فوضى

Arabic

Root
ف و ض (f-w-ḍ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faw.dˤaː/

Noun

فَوْضَى • (fawḍā) f

1. a state of dispersion, leaderlessness, where everyone/everything mixes with everyone/everything, chaos, mess, mayhem, disorder, anarchy, statelessness, anarchism prevailing

Declension

Declension of noun فَوْضَى (fawḍā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَوْضَى fawḍā	الْفَوْضَى al-fawḍā	فَوْضَى fawḍā
Nominative	فَوْضَى fawḍā	الْفَوْضَى al-fawḍā	فَوْضَى fawḍā
Accusative	فَوْضَى fawḍā	الْفَوْضَى al-fawḍā	فَوْضَى fawḍā
Genitive	فَوْضَى fawḍā	الْفَوْضَى al-fawḍā	فَوْضَى fawḍā

Adjective

فَوْضَى • (fawḍā)

1. (plural only) being in a state of dispersion

   قَوْمٌ فَوْضَى ― qawmun fawḍā ― a people who live without leader

2. shared, common, available for many of whom there is no leader

   مَتَاعُهُم فَوْضَى بَيْنَهُمْ ― matāʕuhum fawḍā baynahum ― their belongs are shared amongst them

Derived terms

• فَوْضَوِيّ (fawḍawiyy, “chaotic, messy; anarchistic”)
• فَوْضَوِيَّة (fawḍawiyya, “anarchism”)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف و ض
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic فَوْضَى (fawḍā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faw.dˤa/, [ˈfɑw.dˤɑ]

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Noun

فوضى • (fawḍa) f

1. mess, chaos, disorder