أفرغ

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See also: أفرع, اقرع, and أقرع

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Morphologically from the root ف ر غ (f-r-ḡ).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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أَفْرَغَ (ʔafraḡa) IV (non-past يُفْرِغُ (yufriḡu), verbal noun إِفْرَاغ (ʔifrāḡ))

  1. (transitive) to empty [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘over’ or فِي () ‘into’][1]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:126:
      رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ
      rabbanā ʔafriḡ ʕalaynā ṣabran watawaffanā muslimīna
      Our Lord! Pour out on us patience, and cause us to die as Muslims!
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Morphologically from the root ف ر غ (f-r-ḡ).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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أَفْرَغ (ʔafraḡ) (feminine فُرْغَى (furḡā), masculine plural أَفَارِغ (ʔafāriḡ), feminine plural فُرْغَيَات (furḡayāt))

  1. elative degree of فَارِغ (fāriḡ), elative degree of فَرِغ (fariḡ):
    1. emptier; emptiest
    2. more vacant; most vacant
  2. elative degree of فَارِغ (fāriḡ):
    1. more idle; most idle
    2. more meaningless, more inane; most meaningless, most inane
Declension
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References

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  1. ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرغ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.