فٞتْرَه
fétraʰ
basic morphological information

n. (f.)

period of time
период времени
فَتْرَة
CSOL I 538
text examples

a. ˁággi di-ˀettéfeḳu ḷe-deráhem kor yenɛfóˁoʰ beʸh bíľeʰ wa-zéˁe ṭad méʸhi deráhem wa-báˁad fétraʰ ríˀiš ˁag díˀʸheʰ ṣáḥeb men díˀʸheʰ deráhem ‘Two men agreed they would jointly invest a sum of money. One of them held the money, and after a while, the other asked his friend about his share’ (CSOL I 15:12)

b. ézˁem fétraʰ sáˁaʰ aw saˁatéyn ‘They stayed there for a while, one or two hours.’ (CSOL I 26:74)

etymology

An Arabism (Wehr:813, Behnstedt:923).