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فَوْر
immediacy; the instant (as in على الفور, at once) /ˈfawr/
nounA2#769 most common
Also: immediately, right away, the moment, the instant, boiling, effervescence (literal root sense)
Example sentences
اِتَّصِلْ بِي فَوْرًا.
Call me immediately.
غادَرَ الغُرْفَةَ عَلَى الفَوْرِ.
He left the room at once.
سَأَرُدُّ عَلَيْكَ فَوْرَ وُصُولِ الخَبَرِ.
I will reply to you the moment the news arrives.
قَرَّرَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ عَلَى الفَوْرِ إيقافَ المُنتَجِ بَعْدَ الشَّكاوَى.
The company decided at once to halt the product after the complaints.
اِنْطَلَقَ مِنْ فَوْرِهِ إِلَى المَطارِ دُونَ أَنْ يُوَدِّعَ أَحَدًا.
He set off on the spot for the airport without saying goodbye to anyone.
فِي الفِقْهِ، يُمَيِّزُ العُلَماءُ بَيْنَ ما يَجِبُ عَلَى الفَوْرِ وَما يَجوزُ عَلَى التَّراخِي.
In jurisprudence, scholars distinguish between what must be done immediately and what may be delayed.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَوْرٌ | — |
| Genitive | فَوْرٍ | — |
| Accusative | فَوْرًا | — |
| Vocative | يا فَوْرُ | — |
Word family
فارَ (fāra)to boil, gush, overflow
فَوّارة (fawwāra)fountain, jet
فَوَران (fawarān)boiling, eruption
فَوْرِيّ (fawrī)immediate, instantaneous
فَوْرًا (fawran)immediately, at once
Etymology
The word is the verbal noun of the verb فارَ (fāra), to boil, gush, or bubble up, from the root ف و ر. Its first sense is the boiling over of water. From the picture of water erupting all at once, the noun took on the sense of the immediate moment, much as English speaks of acting in the heat of the moment. Today it survives mainly in the phrase على الفور, at once.
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