ف ر س

ف ر س

See also: فرس‎, فرش‎, and قرش‎

Arabic

Root

ف ر س • (f-r-s)

1. Related to preying

Derived terms

Verbs:

• Form I: فَرَسَ‎ (farasa, “to prey upon and tatter”)
  • Verbal noun: فَرْس‎ (fars)
  • Active participle: فَارِس‎ (fāris)
  • Passive participle: مَفْرُوس‎ (mafrūs)
• Form II: فَرَّسَ‎ (farrasa)
  • Verbal noun: تَفْرِيس‎ (tafrīs)
  • Active participle: مُفَرِّس‎ (mufarris)
  • Passive participle: مُفَرَّس‎ (mufarras)
• Form IV: أَفْرَسَ‎ (ʾafrasa)
  • Verbal noun: إِفْرَاس‎ (ʾifrās)
  • Active participle: مُفْرِس‎ (mufris)
  • Passive participle: مُفْرَس‎ (mufras)
• Form V: تَفَرَّسَ‎ (tafarrasa, “to examine, to look through thoroughly”)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَرُّس‎ (tafarrus)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَرِّس‎ (mutafarris)
  • Passive participle: مُتَفَرَّس‎ (mutafarras)
• Form VIII: اِفْتَرَسَ‎ (iftarasa, “to rape”)
  • Verbal noun: اِفْتِرَاس‎ (iftirās)
  • Active participle: مُفْتَرِس‎ (muftaris)
  • Passive participle: مُفْتَرَس‎ (muftaras)

Nouns:

• فِرَاسَة‎ f (firāsa, “perspicacity”)
• فَرِيسَة‎ f (farīsa, “prey”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835), “ف ر س”, 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; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ف ر س”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 952–953