افترس

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Arabic

Root
ف ر س (f r s)
7 terms

Verb

اِفْتَرَسَ (iftarasa) VIII (non-past يَفْتَرِسُ (yaftarisu), verbal noun اِفْتِرَاس (iftirās))

  1. to prey upon, to devour, to maul, to scarf down

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “افترس”, 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 331
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “افترس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 953