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فَرَّق
to separate / disperse /farˈraqa/
verbB2#4101 most common
Also: to scatter, to distinguish (between), to break up
Example sentences
هو يُفَرِّقُ بين الألوان.
He distinguishes between the colors.
فَرَّقَتِ الشرطةُ الحشدَ.
The police dispersed the crowd.
يجب أن نُفَرِّقَ بين الحقيقة والخيال.
We must distinguish between truth and fiction.
فَرَّقَ الخلافُ بين الأصدقاء القدامى.
The dispute separated the old friends.
فَرَّقَتِ الحكومةُ المظاهراتِ بسرعة قبل أن تتصاعدَ الاشتباكاتُ.
The government dispersed the protests quickly before the clashes escalated.
على الرغم من محاولاتهم للبقاء معاً، فَرَّقَتْهُمُ الحربُ وشتّتَت شملَ العائلة إلى بلدان مختلفة.
Despite their attempts to stay together, the war separated them and scattered the family across different countries.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُفَرِّقُ | فَرَّقْتُ | سَأُفَرِّقُ |
| 2sg | تُفَرِّقُ | فَرَّقْتَ | سَتُفَرِّقُ |
| 3sg | يُفَرِّقُ | فَرَّقَ | سَيُفَرِّقُ |
| 1pl | نُفَرِّقُ | فَرَّقْنَا | سَنُفَرِّقُ |
| 2pl | تُفَرِّقُونَ | فَرَّقْتُمْ | سَتُفَرِّقُونَ |
| 3pl | يُفَرِّقُونَ | فَرَّقُوا | سَيُفَرِّقُونَ |
Word family
فرق (farq)difference, gap
فريق (fariq)team, group
تفريق (tafriq)dispersal, separation (verbal noun)
متفرق (mutafarriq)scattered, miscellaneous
افترق (iftaraqa)to part ways, split up
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root f-r-q, whose core sense is to split or separate. Classical Arabic uses the basic form فَرَقَ for a simple act of parting, while the intensified Form II فَرَّق, built by doubling the middle radical, adds force or repetition, giving the sense of scattering or actively pulling apart. The same root produced words like فرق (difference) and فريق (a team, a group set apart from others).
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