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فرى

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

The root فرى (farā) primarily relates to the act of cutting, splitting, or tearing, often with connotations of either damaging or repairing. It extends to fabricating or inventing, particularly lies, and also encompasses concepts of wonder, amazement, and great deeds.

Derived headwords

فَرَى، يَفْرِي، فَرْيًاverb
  1. 1.
    to cut, splitboth

    To cut or split something, either for repair or for damage.

  2. 2.
    to fabricate, inventboth

    To invent or fabricate, especially lies or falsehoods.

  3. 3.
    to cut through, penetrateclassical

    To cut through or penetrate, often implying decisiveness or accomplishment.

  4. 4.
    to move quicklyclassical

    To move quickly or travel across land.

فَرَى الشيءَ فَرْيًا: شَقَّهُ — The root implies splitting or cutting something.
فَرَى الكذبَ: اختلقه — He fabricated a lie.
فَرَاهُ، يُفْرِيهِ، فَرَاءًverb
  1. 1.
    to split, damageclassical

    To split or tear something, often with the implication of causing damage or corruption.

  2. 2.
    to cutclassical

    To cut something.

فَرَاهُ: شَقَّهُ شَقًّا فَاسِدًا — He split it with a damaging cut.
كَفَرَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to splitclassical

    To split something, often with emphasis.

أَفْرَاهُ، يُفْرِيهِ، إِفْرَاءًverb
  1. 1.
    to split, damageclassical

    To split or tear something, particularly with the intent of causing damage or corruption.

  2. 2.
    to repairclassical

    To repair something, to mend it.

  3. 3.
    to blameclassical

    To blame or reproach someone.

الإِفْرَاءُ هُوَ التَّشْقِيقُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْفَسَادِ — الإفراء is splitting with the intent of corruption.
أَفْرَيْتُهُ: أَصْلَحْتُهُ — I repaired it.
فَرِيَ، يَفْرَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be bewildered, amazedclassical

    To be bewildered, astonished, or amazed, to the point of not knowing what to do.

فَرِيَ الرَّجُلُ: تَحَيَّرَ وَدَهِشَ — The man was bewildered and astonished.
افْتَرَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to fabricate, inventboth

    To fabricate or invent something, especially a lie or falsehood.

يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللهِ الْكَذِبَ — They invent lies against God.
فَارِيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    cutting, makingclassical

    An active participle, referring to something that cuts or makes, used here for a waterskin maker.

شِلْتُ يَدَا فَارِيَةٍ! — May the hands of the maker be cut off!
فَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    great, wondrousboth

    Something great, wondrous, or extraordinary.

  2. 2.
    wide (waterskin)classical

    A wide or large waterskin.

  3. 3.
    milkclassical

    Milk immediately after milking.

لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا — You have indeed brought forth a wondrous thing.
الْفِرْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lie, falsehoodboth

    A lie, a falsehood, an invented story. It is the noun form of افتراء.

  2. 2.
    clamor, uproarclassical

    A clamor, an uproar, or a loud noise.

الْفِرْيَةُ: الْكَذِبُ — The firyah is a lie.
فِرًىnoun
  1. 1.
    liesboth

    Plural of فرية, meaning lies or falsehoods.

وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرَى إِثْمًا عَظِيمًا — And whoever associates others with Allah has indeed fabricated a great sin.
تَفَرَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to split, tearboth

    To split or tear, often used for inanimate objects like leather or the night.

  2. 2.
    to gush forthclassical

    To gush forth or spring up, used for water from a source or the eye.

تَفَرَّى الْأَدِيمُ: انْشَقَّ — The leather split.
الْفَرِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    wondrous deedclassical

    A wondrous or extraordinary deed or matter.

هُوَ يَفْرِي الْفَرِيَّ: يَأْتِي بِالْعَجَبِ فِي عَمَلِهِ — He performs wondrous deeds; he does amazing things in his work.
مُفْتَرًىnoun
  1. 1.
    fabrication, lieboth

    A fabrication, a lie, something invented.

مُفْرِيadjective
  1. 1.
    fabricatorclassical

    One who fabricates or invents, a liar.

انْفَرَىverb
  1. 1.
    to split, crackclassical

    To split or crack open, used for skin or other surfaces.

انْفَرَى جِلْدُهُ: انْشَقَّ — His skin split.
أَفْرَى الْفِرَىverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to commit the greatest lieclassical

    To commit the most egregious lie or falsehood.

مَنْ أَفْرَى الْفِرَى — Whoever commits the greatest of lies.
الْفِرْيَانِيّname
  1. 1.
    nisbaboth

    A nisba indicating origin from a place or tribe named Faryān.

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْفِرْيَانِيِّ — Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Firyani.
الْفِرْيَانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly in the Maghreb.

فِرْيَانُ: بَلَدٌ بِالْمَغْرِبِ — Faryān: a country in the Maghreb.
الْفِرَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    cowardclassical

    A coward.

  2. 2.
    wonderclassical

    Wonder or amazement.

فَرِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    wondrousclassical

    Wondrous or amazing.

مُفَرَّىًadjective
  1. 1.
    fabricatedclassical

    Fabricated or invented.

Parallel reading

شَقَّهُ شَقًّا فَاسِدًا، أَوْ صَالِحًا، كَفَرَاهُ بِالتَّشْدِيدِ، وَأَفْرَاهُ.
He split it with a damaging cut, or a good one; he split it (kaffāhu) with emphasis, and he split it (afrahū).
فَرَيْتُ الشَّيْءَ أَفْرِيهِ فَرْيًا: قَطَعْتُهُ لِأُصْلِحَهُ.
I split the thing, I split it, a splitting: I cut it to repair it.
فَرَى الشَّيْءَ فَرْيًا وَفَرَاهُ: شَقَّهُ وَأَفْسَدَهُ.
He split the thing, a splitting, and he split it: he split it and damaged it.
الإِفْرَاءُ هُوَ التَّشْقِيقُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْفَسَادِ.
Al-Ifra' is the splitting with the intent of corruption.
أَفْرَى الْجِلْدَ مَزَّقَهُ وَخَرَقَهُ وَأَفْسَدَهُ يَفْرِيهِ إِفْرَاءً.
He tore the skin, ripped it, and damaged it, tearing it with ifra'.
يُقَالُ قَدْ أَفْرَيْتُ وَمَا فَرَيْتُ، أَيْ أَفْسَدْتُ وَمَا أَصْلَحْتُ.
It is said, 'I have done ifra' and not faryā,' meaning, 'I have damaged and not repaired.'
وَالْمُتْقِنُونَ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ اللُّغَةِ يَقُولُونَ: فَرَى لِلْإِفْسَادِ، وَأَفْرَى لِلْإِصْلَاحِ، وَمَعْنَاهُمَا الشَّقُّ.
And the masters among the linguists say: 'farā' is for damaging, and 'afra'' is for repairing, and their meaning is splitting.
وَلأَنْتَ تَفْرِي مَا خَلَقْتَ وَبَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ يَخْلُقُ ثُمَّ لا يَفْرِي.
And you accomplish what you create, while some people create but do not accomplish.
وَفَرَى الْكَذِبَ: اخْتَلَقَهُ، كَافْتَرَاهُ.
And he fabricated a lie: he invented it, like iftarāhu.
فَرَى فُلَانٌ كَذِبًا: خَلَقَهُ، وَافْتَرَاهُ اخْتَلَقَهُ.
So-and-so fabricated a lie: he created it, and iftarāhu: he invented it.
اسْتُعْمِلَ الاِفْتِرَاءُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ فِي الْكَذِبِ وَلِلظُّلْمِ وَالشِّرْكِ.
Al-iftirā' has been used in the Quran for lying, injustice, and polytheism.
وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرَى إِثْمًا عَظِيمًا.
And whoever associates others with Allah has indeed fabricated a great sin.
انْظُرْ كَيْفَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللهِ الْكَذِبَ.
See how they invent lies against Allah.
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللهِ الْكَذِبَ.
And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah?
وَفَرَى الْمُزَادَةَ فَرْيًا: خَلَقَهَا وَصَنَعَهَا.
And he made the waterskin, a making: he created it and fashioned it.
شِلْتُ يَدَا فَارِيَةٍ! فَرَتْهَا مِسْكٌ شَبُوبٌ ثُمَّ وَفَرَتْهَا.
May the hands of the maker be cut off! She made it from young musk, then she completed it.
وَفَرَى الْأَرْضَ فَرِيًا: سَارَهَا وَقَطَعَهَا.
And he traversed the land, a traversing: he journeyed across it and cut through it.
وَفَرِيَ الرَّجُلُ، كَرَضِيَ، فَرَىً، بِالْفَتْحِ مَقْصُورٌ: تَحَيَّرَ وَدَهِشَ.
And the man was bewildered, like 'radiya', fariyā, with fatḥ and maqṣūr: he was bewildered and astonished.
إِذَا نَظَرَ فَلَمْ يُدْرِ مَا يَصْنَعُ.
When he looks and does not know what to do.
وَأَفْرَاهُ: أَصْلَحَهُ، أَوْ أَمَرَ بِإِصْلَاحِهِ.
And afrahu: he repaired it, or ordered its repair.
وَأَفْرَى فُلَانًا: لَامَهُ.
And aflā fulānan: he blamed him.
وَالْفِرْيَةُ، بِالْفَتْحِ: الْجَلَبَةُ.
And al-firyatu, with fatḥ: the clamor.
وَالْفِرْيَةُ، بِالْكَسْرِ: الْكَذِبُ، وَهُوَ اسْمٌ مِنْ افْتِرَاءٍ، وَالْجَمْعُ فِرًى.
And al-firyatu, with kasr: the lie, which is a noun from iftirā', and the plural is firā.
وَالْفَرِيُّ، كَغَنِيٍّ: الْأَمْرُ الْمُخْتَلَقُ الْمَصْنُوعُ أَوْ الْعَظِيمُ.
And al-fariyyu, like ghaniyy: the fabricated, manufactured, or great matter.
وَبِكُلِّ ذَلِكَ فُسِّرَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا}.
And with all of that, the saying of God Almighty is interpreted: 'You have indeed brought forth a wondrous thing.'
وَالْفَرِيُّ: الْوَاسِعَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ مِنَ الدِّلَاءِ كَأَنَّهَا شُقَّتْ كَالْفِرْيَةِ، كَغَنِيَّةٍ.
And al-fariyy: the wide, large one of buckets, as if it were split, like al-firyatu, like ghaniyah.
وَالْفَرِيُّ: الْحَلِيبُ سَاعَةَ يُحْلَبُ.
And al-fariyy: the milk at the time it is milked.
وَتَفَرَّى الْأَدِيمُ: انْشَقَّ، وَهُوَ مُطَاوِعُ أَفْرَى.
And the leather split: it cracked, and it is the passive of afra'.
وَمِنْهُ تَتَفَرَّى اللَّيْلُ عَنْ صُبْحِهِ.
And from it, the night splits open to reveal its morning.
وَتَفَرَّتِ الْعَيْنُ: انْبَجَسَتْ.
And the eye gushed forth: it sprang up.
وَهُوَ يَفْرِي الْفَرِيَّ، كَغَنِيٍّ.
And he performs the wondrous deeds, like ghaniyy.
أَيْ يَأْتِي بِالْعَجَبِ فِي عَمَلِهِ.
Meaning, he brings wonder in his work.
تَرَكْتُهُ يَفْرِي فِرْيَةً.
I left him performing a wondrous deed.
فَلَمْ أَرَ عَبْقَرِيًّا يَفْرِي فِرْيَهُ.
So I did not see a genius performing his feat.
قَدْ أَطْعَمَتْنِي دَقْلًا حَوْلِيًّا قَدْ كُنْتَ تَفْرِينَ بِهِ الْفِرْيَا.
She fed me a year-old date palm that you used to boast about.
انْفَرَى جِلْدُهُ: انْشَقَّ.
His skin split: it cracked.
وَأَفْرَى الْأَوْدَاجَ بِالسَّيْفِ: شَقَّهَا.
And he cut the jugular veins with the sword: he split them.
وَجِلْدٌ فَرِيٌّ، كَغَنِيٍّ: مَشْقُوقٌ.
And a skin fariy, like ghaniyy: split.
وَرَجُلٌ فَرِيٌّ، كَغَنِيٍّ، وَمُفْرًى كَمِنْبَرٍ: مُخْتَلَقٌ.
And a man fariy, like ghaniyy, and mufra as minbar: fabricated.
مَنْ أَفْرَى الْفِرَى.
Whoever commits the greatest of lies.
الْفَرِيُّ الْفَرِيُّ، كَغَنِيٍّ فِيهِمَا، أَيْ الْعَجَلَةُ الْعَجَلَةُ.
Al-fariyy al-fariyy, like ghaniyy in both: meaning haste, haste.
وَأَفْرَى الْجُلَّةَ: شَقَّهَا وَأَخْرَجَ مَا فِيهَا.
And he split the dung heap: he split it and took out what was in it.
وَالْمُفْرِيَّةُ: الْمُزَادَةُ الْمَعْمُولَةُ الْمُصْلَحَةُ.
And al-mufriyyah: the made and repaired waterskin.
وَأَفْرَى الْجُرْحَ: بَطَّهُ.
And he opened the wound: he cut it open.
وَفَرَى الْبَرْقُ يَفْرِي فَرِيًا: وَهُوَ تَلَأْلُؤُهُ وَدَوَامُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ.
And lightning flashed, flashing, a flashing: its twinkling and its duration in the sky.
وَفَرَاهُ يُفْرِيهِ: قَطَعَهُ بِالْهَجَاءِ وَقَدْ يُكْنَى بِهِ عَنِ الْمُبَالَغَةِ فِي الْقَتْلِ.
And he cut it, cutting it: he cut it with insult, and it may be used to imply exaggeration in killing.
وَفِرْيَانُ: بِالضَّمِّ وَكَسْرِ الرَّاءِ الْمُشَدَّدَةِ: بَلَدٌ بِالْمَغْرِبِ.
And Faryān: with damma and kasr of the shaddah: a country in the Maghreb.
وَفِرْيَانُ، بِالْكَسْرِ: جَدُّ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ فِرْيَانَ النَّخَعِيِّ الْبَلْخِيِّ الْفِرْيَانِيِّ ثِقَةٌ.
And Faryān, with kasr: the grandfather of Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd ibn Khalid ibn Faryān al-Nakha'i al-Balkhi al-Firyani, is trustworthy.
وَالْفِرَاءُ: الْجَبَانُ.
And al-firā': the coward.
وَأَيْضًا: الْعَجَبُ.
And also: wonder.