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فِرْقَة
band, troupe (a group of performers) /ˈfir.qa/
nounA1#659 most common
Also: ensemble, group, military division, unit, sect, faction
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ هَذِهِ الْفِرْقَة.
I love this band.
تَعْزِفُ الْفِرْقَة فِي الْحَفْلَة اللَّيْلَة.
The band plays at the party tonight.
اِنْضَمَّ أَخِي إِلَى فِرْقَة مُوسِيقِيَّة.
My brother joined a musical band.
فَازَتِ الْفِرْقَة الْمَسْرَحِيَّة بِجَائِزَة أَفْضَل عَرْض.
The theater troupe won the award for best performance.
تَتَأَلَّفُ الْكَتِيبَة مِنْ ثَلَاثِ فِرَق مُشَاة.
The battalion is made up of three infantry units.
كَانَتِ الْفِرْقَة أَكْثَر مِنْ مَجْمُوعَة مِنَ الْعَازِفِينَ؛ فَقَدْ صَارَتْ مَدْرَسَة فَنِّيَّة قَائِمَة بِذَاتِهَا.
The band was more than a group of musicians; it became an art school in its own right.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فِرْقَةٌ | فِرَقٌ |
| Genitive | فِرْقَةٍ | فِرَقٍ |
| Accusative | فِرْقَةً | فِرَقاً |
| Vocative | يا فِرْقَةُ | يا فِرَقُ |
Word family
فَريق (farīq)team, squad
فَرْق (farq)difference
فَرَّقَ (farraqa)to separate, to divide up
اِفْتَرَقَ (iftaraqa)to part, to split up
فِراق (firāq)separation, parting
Etymology
From the triliteral root f-r-q, meaning to separate or divide. A firqa is a body of people split off as one group, hence a band, a troupe, or a military unit. The same root yields farq, difference, and iftaraqa, to part. The sense runs from cutting apart to the distinct group that is left standing.
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