fatua

== Italian == === Adjective === fatua f sg feminine singular of fatuo == Latin == === Pronunciation 1 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.tu.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.tu.a] ==== Adjective ==== fatua inflection of fatuus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural ==== Noun ==== fatua f (genitive fatuae, masculine fatuus); first declension a (female) fool ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. === Pronunciation 2 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.tu.aː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.tu.a] ==== Adjective ==== fatuā ablative feminine singular of fatuus ==== Noun ==== fatuā ablative singular of fatua === 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/ [ˈfa.t̪wa] Rhymes: -atwa Syllabification: fa‧tua === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== fatua f sg feminine singular of fatuo === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Arabic فَتْوَى (fatwā, “formal legal opinion”), the verbal noun of أَفْتَى (ʔaftā, “to deliver a formal opinion”). مُفْتٍ (muftin, “mufti”) is the active participle of the same verb. ==== Alternative forms ==== fatwa, fetua ==== Noun ==== fatua f (plural fatuas) (Islam) fatwa (legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti) ===== Related terms =====