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فَراشَة
butterfly /faˈraː.ʃa/
nounB2#3979 most common
Also: moth
Example sentences
هذِهِ فَراشَةٌ جَميلَةٌ.
This is a beautiful butterfly.
الفَراشَةُ تَطيرُ فَوْقَ الزَّهْرَةِ.
The butterfly flies above the flower.
رَأَيْتُ فَراشاتٍ مُلَوَّنَةً في الحَديقَةِ.
I saw colorful butterflies in the garden.
تَخْرُجُ الفَراشَةُ مِنْ شَرْنَقَتِها بَعْدَ التَّحَوُّلِ.
The butterfly emerges from its cocoon after metamorphosis.
تُهاجِرُ بَعْضُ أَنْواعِ الفَراشاتِ آلافَ الكيلومِتراتِ كُلَّ عامٍ بَحْثًا عَنِ الدِّفْءِ.
Some species of butterflies migrate thousands of kilometers every year in search of warmth.
اِسْتَلْهَمَ المُهَنْدِسونَ تَصْميمَ الرّوبوتِ الطّائِرِ مِنْ آلِيَّةِ رَفْرَفَةِ أَجْنِحَةِ الفَراشَةِ.
Engineers drew inspiration for the flying robot's design from the mechanism of a butterfly's wing flapping.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَراشَةٌ | فَراشاتٌ |
| Genitive | فَراشَةٍ | فَراشاتٍ |
| Accusative | فَراشَةً | فَراشاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا فَراشَةُ | يا فَراشاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root f-r-sh (ف ر ش), whose basic sense is to spread or lay something out flat. The collective noun فراش denotes moths and butterflies as a group, likely because they are seen scattered and spread around light or blossoms. Adding the feminine ة marker turns that collective into فراشة, meaning one single butterfly or moth. The same root gives Arabic its word for a bed or mattress, since bedding is also something spread out flat.
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