطانة وفطانية، مفتوحتين

And futunah, fatanah, and fataniyah, both open.

فهو فاطن وفطين وفطون وفطن وفطن

So he is fatin, fatin, futun, fatin, and fatin.

وهي فطنة

And she is fitnah.

فاطنه في الكلام: راجعه

To debate with him in speech: to argue back.

والتفطين: التفهيم

And al-taftin: making someone understand.