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فَراغ
emptiness (void) /faˈrɑːɣ/
nounB1#2603 most common
Also: free time, leisure, vacancy, void
Example sentences
عِنْدِي وَقْتُ فَراغٍ اليَوْمَ.
I have free time today.
مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ فِي وَقْتِ الفَراغِ؟
What do you do in your free time?
تَشْعُرُ بِالفَراغِ بَعْدَ سَفَرِ ابْنِهَا.
She feels emptiness after her son's departure.
تَرَكَ رَحِيلُهُ فَراغًا كَبِيرًا فِي الشَّرِكَةِ.
His departure left a big vacancy in the company.
يُحَاوِلُ الشَّبَابُ مِلْءَ أَوْقَاتِ فَراغِهِمْ بِأَنْشِطَةٍ مُفِيدَةٍ.
Young people try to fill their free time with useful activities.
يَصِفُ الفَيْلَسُوفُ الفَراغَ الوُجُودِيَّ الَّذِي يُلَازِمُ الإِنْسَانَ الحَدِيثَ.
The philosopher describes the existential void that accompanies modern man.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَراغٌ | فَراغاتٌ |
| Genitive | فَراغٍ | فَراغاتٍ |
| Accusative | فَراغًا | فَراغاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا فَراغُ | يا فَراغاتُ |
Word family
فارِغempty
أَفْرَغَto empty out, pour out
تَفَرَّغَto free up one's time, devote oneself fully
إفْراغthe act of emptying or pouring out
مُتَفَرِّغfully available, working full-time on one thing
Etymology
Farāgh comes from the Arabic triliteral root f-r-gh (ف ر غ). The base verb faragha means to become empty or to finish a task and be done with it. From this verbal idea, farāgh developed as the noun for the resulting state: an empty space, or time left over once other business is finished. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root behind this word.
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