فرأ

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
  • IPA(key): /fa.raʔ/

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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