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فُرْقَة
separation /ˈfur.qa/
nounB1#2288 most common
Also: parting, disunion, estrangement
Example sentences
الفُرْقَةُ صَعْبَةٌ.
Separation is hard.
لا أُحِبُّ الفُرْقَةَ عَنْ عائِلَتي.
I do not like separation from my family.
بَعْدَ الفُرْقَةِ الطَّويلَةِ، عادَ إلى بَيْتِهِ.
After the long separation, he returned to his home.
تَسَبَّبَتِ الحَرْبُ في فُرْقَةِ الأُسَرِ.
The war caused the separation of families.
تَحَدَّثَ الشاعِرُ عَنْ أَلَمِ الفُرْقَةِ وَحُرْقَةِ البُعْدِ.
The poet spoke of the pain of separation and the burning of distance.
إِنَّ الفُرْقَةَ بَيْنَ المُتَحابَّيْنِ أَشَدُّ مِنَ المَوْتِ في نَظَرِ العُشّاقِ.
Separation between two who love each other is harsher than death in the eyes of lovers.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فُرْقَةٌ | فُرَقٌ |
| Genitive | فُرْقَةٍ | فُرَقٍ |
| Accusative | فُرْقَةً | فُرَقاً |
| Vocative | يا فُرْقَةُ | يا فُرَقُ |
Word family
فَرَّقَto separate, divide
فِرَاقparting, separation
فَارَقَto part from, leave
تَفَرَّقَto disperse, split up
فَرْقdifference
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ف-ر-ق, which means to separate or divide. Related forms across Semitic languages carry the sense of breaking apart or splitting. In Arabic, فُرْقَة narrowed to the emotional state of being parted from someone, and it is common in poetry about lovers and longing.
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