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فَأْر
mouse (also used for rat) /ˈfaʔr/
nounB1#2379 most common
Also: rat
Example sentences
هُنَاكَ فَأْرٌ فِي البَيْتِ.
There is a mouse in the house.
القِطَّةُ تُطَارِدُ الفَأْرَ.
The cat chases the mouse.
رَأَيْتُ فَأْرًا صَغِيرًا يَجْرِي تَحْتَ الطَّاوِلَةِ.
I saw a small mouse running under the table.
نَصَبَ الفَلَّاحُ مِصْيَدَةً لِلْفَأْرِ الَّذِي يَأْكُلُ الحُبُوبَ.
The farmer set a trap for the mouse that eats the grain.
يُستخدَمُ الفَأْرُ فِي التَّجَارِبِ المُخْتَبَرِيَّةِ لِدِرَاسَةِ تَأْثِيرِ الأَدْوِيَةِ.
Mice are used in laboratory experiments to study the effect of medications.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ صِغَرِ حَجْمِهِ، يُمْكِنُ لِلْفَأْرِ أَنْ يَتَسَبَّبَ فِي أَضْرَارٍ جَسِيمَةٍ لِلْمَحَاصِيلِ الزِّرَاعِيَّةِ إِذَا تَكَاثَرَ دُونَ رَقَابَةٍ.
Despite its small size, a mouse can cause serious damage to agricultural crops if it multiplies unchecked.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَأْرٌ | فِئْرَانٌ |
| Genitive | فَأْرٍ | فِئْرَانٍ |
| Accusative | فَأْرًا | فِئْرَانًا |
| Vocative | يَا فَأْرُ | يَا فِئْرَانُ |
Word family
فأرةshe-mouse; also the standard word for a computer mouse
فئرانmice, rats (plural)
فأر الحقلfield mouse
مصيدة فئرانmousetrap
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ف-ء-ر. Classical Arabic dictionaries also record a related verb sense meaning to dig or bore a hole, likely describing the animal's habit of burrowing. Arabic belongs to the Semitic language family, not the Indo-European one, so it has no established Indo-European cognates. The feminine form فأرة later came to mean a musk pod, a naming choice that echoes, without being related to, how Sanskrit muṣka (little mouse) gave rise to the English word musk.
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