ف ر س

See also: فرس, فرش, and قرش

Arabic

Root

ف ر س • (f-r-s)

1. Related to preying

Derived terms

Verbs:

• Form I: فَرَسَ (farasa, “to prey upon and tatter”)
  • Verbal noun: فَرْس (fars)
  • Active participle: فَارِس (fāris)
  • Passive participle: مَفْرُوس (mafrūs)
• Form II: فَرَّسَ (farrasa)
  • Verbal noun: تَفْرِيس (tafrīs)
  • Active participle: مُفَرِّس (mufarris)
  • Passive participle: مُفَرَّس (mufarras)
• Form IV: أَفْرَسَ (ʔafrasa)
  • Verbal noun: إِفْرَاس (ʔifrās)
  • Active participle: مُفْرِس (mufris)
  • Passive participle: مُفْرَس (mufras)
• Form V: تَفَرَّسَ (tafarrasa, “to examine, to look through thoroughly”)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَرُّس (tafarrus)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَرِّس (mutafarris)
  • Passive participle: مُتَفَرَّس (mutafarras)
• Form VIII: اِفْتَرَسَ (iftarasa, “to rape”)
  • Verbal noun: اِفْتِرَاس (iftirās)
  • Active participle: مُفْتَرِس (muftaris)
  • Passive participle: مُفْتَرَس (muftaras)

Nouns:

• فِرَاسَة f (firāsa, “perspicacity”)
• فَرِيسَة f (farīsa, “prey”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “ف ر س”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 331
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ف ر س”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 952–953