فرأ

Arabic

Alternative forms

• فَرَاء (farāʔ)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *faraʾ-, related to the root ف ر ر (f-r-r) meaning "to be escaped", "to flee", "to be hasty or fleet", "to be hard to catch", used also describe the young of other animals like sheep, goats, wild cows, gazelle, antelope. Compare Akkadian 𒉺𒊏𒌑 (parû), Hebrew פֶּרֶא (pére, “wild ass”), Somali faruw (“zebra”), Chinese 福祿 / 福禄 (fúlù, “zebra”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.raʔ/

Noun

فَرَأ • (faraʔ) m (plural فِرَاء (firāʔ) or أَفْرَاء (ʔafrāʔ))

1. wild-ass, onager, especially a young male

Declension

Declension of noun فَرَأ (faraʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرَأ faraʔ	الْفَرَأ al-faraʔ	فَرَأ faraʔ
Nominative	فَرَأٌ faraʔun	الْفَرَأُ al-faraʔu	فَرَأُ faraʔu
Accusative	فَرَأً faraʔan	الْفَرَأَ al-faraʔa	فَرَأَ faraʔa
Genitive	فَرَأٍ faraʔin	الْفَرَأِ al-faraʔi	فَرَأِ faraʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرَأَيْن faraʔayn	الْفَرَأَيْن al-faraʔayn	فَرَأَيْ faraʔay
Nominative	فَرَآنِ faraʔāni	الْفَرَآنِ al-faraʔāni	فَرَآ faraʔā
Accusative	فَرَأَيْنِ faraʔayni	الْفَرَأَيْنِ al-faraʔayni	فَرَأَيْ faraʔay
Genitive	فَرَأَيْنِ faraʔayni	الْفَرَأَيْنِ al-faraʔayni	فَرَأَيْ faraʔay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِرَاء‎; أَفْرَاء firāʔ‎; ʔafrāʔ	الْفِرَاء‎; الْأَفْرَاء al-firāʔ‎; al-ʔafrāʔ	فِرَاء‎; أَفْرَاء firāʔ‎; ʔafrāʔ
Nominative	فِرَاءٌ‎; أَفْرَاءٌ firāʔun‎; ʔafrāʔun	الْفِرَاءُ‎; الْأَفْرَاءُ al-firāʔu‎; al-ʔafrāʔu	فِرَاءُ‎; أَفْرَاءُ firāʔu‎; ʔafrāʔu
Accusative	فِرَاءً‎; أَفْرَاءً firāʔan‎; ʔafrāʔan	الْفِرَاءَ‎; الْأَفْرَاءَ al-firāʔa‎; al-ʔafrāʔa	فِرَاءَ‎; أَفْرَاءَ firāʔa‎; ʔafrāʔa
Genitive	فِرَاءٍ‎; أَفْرَاءٍ firāʔin‎; ʔafrāʔin	الْفِرَاءِ‎; الْأَفْرَاءِ al-firāʔi‎; al-ʔafrāʔi	فِرَاءِ‎; أَفْرَاءِ firāʔi‎; ʔafrāʔi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فرأ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 326
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فرأ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2357
• Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 208
• H6501 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فرأ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 949