فرغ

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root فرغ (f-r-gh) primarily relates to emptiness, void, and cessation. It extends to concepts of emptying, finishing, dedicating oneself to something, and also to physical emptiness like a wide space or an empty vessel. Metaphorically, it can signify death or a lack of sustenance.

Derived headwords

فَرَغَverb

1.
to be emptyboth
To become empty, vacant, or devoid of content.
2.
to finishboth
To complete or finish an activity or task.
3.
to dieclassical
To pass away, cease to live, likened to a body becoming empty of its soul.

وأصبح فؤاد أم موسى فارغا — And the heart of the mother of Moses became empty (of all save concern for him).

حتى إذا فرغ عن قلوبهم — until, when fear was removed from their hearts.

فَرَاغٌnoun

1.
emptinessboth
The state of being empty, a void, or a vacuum.
2.
leisureboth
Free time, availability, or a period of rest.
3.
spaceclassical
An open or wide area.
4.
vesselclassical
A container, especially one for holding liquids.
5.
a bow without a stringclassical
A bow that is not strung.
6.
a camel without a markclassical
A female camel that has no distinguishing mark.
7.
a generous udderclassical
The best and most abundant part of a camel's udder.
8.
wide valleysclassical
Extensive valleys or lowlands.

الفراغ: الخلاء — Emptiness: the void.

قوس فرغ وفراغ: بغير وتر — A bow without a string.

فَرِغٌadjective

1.
wideclassical
Having great width or extent.
2.
fastclassical
Moving quickly or with great speed.
3.
sharp-tonguedclassical
Having a quick and sharp wit or speech.

وطريق فريغ: واسع — And a wide road: spacious.

وسكين فريغ كذلك، وكذلك رجل فريغ: حديد اللسان — And a sharp knife, and likewise a sharp-tongued man.

مُفَرَّغٌadjective

1.
emptiedboth
Having been emptied or made void.
2.
cast in a moldclassical
Made by pouring molten material into a mold.
3.
solidclassical
Not hollow; solid-sided.

وإناء فرغ: مفرغ — And an empty vessel: one that is emptied.

وحلقة مفرغة: مصمتة الجوانب غير مقطوعة — And a solid ring: its sides are solid, not cut.

تَفَرَّغَverb

1.
to dedicate oneselfboth
To devote one's time and attention exclusively to something.
2.
to become freeboth
To become available or unoccupied.

وتفرغت لكذا — And I devoted myself to such-and-such.

اسْتَفْرَغَverb

1.
to exert fullyboth
To expend or use up one's effort or energy completely.
2.
to empty completelyclassical
To drain or empty something entirely.

واستفرغت مجهودي في كذا أي بذلته — And I exerted my utmost effort in such-and-such, meaning I expended it.

يقال: استفرغ فلان مجهوده إذا لم يبق من جهده وطاقته شيئا — It is said: So-and-so exerted his utmost effort when nothing remained of his effort and capacity.

إفْرَاغٌnoun

1.
pouringboth
The act of pouring something out.
2.
emptyingboth
The act of making something empty.
3.
castingclassical
The process of pouring molten metal into a mold.

الإفراغ: الصب — Pouring: the act of pouring.

ربنا أفرغ علينا صبرا — Our Lord, pour upon us patience.

فَرَاغَةٌnoun

1.
semenclassical
The seminal fluid of a man; the drop of life.

والفراغة: ماء الرجل وهو النطفة — And al-farāghah: a man's water, which is the sperm.

فَرْغٌnoun

1.
container for a falconclassical
A vessel in which a falcon is kept.
2.
opening of a bucketclassical
The hole or mouth of a bucket through which water is taken.
3.
constellationclassical
A star or group of stars, specifically two lunar mansions in the constellation Aquarius.

والفرغ الإناء الذي يكون فيه الصقر، وهو الدوشاب — And al-fargh is the vessel in which the falcon is kept, and it is the syrup-container.

والفرغ: نجم من منازل القمر — And al-fargh is a star from the lunar mansions.

فَرْغَاءadjective

1.
wide and bleedingclassical
Describing a wound that is wide and from which blood flows freely.

وطعنة فرغاء وذات فرغ: واسعة يسيل دمها — And a wide, bleeding wound: one that is wide and from which blood flows.

فَرِيغَةnoun

1.
wide woundclassical
A wound that is wide and deep.

وكذلك ضربة فريغة وفريغ — And likewise a wide blow and a wide wound.

فَرِيغٌnoun

1.
wide woundclassical
A wound that is wide and deep.
2.
wide spaceclassical
A broad or open area.

وكذلك ضربة فريغة وفريغ — And likewise a wide blow and a wide wound.

وطريق فريغ: واسع — And a wide road: spacious.

فُرُوغٌnoun

1.
emptyingboth
The act of emptying or becoming empty.
2.
completionboth
The act of finishing or completing something.

وفرغ يفرغ ويفرغ فراغا وفروغا — And faragha, he empties and empties, a vacuum and a completion.

فَرْغَانnoun

1.
wide vesselclassical
A large and capacious container.
2.
two stars in Aquariusclassical
The two stars forming the constellation of Aquarius.

والفرغان: الإناء الواسع — And al-farghān: the wide vessel.

وهما فرغان منزلان في برج الدلو — And they are two mansions, two stations in the sign of Aquarius.

يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُفَرِّغٍname

1.
Yazid ibn Mu'farrighclassical
A poet from the Himyarite tribe.

ويزيد بن مفرغ، بكسر الراء: شاعر من حمير — And Yazid ibn Mu'farrigh, with a kasra on the ra: a poet from Himyar.

Parallel reading

وأصبح فؤاد أم موسى فارغا

And the heart of the mother of Moses became empty (of all save concern for him).

وفرغ يفرغ ويفرغ فراغا وفروغا

And faragha, he empties and empties, a vacuum and a completion.

وفرغ المكان: أخلاه

And the place became empty: it was vacated.

وتفريغ الظروف: إخلاؤها

And emptying containers: vacating them.

وتفرغت لكذا

And I devoted myself to such-and-such.

واستفرغت مجهودي في كذا أي بذلته

And I exerted my utmost effort in such-and-such, meaning I expended it.

يقال: استفرغ فلان مجهوده إذا لم يبق من جهده وطاقته شيئا

It is said: So-and-so exerted his utmost effort when nothing remained of his effort and capacity.

وفرغ الرجل: مات مثل قضى، على المثل، لأن جسمه خلا من روحه

And a man died: he passed away like one who has fulfilled his term, by analogy, because his body became empty of his soul.

وإناء فرغ: مفرغ

And an empty vessel: one that is emptied.

قال أعرابي تبصروا الشيفان، فإنه يصوك على شعفة المصاد كأنه قرشام على فرغ صقر؛ يصوك أي يلزم، والمصاد الجبل، والقرشام القراد، والفرغ الإناء الذي يكون فيه الصقر، وهو الدوشاب

An Arab said: Observe the falcons, for it clings to the mountain peak like a tick on a falcon's perch; 'yasūku' means clings, 'al-miṣād' is the mountain, 'al-qurshām' is the tick, and 'al-fargh' is the vessel in which the falcon is kept, and it is the syrup-container.

وقوس فرغ وفراغ: بغير وتر

And a bow without a string, and a bow without a string: without a string.

وقيل: بغير سهم

And it was said: without an arrow.

وقوس فرغ وفراغ: بغير وتر، وقيل: بغير سهم

A bow without a string, and a bow without a string: without a string, and it was said: without an arrow.

وقوس فرغ وفراغ: بغير وتر، وقيل: بغير سهم

A bow without a string, and a bow without a string: without a string, and it was said: without an arrow.

ونحت له عن أرز تالئة ... فلق فراغ معابل طحل

And I carved for him from the cedar tree ... wide, broad arrowheads.

وطعنة فرغاء وذات فرغ: واسعة يسيل دمها

And a wide, bleeding wound: one that is wide and from which blood flows.

وكذلك ضربة فريغة وفريغ

And likewise a wide blow and a wide wound.

وطريق فريغ: واسع

And a wide road: spacious.

قال أبو كبير: فأجزته بأفل تحسب أثره ... نهجا، أبان بذي فريغ مخرف

Abu Kabir said: I passed it with a track, you would think it was its trace ... a path, clear in this wide, cultivated land.

وفراغ عواري الليط، تكسى ظباتها ... سبائب، منها جاسد ونجيع

And wide arrowheads of fine wood, their tips are covered ... with blood, some clotted and some flowing.

سنفرغ لكم أيه الثقلان

We shall attend to you, O you two weighty ones.

قال ابن الأعرابي: أي سنعمد، واحتج بقول جرير: ولما اتقى القين العراقي باسته، ... فرغت إلى العبد المقيد في الحجل

Ibn al-A'rabi said: meaning we shall attend, and he cited the verse of Jarir: And when the Iraqi blacksmith guarded his private parts, ... I turned to the chained slave in fetters.

قال: معنى فرغت أي عمدت

He said: the meaning of 'faraghtu' is 'I intended'.

وفي حديث أبي بكر، رضي الله عنه: افرغ إلى أضيافك أي اعمد واقصد، ويجوز أن يكون بمعنى التخلي والفراغ لتتوفر على قراهم والاشتغال بهم

And in the hadith of Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him: 'Attend to your guests' meaning intend and aim, and it may mean to make oneself free and available to attend to their hospitality and engage with them.

وسهم فريغ: حديد

And a sharp arrow: made of iron.

وفرس فريغ: واسع المشي

And a horse that is wide-striding: wide in its gait.

وقيل: جواد بعيد الشحوة

And it was said: a noble horse with a long stride.

ويكاد يهلك في تنوفته شأو ... الفريغ، وعقب ذي العقب

And he almost perishes in his distant journey, the stride ... of the wide-going horse, and the track of the one who follows.

وهملاج فريغ: سريع أيضا؛ عن كراع، والمعنيان مقتربان

And a fast-moving horse, also fast; according to Kara', and the two meanings are close.

وفرس مستفرغ: لا يدخر من حضره شيئا

And a horse that exerts itself fully: it spares nothing of what it has.

ورجل فراغ: سريع المشي واسع الخطاء، ودابة فراغ السير كذلك

And a man who is fast: quick in walking and wide in stride, and a beast that is fast in its gait likewise.

وفي الحديث: أن رجلا من الأنصار قال: حملنا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، على حمار لنا قطوف فنزل عنه فإذا هو فراغ لا يساير أي سريع المشي واسع الخطوة

And in the hadith: A man from the Ansar said: We mounted the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, on our donkey, which was slow, and he dismounted, and it was a fast-walker, not keeping pace, meaning quick in walking and wide in stride.

وفرغ عليه الماء وأفرغه: صبه؛ حكى الأول ثعلب؛ وأنشد

And he poured water on him and poured it out: he poured it; Tha'lab narrated the first; and he recited:

فرغن الهوى في القلب، ثم سقينه ... صبابات ماء الحزن بالأعين النجل

Pour love into the heart, then water it ... with the flowing tears of sorrow from the wide eyes.

ربنا أفرغ علينا صبرا*

Our Lord, pour upon us patience*

أي اصبب، وقيل: أي أنزل علينا صبرا يشتمل علينا، وهو على المثل

Meaning pour, and it was said: meaning send down upon us patience that encompasses us, and it is by analogy.

وافترغ: أفرغ على نفسه الماء وصبه عليه

And he poured for himself: he poured water on himself and cast it upon him.

وفرغ الماء، بالكسر، يفرغ فراغا مثال سمع يسمع سماعا أي انصب، وأفرغته أنا

And water flowed, with a kasra, it flows a flowing, like 'sami'a' hears a hearing, meaning it poured out, and I poured it.

كان يفرغ على رأسه ثلاث إفراغات ، وهي المرة الواحدة من الإفراغ

He used to pour over his head three pourings, and it is one instance of pouring.

يقال: أفرغت الإناء إفراغا وفرغته تفريغا إذا قلبت ما فيه

It is said: You emptied the vessel completely, and you emptied it by pouring, if you overturned what was in it.

وأفرغت الدماء: أرقتها

And you spilled the blood: you shed it.

وفرغته تفريغا أي صببته

And you poured it out: you poured it.

ويقال: ذهب دمه فرغا وفرغا أي باطلا هدرا لم يطلب به؛ وأنشد

And it is said: his blood went in vain and in vain, meaning falsely and without retribution; and he recited:

فإن تك أذواد أخذن ونسوة، ... فلن تذهبوا فرغا بقتل حبال

If you have taken flocks and women, ... you will not have acted in vain by killing Hibal.

وأفرغ عند الجماع: صب ماءه

And he ejaculated during intercourse: he poured his semen.

وأفرغ الذهب والفضة وغيرهما من الجواهر الذائبة: صبها في قالب

And he cast gold, silver, and other molten jewels: he poured them into a mold.

وحلقة مفرغة: مصمتة الجوانب غير مقطوعة

And a solid ring: its sides are solid, not cut.

ودرهم مفرغ: مصبوب في قالب ليس بمضروب

And a cast dirham: poured into a mold, not struck.

والفرغ: مفرغ الدلو وهو خرقه الذي يأخذ الماء

And al-fargh: the opening of the bucket, which is its hole through which it takes water.

ومفرغ الدلو: ما يلي مقدم الحوض

And the opening of the bucket: what is adjacent to the front of the basin.

والمفرغ والفرغ والثرغ: مخرج الماء من بين عراقي الدلو، والجمع فروغ وثروغ

And al-mafarragh, and al-fargh, and al-thirgh: the exit of water from between the bucket's handles, and the plural is furoogh and thuroogh.

وفراغ الدلو: ناحيتها التي يصب منها الماء؛ وأنشد

And the side of the bucket: its side from which water is poured; and he recited:

تسقي به ذات فراغ عثجلا

It waters a wide-mouthed one abundantly.

وكأن شدقيه، إذا تهكما، ... فرغان من غربين قد تخرما

And as if its jaws, when it gaped, ... were two wide openings from two buckets that had been emptied.

قال: وفرغه سعة خرقه، ومن ذلك سمي الفرغان

He said: And its opening is the width of its hole, and from this, al-farghān were named.

وهما فرغان منزلان في برج الدلو: فرغ الدلو المقدم، وفرغ الدلو المؤخر، وكل واحد منهما كوكبان نيران، بين كل كوكبين قدر خمس أذرع في رأي العين

And they are two mansions, two stations in the sign of Aquarius: the front star of Aquarius, and the rear star of Aquarius, and each of them is two fiery stars, with a distance of about five cubits between each pair of stars in visual estimation.

والفراغ: الإناء بعينه؛ عن ابن الأعرابي

And al-farāgh: the vessel itself; according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

التهذيب: وأما الفراغ فكل إناء عند العرب فراغ

Al-Tahdhib: As for al-farāgh, every vessel among the Arabs is called farāgh.

والفرغان: الإناء الواسع

And al-farghān: the wide vessel.

والفراغ: الأودية؛ عن ابن الأعرابي ولم يذكر لها واحدا ولا اشتقها

And al-farāgh: the valleys; according to Ibn al-A'rabi, who did not mention a singular or derive it.

قال ابن بري: الفرغ الأرض المجدبة؛ قال مالك العليمي: أنج نجاء من غريم مكبول، ... يلقى عليه النيدلان والغول واتق أجسادا بفرغ مجهول

Ibn Barrī said: Al-fargh is barren land; Malik al-'Alīmī said: Escape a desperate escape from a chained debtor, ... upon whom are cast the demons and the ghouls, and beware of bodies in an unknown barren land.

ويزيد بن مفرغ، بكسر الراء: شاعر من حمير

And Yazid ibn Mu'farrigh, with a kasra on the ra: a poet from Himyar.