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فَصَل
to separate, divide /ˈfa.sˤa.la/
verbB2#3532 most common
Also: to dismiss, fire (from a job), to decide, settle (a dispute), to disconnect, cut off
Example sentences
فَصَلْتُ الوَرَقَ عَنِ الكِتَابِ.
I separated the paper from the book.
فَصَلَ المُعَلِّمُ الطُّلَابَ إِلَى مَجْمُوعَتَيْنِ.
The teacher divided the students into two groups.
فُصِلَ أَحْمَدُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ الأُسْبُوعَ الْمَاضِيَ.
Ahmad was dismissed from his job last week.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نَفْصِلَ بَيْنَ العَمَلِ وَالحَيَاةِ الشَّخْصِيَّةِ.
We must separate work from personal life.
فَصَلَ القَاضِي فِي القَضِيَّةِ بَعْدَ شَهْرٍ مِنَ المُدَاوَلَاتِ.
The judge ruled on the case after a month of deliberations.
لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُفْصَلَ الاقْتِصَادُ عَنِ السِّيَاسَةِ عِنْدَ تَحْلِيلِ الأَزْمَاتِ الرَّاهِنَةِ.
Economics cannot be separated from politics when analyzing current crises.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَفْصِلُ | فَصَلْتُ | سَأَفْصِلُ |
| 2sg | تَفْصِلُ | فَصَلْتَ | سَتَفْصِلُ |
| 3sg | يَفْصِلُ | فَصَلَ | سَيَفْصِلُ |
| 1pl | نَفْصِلُ | فَصَلْنَا | سَنَفْصِلُ |
| 2pl | تَفْصِلُونَ | فَصَلْتُمْ | سَتَفْصِلُونَ |
| 3pl | يَفْصِلُونَ | فَصَلُوا | سَيَفْصِلُونَ |
Word family
فَصْلchapter, season, or act of separationتَفْصِيلdetail
فَاصِلcomma, interval, or something that marks a division
مُنْفَصِلseparate, detachedانْفِصَالseparation, secession
Etymology
فَصَل comes from the Arabic triliteral root ف-ص-ل, which carries the core sense of cutting or dividing a whole into distinct parts. Classical dictionaries link it to the same root as فصل meaning chapter, season, or joint, all cases where one segment is marked off from another. The root is Semitic rather than Indo-European, so no PIE root applies. No confirmed cognates outside Arabic are listed here to avoid guessing.
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