fatha

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”), instance noun of the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”). Refers to the mouth position when pronouncing the /a/ vowel. Doublet of patach and ptaha, denoting the open vowel in the Hebrew and Syriac scripts.

• fatḥa, fatHa

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɑːt.hɑ/

fatha (plural fathas)

1. In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (‎أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (‎أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.

   Fatḥahs are mainly encoded U+064E ᴀʀᴀʙɪᴄ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴀ.

2. The vowel designated by this mark.

• Arabic diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kasra
• damma (ḍamma)
• sukun (sukūn)
• shadda (šadda)
• tashkil, taškīl

Alteration of father.

• (Geordie) IPA^(key): /fæðæ/

fatha (plural fathas)

1. (Geordie) father

• AFTAH, Fatah, aftah, hafta

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”).

• IPA^(key): /fa.ta/

fatha m or f (plural fathas)

1. fatha

From yr (“the”) +‎ un (“one”) +‎ fath (“kind”) +‎ â (“as”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaθa/

fatha

1. (North Wales, colloquial) like

   Synonym: fel

   Dw i fatha bechdan heddiw. ― I'm good for nothing today. (literally, "I'm like a sandwich today.")

fatha

1. (North Wales, colloquial) kind of