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فِراش
bed /fiˈraːʃ/
nounB1#1406 most common
Also: bedding, mattress
Example sentences
هٰذا فِراشٌ كَبيرٌ.
This is a big bed.
أَنامُ عَلى الفِراشِ كُلَّ لَيلَةٍ.
I sleep on the bed every night.
رَتَّبَتِ الأُمُّ الفِراشَ قَبلَ أَن تَخرُجَ.
The mother made the bed before she went out.
لَزِمَ المَريضُ الفِراشَ أُسبوعًا كامِلًا بَعدَ العَمَلِيَّةِ.
The patient was confined to bed for a whole week after the operation.
الَّذي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرضَ فِراشًا وَالسَّماءَ بِناءً.
Who made the earth a bed for you and the sky a canopy.
بَعدَ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ المَرَضِ، صارَ الفِراشُ عالَمَهُ الوَحيدَ الذي لا يَكادُ يُغادِرُهُ.
After years of illness, the bed became his only world, one he hardly ever leaves.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فِراشٌ | أَفْرِشَةٌ |
| Genitive | فِراشٍ | أَفْرِشَةٍ |
| Accusative | فِراشًا | أَفْرِشَةً |
| Vocative | يا فِراشُ | يا أَفْرِشَةُ |
Word family
فَرَشَto spread out, to furnish
فَرْشfurnishing, bedding spread
مَفْرَشtablecloth, cover
فَرّاشattendant, one who lays out
مَفْروشfurnished, spread out
Etymology
Firāsh comes from the Semitic root f-r-sh, meaning to spread out. A firāsh is literally what you spread on the ground to lie on, so the word covers bedding, a mattress, and a bed. The same root gives the verb farasha, to furnish.
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