فَتَرَ weaken in Arabic
فَتَرَ is how you say “weaken” in Arabic.
Root ف ت ر f-t-r. verb (form I). fatara.
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Meaning of weaken in Arabic
- to remit, abate, become gentle after vehemence said of heat, cold, water, or a price cooling or easing off
- to flag, grow remiss, slacken in effort figurative, of a person's work or energy
- to become languid, lax, and weak of the body
- to become languishing, languid of the eyes or a gaze
Example sentence
فَإِنْ فَتَرَ سَائِقُهَا ضَلَّتْ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ
If its driver weakens, it strays from the path.
فَتَرَ weakens
Past-tense verb 'fatara' = 'he/it slackened, lost strength'. The subject 'it' is built in.
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How it is used
Used literally of heat, cold, or water cooling after being intense, and figuratively of a person's energy or effort slackening. The noun فَتْرَة is especially well known from its Qur'anic use for the interval between the missions of two prophets.
Words from the same root
- فُتُورٌ languor, slackening, remission
- فَاتِرٌ languid; lukewarm, tepid
- فَتْرَةٌ an interval, period, e.g. between prophets
- فتّر to make ease off, weaken
- تَفَتَّرَ to become languid, slacken
More example sentences
وَإِنْ فَتَرَ قَائِدُهَا حَرَنَتْ
And if its guide weakens, it becomes stubborn.
فَتَرَ weakens
Past-tense verb 'fatara' = 'he/it slackened, lost strength'. The subject 'it' is built in.
فَأَخَذَهُ مَعَهُ فِي فِرَاشِهِ وَأَلْصَقَهُ بِأَحْشَائِهِ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ وَقَدْ فَتَرَ الْمَاءُ
So he took it with him in his bed and pressed it against his entrails until it became morning and the water had cooled.
فَتَرَ had cooled
This is a completed-action verb meaning the water lost its heat, with its subject named just after it. Under the certainty particle before it, it reads as 'had grown cool', a state already complete by morning. The verb itself carries the cooling sense, no helper word needed.
وَفَتَرَ الْوَحْيُ، فَتْرَةً حَتَّى حَزِنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Then the revelation paused for a time, until the Messenger of God became sorrowful; may God send blessings upon him and grant him peace.
وَفَتَرَ and paused
The wa- here resumes the narration, hooking this new event onto the story as 'and then'. The verb after it is a plain past with its 'he/it' inside it; the joiner simply moves the account along rather than adding to a list.
Common questions
- How do you say "weaken" in Arabic?
- فَتَرَ (fatara) — literally to remit or abate after vehemence, and by extension to grow weak or languid.
- What does فَتْرَة mean in Arabic?
- A period or interval — classically the gap between the missions of two prophets, when the apostolic message had ceased.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).