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فرد

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being alone, singular, or unique. It extends to concepts of isolation, individual selection, and distinctness, often in contrast to a group or plurality. It also encompasses terms for specific animals and geographical features that are solitary.

Derived headwords

أفردverb
  1. 1.
    to single outboth

    To set something apart from others, to isolate it or select it individually.

هي التي أفردتها عن الغنم تحلبها في بيتك — She is the one you singled out from the flock to milk in your house.
فردةnoun
  1. 1.
    unique oneclassical

    A person or thing that is unique or stands alone, often referring to a specific individual in a group.

  2. 2.
    turbanclassical

    A specific type of turban, possibly one worn by a distinguished individual.

الفرد صاحب العمامة الفردة — The unique one, the owner of the distinctive turban.
فاردتكمverb
  1. 1.
    you become aloneclassical

    To become separated from the group, to be alone or isolated.

لا يغل فاردتكم — Let not he who becomes alone among you (or one or two of you) be treacherous.
انفردverb
  1. 1.
    to be aloneboth

    To be by oneself, to be separated from others.

  2. 2.
    to take aloneboth

    To take something for oneself, to possess it singularly.

من انفرد منكم — whoever becomes alone among you
استفردت الشيء، إذا أخذته فردا لا ثاني له ولا مثل — I took something alone, meaning I took it as a single item with no second or equal.
استفردverb
  1. 1.
    to take aloneboth

    To take something exclusively, to possess it without any other.

  2. 2.
    to single outboth

    To isolate or distinguish something.

واستفردته يده — and his hand took it alone
استفرد الغواص الدرة: لم يجد معها أخرى — The diver found the pearl alone: he did not find another with it.
فاردnoun
  1. 1.
    bullclassical

    A male bovine animal, a bull.

والفارد والفرد: الثور — And al-fārid and al-fard: the bull.
فردnoun
  1. 1.
    bullclassical

    A male bovine animal, a bull.

  2. 2.
    individual unitboth

    A single item or unit, counted one by one.

والفارد والفرد: الثور — And al-fārid and al-fard: the bull.
أعداد الجوز، أو الدراهم أفرادا، أي واحدا واحدا — I counted the walnuts, or the dirhams individually, meaning one by one.
أفراداadverb
  1. 1.
    individuallyboth

    One by one, singly.

وعددت الجوز، أو الدراهم أفرادا، أي واحدا واحدا — and I counted the walnuts, or the dirhams individually, meaning one by one.
فردname
  1. 1.
    Fardclassical

    A proper name for a sand dune that is isolated from others, treated like a given name.

فرد: كثيب منفرد عن الكثبان، غلب عليه ذالك، و (ليس) فيه الألف واللام حتى جعل ذالك إسما له كزيد، ولم يسمع فيه الفرد — Fard: a sand dune isolated from the dunes; this became its dominant characteristic, and it does not have 'al-' (the definite article) in it, so it was made a proper name for it like Zayd, and 'al-fard' was not heard for it.
تنفردverb
  1. 1.
    to become separatedclassical

    To become detached or separated from what is connected to it.

حتى تنفرد سالفتي — until my nape becomes separated (i.e., until I die).
سالفتيnoun
  1. 1.
    nape of the neckboth

    The back part of the neck.

حتى تنفرد سالفتي — until my nape becomes separated (i.e., until I die).
فرودnoun
  1. 1.
    singular starsclassical

    Stars that are singular or isolated, similar to 'afrād'.

وفرود النجوم، مثل أفرادها — and the singular stars, like their individual ones.
أفرادnoun
  1. 1.
    individual onesboth

    Singular items or individuals.

وفرود النجوم، مثل أفرادها — and the singular stars, like their individual ones.

Parallel reading

هي التي أفردتها عن الغنم تحلبها في بيتك.
She is the one you singled out from the flock to milk in your house.
لأقاتلنهم حتى تنفرد سالفتي
I will fight them until my nape becomes separated (i.e., until I die).
لأنه كان إذا ركب لم يعتم معه غيره إجلالا له.
Because when he rode, no one else wore a turban with him out of reverence for him.
لا يغل فاردتكم
Let not he who becomes alone among you (or one or two of you) be treacherous.
معناه من انفرد منكم، مثل واحد أو اثنين، فأصاب غنيمة فليردها على الجماعة، ولا يغلها أي لا يأخذها وحده.
Its meaning is: whoever becomes alone among you, like one or two, and obtains booty, let him return it to the group, and not be treacherous with it, meaning not take it alone.
استفردت الشيء، إذا أخذته فردا لا ثاني له ولا مثل
I took something alone, meaning I took it as a single item with no second or equal.
إذا انتحت بالشمال بارحة جال بريحا واستفردته يده
When the north wind blew yesterday, it brought a wind and his hand took it alone.
والفارد والفرد: الثور.
And al-fārid and al-fard: the bull.
وعددت الجوز، أو الدراهم أفرادا، أي واحدا واحدا.
And I counted the walnuts, or the dirhams individually, meaning one by one.
فرد: كثيب منفرد عن الكثبان، غلب عليه ذالك، و (ليس) فيه الألف واللام حتى جعل ذالك إسما له كزيد، ولم يسمع فيه الفرد.
Fard: a sand dune isolated from the dunes; this became its dominant characteristic, and it does not have 'al-' (the definite article) in it, so it was made a proper name for it like Zayd, and 'al-fard' was not heard for it.
السالفة: صفحة العنق وكنى بانفرادها عن الموت، لأنها لا تنفرد عما يليها إلا به.
The nape: the side of the neck, and its separation was a metaphor for death, because it does not separate from what is next to it except through death.
استفرد الغواص الدرة: لم يجد معها أخرى.
The diver found the pearl alone: he did not find another with it.
وفرود النجوم، مثل أفرادها.
And the singular stars, like their individual ones.