فرأ
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Arabic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- فَرَاء (farāʔ)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]فَرَأ • (faraʔ) m (plural فِرَاء (firāʔ) or أَفْرَاء (ʔafrāʔ))
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun فَرَأ (faraʔ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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
[edit]- 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
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