فرأ
Arabic
Alternative forms
- فَرَاء (farāʾ)
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 (“zebra”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.raʔ/
Noun
فَرَأ • (faraʾ) m (plural فِرَاء (firāʾ) or أَفْرَاء (ʾafrāʾ))
- wild-ass, onager, especially a young male
Declension
Declension of noun فَرَأ (faraʾ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | فَرَأ faraʾ | الْفَرَأ al-faraʾ | فَرَأ faraʾ |
| Nominative | فَرَأٌ faraʾun | الْفَرَأُ al-faraʾu | فَرَأُ faraʾu |
| Accusative | فَرَأً faraʾan | الْفَرَأَ al-faraʾa | فَرَأَ faraʾa |
| Genitive | فَرَأٍ faraʾin | الْفَرَأِ al-faraʾi | فَرَأِ faraʾi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | فَرَأَيْن faraʾayn | الْفَرَأَيْن al-faraʾayn | فَرَأَيْ faraʾay |
| Nominative | فَرَآنِ faraʾāni | الْفَرَآنِ al-faraʾāni | فَرَآ faraʾā |
| Accusative | فَرَأَيْنِ faraʾayni | الْفَرَأَيْنِ al-faraʾayni | فَرَأَيْ faraʾay |
| Genitive | فَرَأَيْنِ faraʾayni | الْفَرَأَيْنِ al-faraʾayni | فَرَأَيْ faraʾay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | فِرَاء; أَفْرَاء firāʾ; ʾafrāʾ | الْفِرَاء; الْأَفْرَاء al-firāʾ; al-ʾafrāʾ | فِرَاء; أَفْرَاء firāʾ; ʾafrāʾ |
| Nominative | فِرَاءٌ; أَفْرَاءٌ firāʾun; ʾafrāʾun | الْفِرَاءُ; الْأَفْرَاءُ al-firāʾu; al-ʾafrāʾu | فِرَاءُ; أَفْرَاءُ firāʾu; ʾafrāʾu |
| Accusative | فِرَاءً; أَفْرَاءً firāʾan; ʾafrāʾan | الْفِرَاءَ; الْأَفْرَاءَ al-firāʾa; al-ʾafrāʾa | فِرَاءَ; أَفْرَاءَ firāʾa; ʾafrāʾa |
| Genitive | فِرَاءٍ; أَفْرَاءٍ firāʾin; ʾafrāʾin | الْفِرَاءِ; الْأَفْرَاءِ al-firāʾi; al-ʾafrāʾi | فِرَاءِ; أَفْرَاءِ firāʾi; ʾafrāʾi |
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; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “فرأ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 949