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فرقة
فرقة
See also: قرفة
Arabic
Noun
فِرْقَة • (firqa) f (plural فِرَق (firaq) or أَفْرَاق (ʾafrāq) or أَفَارِيق (ʾafārīq) or أَفَارِقَة (ʾafāriqa))
- part, portion
- troop of people, number of men, distinct body
- division, detachment, section, unit
- party, sect, group, band, company
- class
- class (in school)
- troupe
- team
- a separate herd
- a portion of a thing in a state of dispersion
Declension
Declension of noun فِرْقَة (firqa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | فِرْقَة firqa |
الْفِرْقَة al-firqa |
فِرْقَة firqat |
| Nominative | فِرْقَةٌ firqatun |
الْفِرْقَةُ al-firqatu |
فِرْقَةُ firqatu |
| Accusative | فِرْقَةً firqatan |
الْفِرْقَةَ al-firqata |
فِرْقَةَ firqata |
| Genitive | فِرْقَةٍ firqatin |
الْفِرْقَةِ al-firqati |
فِرْقَةِ firqati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | فِرْقَتَيْن firqatayn |
الْفِرْقَتَيْن al-firqatayn |
فِرْقَتَيْ firqatay |
| Nominative | فِرْقَتَانِ firqatāni |
الْفِرْقَتَانِ al-firqatāni |
فِرْقَتَا firqatā |
| Accusative | فِرْقَتَيْنِ firqatayni |
الْفِرْقَتَيْنِ al-firqatayni |
فِرْقَتَيْ firqatay |
| Genitive | فِرْقَتَيْنِ firqatayni |
الْفِرْقَتَيْنِ al-firqatayni |
فِرْقَتَيْ firqatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote; basic broken plural diptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | فِرَق; أَفْرَاق; أَفَارِيق; أَفَارِقَة firaq; ʾafrāq; ʾafārīq; ʾafāriqa |
الْفِرَق; الْأَفْرَاق; الْأَفَارِيق; الْأَفَارِقَة al-firaq; al-ʾafrāq; al-ʾafārīq; al-ʾafāriqa |
فِرَق; أَفْرَاق; أَفَارِيق; أَفَارِقَة firaq; ʾafrāq; ʾafārīq; ʾafāriqat |
| Nominative | فِرَقٌ; أَفْرَاقٌ; أَفَارِيقُ; أَفَارِقَةٌ firaqun; ʾafrāqun; ʾafārīqu; ʾafāriqatun |
الْفِرَقُ; الْأَفْرَاقُ; الْأَفَارِيقُ; الْأَفَارِقَةُ al-firaqu; al-ʾafrāqu; al-ʾafārīqu; al-ʾafāriqatu |
فِرَقُ; أَفْرَاقُ; أَفَارِيقُ; أَفَارِقَةُ firaqu; ʾafrāqu; ʾafārīqu; ʾafāriqatu |
| Accusative | فِرَقًا; أَفْرَاقًا; أَفَارِيقَ; أَفَارِقَةً firaqan; ʾafrāqan; ʾafārīqa; ʾafāriqatan |
الْفِرَقَ; الْأَفْرَاقَ; الْأَفَارِيقَ; الْأَفَارِقَةَ al-firaqa; al-ʾafrāqa; al-ʾafārīqa; al-ʾafāriqata |
فِرَقَ; أَفْرَاقَ; أَفَارِيقَ; أَفَارِقَةَ firaqa; ʾafrāqa; ʾafārīqa; ʾafāriqata |
| Genitive | فِرَقٍ; أَفْرَاقٍ; أَفَارِيقَ; أَفَارِقَةٍ firaqin; ʾafrāqin; ʾafārīqa; ʾafāriqatin |
الْفِرَقِ; الْأَفْرَاقِ; الْأَفَارِيقِ; الْأَفَارِقَةِ al-firaqi; al-ʾafrāqi; al-ʾafārīqi; al-ʾafāriqati |
فِرَقِ; أَفْرَاقِ; أَفَارِيقِ; أَفَارِقَةِ firaqi; ʾafrāqi; ʾafārīqi; ʾafāriqati |
Derived terms
- فِرْقَة اَلْمَطَافِئ (firqat al-maṭāfiʾ, “fire brigade, fire department”)
- فِرْقَة اَلْإِطْفَاء (firqat al-ʾiṭfāʾ, “fire brigade, fire department”)
References
- “فرق” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “فرقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “فرق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4