فرأ

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Arabic

Alternative forms

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

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 (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 326
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “فرأ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, 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 (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 949
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