fitil

Carolinian

Noun

fitil

1. grass

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فتیل (fitil), from Arabic فَتِيل (fatīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈtil/

Noun

fitil n (plural fitiluri)

1. wick
2. fuse

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fitil	fitilul		fitiluri	fitilurile
genitive-dative	fitil	fitilului		fitiluri	fitilurilor
vocative	fitilule			fitilurilor

Further reading

• fitil in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فتیل (fetil, fitil), from Arabic فَتِيل (fatīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈtil/

Noun

fitil (definite accusative fitili, plural fitiller)

1. wick, candlewick

   Synonym: çirağ

2. (medicine) suppository

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	fitil
Definite accusative	fitili
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fitil	fitiller
Definite accusative	fitili	fitilleri
Dative	fitile	fitillere
Locative	fitilde	fitillerde
Ablative	fitilden	fitillerden
Genitive	fitilin	fitillerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular fitilim fitillerim 2nd singular fitilin fitillerin 3rd singular fitili fitilleri 1st plural fitilimiz fitillerimiz 2nd plural fitiliniz fitilleriniz 3rd plural fitilleri fitilleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular fitilimi fitillerimi 2nd singular fitilini fitillerini 3rd singular fitilini fitillerini 1st plural fitilimizi fitillerimizi 2nd plural fitilinizi fitillerinizi 3rd plural fitillerini fitillerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular fitilime fitillerime 2nd singular fitiline fitillerine 3rd singular fitiline fitillerine 1st plural fitilimize fitillerimize 2nd plural fitilinize fitillerinize 3rd plural fitillerine fitillerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular fitilimde fitillerimde 2nd singular fitilinde fitillerinde 3rd singular fitilinde fitillerinde 1st plural fitilimizde fitillerimizde 2nd plural fitilinizde fitillerinizde 3rd plural fitillerinde fitillerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular fitilimden fitillerimden 2nd singular fitilinden fitillerinden 3rd singular fitilinden fitillerinden 1st plural fitilimizden fitillerimizden 2nd plural fitilinizden fitillerinizden 3rd plural fitillerinden fitillerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular fitilimin fitillerimin 2nd singular fitilinin fitillerinin 3rd singular fitilinin fitillerinin 1st plural fitilimizin fitillerimizin 2nd plural fitilinizin fitillerinizin 3rd plural fitillerinin fitillerinin

Descendants

• → Russian: фити́ль m (fitílʹ)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فتیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 887
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fitil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Volapük

Etymology

fit (“fish”) +‎ -il (“diminutive”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fiˈtil]

Noun

fitil (nominative plural fitils)

1. little fish, fishy

Declension

declension of fitil

	singular	plural
nominative	fitil	fitils
genitive	fitila	fitilas
dative	fitile	fitiles
accusative	fitili	fitilis
vocative 1	o fitil!	o fitils!
predicative 2	fitilu	fitilus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• fit
• hifit
• jifit