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فَرِيق

team /faˈriːq/

nounA1#327 most common

Also: group, faction, lieutenant general

Example sentences

هَذَا فَرِيقٌ جَيِّدٌ.
This is a good team.
يَفُوزُ فَرِيقُنَا فِي كُلِّ مُبَارَاةٍ.
Our team wins every match.
يَتَكَوَّنُ الفَرِيقُ مِنْ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ لَاعِبًا.
The team consists of eleven players.
اِنْقَسَمَ المُوَظَّفُونَ إِلَى فَرِيقَيْنِ لِإِنْجَازِ المَشْرُوعِ.
The employees split into two teams to finish the project.
يَرَى فَرِيقٌ مِنَ الخُبَرَاءِ أَنَّ الإِصْلَاحَاتِ غَيْرُ كَافِيَةٍ.
A group of experts thinks the reforms are not enough.
رُقِّيَ القَائِدُ إِلَى رُتْبَةِ فَرِيقٍ بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ طَوِيلَةٍ مِنَ الخِدْمَةِ.
The commander was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general after long years of service.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeفَرِيقٌفِرَقٌ
Genitiveفَرِيقٍفِرَقٍ
Accusativeفَرِيقًافِرَقًا
Vocativeيَا فَرِيقُيَا فِرَقُ

Word family

فَرْقdifference
فِرْقةband, troupe, division
فَرَّقَto separate, divide
اِفْتَرَقَto part, split up
تَفْرِيقseparation, distribution

Etymology

فَرِيق comes from the Semitic root f-r-q, meaning to separate or divide. A فَرِيق is literally a body of people split off from a larger group, which yields both the sense of a team and of a faction. The same root gives فَرْق (difference) and فِرْقة (troupe or division).

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