fatua

See also: fátua

Italian

Adjective

fatua

  1. Feminine singular of adjective fatuo.

Latin

Adjective

fatua

  1. nominative feminine singular of fatuus
  2. nominative neuter plural of fatuus
  3. accusative neuter plural of fatuus
  4. vocative feminine singular of fatuus
  5. vocative neuter plural of fatuus

fatuā

  1. ablative feminine singular of fatuus

References
  • fatua in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fatua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfatwa/, [ˈfat̪wa]

Etymology 1

Adjective

fatua f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective fatuo.

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَتْوَى‎ (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى‎ (ʾaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”). مُفْتٍ‎ (muftin, “mufti”) is the active participle of the same verb.

Alternative forms

Noun

fatua f (plural fatuas)

  1. (Islam) fatwa (legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti)
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