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الفرات

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of fresh, sweet water, particularly a major river. It also extends to meanings of weakness, foolishness, and moral corruption, as well as personal names.

Derived headwords

الفُرَاتname
  1. 1.
    The Euphrates Riverboth

    A major river in Western Asia, historically significant and known for its fresh water.

  2. 2.
    Sweet waterclassical

    Extremely fresh and sweet water, a primary meaning of the root.

  3. 3.
    Seaclassical

    In some contexts, it can refer to a large body of water like a sea.

  4. 4.
    Proper nameboth

    Used as a proper name for people.

فَرُتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sweetclassical

    To be very fresh and sweet, referring to water.

فَرَوَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sweetclassical

    To be very fresh and sweet, referring to water.

فَرُوتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sweetnessclassical

    The quality of being very fresh and sweet, especially of water.

فَرِتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be foolishclassical

    To have weakened intellect after a period of soundness; to become foolish.

فَتَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to become corruptclassical

    To become morally corrupt or wicked; to act dissolutely.

فَتَرَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she became corruptclassical

    Feminine past tense of 'to become corrupt'.

فَرْتَنَىnoun
  1. 1.
    corrupt womanclassical

    A woman who is morally corrupt or wicked.

الفِرْتnoun
  1. 1.
    weaknessclassical

    A state of weakness or slackness, possibly referring to a lapse in intellect or resolve.

فُرْتَانadjective
  1. 1.
    sweetclassical

    Plural adjective form meaning sweet, referring to waters.

فُرَاتadjective
  1. 1.
    sweetclassical

    Plural adjective form meaning sweet, referring to waters.

Parallel reading

الفرات، كغراب: الماء العذب جدا
Al-Furat, like ghurab: extremely sweet water.
ونهر بالكوفة
And a river in Kufa.
والبحر
And the sea.
ومن الأعلام
And among proper names.
وفرت، ككرم، فروتة: عذب
And farata, like karuma, farwatah: it was sweet.
وكفرح: ضعف عقله بعد مسكة
And kafariha: his intellect weakened after soundness.
وكنصر: فجر
And kenasara: he acted dissolutely.
ومنه: فرتنى، وهي: المرأة الفاجرة
And from it: fartana, which is: the dissolute woman.
والفرت، بالكسر: الفتر
And al-firt, with kasra: weakness/slackness.
ومياه فرتان وفرات: عذبة
And waters of fartan and furat: sweet.