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فِرار
fleeing (flight from danger, desertion, or escape) /fɪˈrɑːr/
nounB2#3118 most common
Also: escape, desertion, running away
Example sentences
حَاوَلَ اللِّصُّ الْفِرَارَ.
The thief tried to flee.
فِرَارُ الْجُنُودِ كَانَ مُفَاجِئًا.
The soldiers' flight was sudden.
لَا فِرَارَ مِنَ الْحَقِيقَةِ.
There is no escaping the truth.
أُعْلِنَ عَنْ مُكَافَأَةٍ لِمَنْ يُبَلِّغُ عَنْ مَكَانِهِ بَعْدَ فِرَارِهِ مِنَ السِّجْنِ.
A reward was announced for anyone who reports his location after his escape from prison.
يُحَاكَمُ الضَّابِطُ بِتُهْمَةِ الْفِرَارِ مِنَ الْخِدْمَةِ الْعَسْكَرِيَّةِ فِي زَمَنِ الْحَرْبِ.
The officer is being tried for desertion from military service in wartime.
اُضْطُرَّ آلَافُ الْمَدَنِيِّينَ إِلَى الْفِرَارِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ هَرَبًا مِنْ وَيْلَاتِ الْحَرْبِ.
Thousands of civilians were forced to flee their homes to escape the horrors of the war.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فِرَارٌ | None |
| Genitive | فِرَارٍ | None |
| Accusative | فِرَارًا | None |
| Vocative | يَا فِرَارُ | None |
Word family
فَرَّto flee, run away
فَارّfugitive, one who is fleeing
مَفَرّescape route, way out
فَرَّارprone to running away
Etymology
Firār is the verbal noun of the Form I verb farra, meaning to flee or run away, built on the triliteral root f-r-r. This root is a doubled (geminate) root, common in Semitic verbs describing quick or repeated motion. The pattern fiʿāl turns the verb's basic action into an abstract noun naming the act itself, so firār literally means the act of fleeing.
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