Quranic root
فتأ
f · t · ʾ
A cessation-oriented root: ceasing or desisting, with a related causative sense of making something cease.
The supplied evidence distinguishes the Form I negative construction meaning “not cease,” hence continued action, from positive uses of abstaining and of stilling or extinguishing. No Maqāyīs or Mufradāt development discussion was supplied.
- Lane · entry 33090
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
فَتِئَ
fatiʾa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
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Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To cease or leave off doing something.
In the Quranic occurrence, the verb appears after an oath in a construction understood as negative, meaning “you will not cease remembering Joseph.” Form I in this sense is characteristically used in negative phrases.
- Lane · entry 33090
Selected Quran examples
Quran 12:85word 3
“you will not cease”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 12:85تَفْتَؤُا۟you will not cease
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 2 Classical meanings
فَتِئَ
To forget an affair; to abstain or desist from it.
Recorded with عَنْهُ in the construction فَتِئَ عَنْهُ. This use is reported as generally occurring in negative phrases.
- Lane · entry 33090
فَتَأَ
To still, quiet, abate, or allay something; to make someone cease from an affair; to extinguish.
A complete, active verb distinct from the negative Form I construction; the evidence illustrates its use both for making a person cease from an affair and for extinguishing a fire.
- Lane · entry 33090
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic form is an imperfect active Form I occurrence whose negative interpretation is carried by the oath construction rather than by an overt لا immediately before the verb.
No Maqāyīs or Mufradāt evidence was supplied for this root.