أفرغ

See also: أفرع‎, اقرع‎, and أقرع‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Morphologically from the root ف ر غ‎ (f-r-ḡ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaf.ra.ɣa/

Verb

أَفْرَغَ • (ʔafraḡa) IV, non-past يُفْرِغُ‎‎ (yufriḡu)

  1. (transitive) to empty (+ عَلَى‎ (ʕalā): over
+ فِي‎ (fī): into)[1]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:126:
      ‏رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ‎
      rabbanā ʔafriḡ ʕalaynā ṣabran watawaffanā muslimīna
      Our Lord! Pour out on us patience, and cause us to die as Muslims!
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Morphologically from the root ف ر غ‎ (f-r-ḡ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaf.raɣ/

Adjective

أَفْرَغ • (ʔafraḡ) (feminine فُرْغَى‎ (furḡā), masculine plural أَفَارِغ‎ (ʔafāriḡ), feminine plural فُرْغَيَات‎ (furḡayāt))

  1. elative degree of فَارِغ‎ (fāriḡ), elative degree of فَرِغ‎ (fariḡ):
    1. emptier; emptiest
    2. more vacant; most vacant
  2. elative degree of فَارِغ‎ (fāriḡ):
    1. more idle; most idle
    2. more meaningless, more inane; most meaningless, most inane
Declension

References

  1. Wehr, Hans (1979), “فرغ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.
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