فور

Arabic

Root
ف و ر (f-w-r)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fawr/

Noun

فَوْر • (fawr) m

1. verbal noun of فَارَ (fāra) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun فَوْر (fawr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَوْر fawr	الْفَوْر al-fawr	فَوْر fawr
Nominative	فَوْرٌ fawrun	الْفَوْرُ al-fawru	فَوْرُ fawru
Accusative	فَوْرًا fawran	الْفَوْرَ al-fawra	فَوْرَ fawra
Genitive	فَوْرٍ fawrin	الْفَوْرِ al-fawri	فَوْرِ fawri

Derived terms

• فَوْرًا (fawran, “instantly”)
• فَوْرِيّ (fawriyy, “instantaneous”)

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of فَوْر (fawr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faw.ra/

Preposition

فَوْرَ • (fawra)

1. immediately at, immediately after
   • 2017 October 29, “السلطات اللبنانية: تحرير ثلاثة مواطنين خطفوا في بغداد”, in Libya Akhbar‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 October 2017:

     وخطف اللبنانيون الثلاثة وأحدهم رجل أعمال فور وصولهم الأحد الماضي إلى العاصمة العراقية.

     And the three Lebanese – one of them a man of business – have been kidnapped immediately after their arrival last Sunday at the Iraqi capital.

   • 1962, Ghassan Kanafani, رجال في الشمس [Men in the Sun]:

     كَانَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَعُودَ إِلَى ٱلْبَصْرَةِ فَوْرَ أَنْ يَسْتَرِدَّ صِحَّتَهُ، وَيَعُودَ إِلَيْهَا عَبْرَ ٱلصَّحْرَاءِ أَيْضًا إِذَا لَزِمَ ٱلْأَمْرُ

     kāna yurīdu ʔan yaʕūda ʔilā l-baṣrati fawra ʔan yastaridda ṣiḥḥatahu, wayaʕūda ʔilayhā ʕabra ṣ-ṣaḥrāʔi ʔayḍan ʔiḏā lazima l-ʔamru

     He wanted to go back to Basra as soon as he recovered, even if it meant going back through the desert.

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					فَوْرَ (fawra)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	فَوْرِي (fawrī)		فَوْرَنَا (fawranā)
Second person	فَوْرَكَ (fawraka)	فَوْرَكِ (fawraki)	فَوْرَكُمَا (fawrakumā)	فَوْرَكُمْ (fawrakum)	فَوْرَكُنَّ (fawrakunna)
Third person	فَوْرَهُ (fawrahu)	فَوْرَهَا (fawrahā)	فَوْرَهُمَا (fawrahumā)	فَوْرَهُمْ (fawrahum)	فَوْرَهُنَّ (fawrahunna)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف و ر
2 terms

From Arabic فَوَّرَ (fawwara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faw.war/

Verb

فور • (fawwar) II (non-past يفور (yfawwar))

1. to steam (to cook with steam)

Conjugation

Conjugation of فور
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	فوّرت (fawwart)	فوّرتي (fawwarti)	فوّر (fawwar)		فوّرنا (fawwarna)	فوّرتوا (fawwartu)	فوّروا (fawwru)
	f			فوّرت (fawwrāt)
non-past	m	نفوّر (nfawwar)	تفوّر (tfawwar)	يفوّر (yfawwar)		نفوّروا (nfawwru)	تفوّروا (tfawwru)	يفوّروا (yfawwru)
	f		تفوّري (tfawwri)	تفوّر (tfawwar)
imperative	m		فوّر (fawwar)				فوّروا (fawwru)
	f		فوّري (fawwri)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Latin Porus from Greek Πορος (Poros).

Noun

فور • (Fur)

1. the rendition of the name of King Porus, who fought and defeated Alexander the Great in what is now Panjab, India.

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف و ر
2 terms

From Arabic فَوَّرَ (fawwara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faw.war/, [ˈfaw.war]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Verb

فوّر • (fawwar) II (present بفوّر (bifawwer))

1. (transitive) to boil (something liquid)

   Synonyms: غلى (ḡala), (solid) سلق (salaʔ)

Conjugation

Conjugation of فوّر (fawwar)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	فوّرت (fawwart)	فوّرت (fawwart)	فوّر (fawwar)		فوّرنا (fawwarna)	فوّرتو (fawwartu)	فوّرو (fawwaru)
	f		فوّرتي (fawwarti)	فوّرت (fawwarat)
present	m	بفوّر (bafawwer)	بتفوّر (bitfawwer)	بفوّر (bifawwer)		منفوّر (minfawwer)	بتفوّرو (bitfawwru)	بفوّرو (bifawwru)
	f		بتفوّري (bitfawwri)	بتفوّر (bitfawwer)
subjunctive	m	افوّر (afawwer)	تفوّر (tfawwer)	يفوّر (yfawwer)		نفوّر (nfawwer)	تفوّرو (tfawwru)	يفوّرو (yfawwru)
	f		تفوّري (tfawwri)	تفوّر (tfawwer)
imperative	m		فوّر (fawwer)				فوّرو (fawwru)
	f		فوّري (fawwri)