فرث

Arabic

FWOTD – 16 August 2018

Etymology

From the root ف ر ث (f-r-ṯ).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /fa.ra.θa/

Verb

1. to scatter, to disperse

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /fa.ri.θa/

Verb

1. to be scattered, to become dispersed

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /farθ/

Noun

فَرْث • (farṯ) m (plural فُرُوث (furūṯ))

1. entrails, viscera, bowels, intestines, excretions
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 61:117:

     يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ فَمَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى نَضِيِّهِ ـ وَهُوَ قِدْحُهُ ـ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْظَرُ إِلَى قُذَذِهِ فَلَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ، قَدْ سَبَقَ الْفَرْثَ وَٱلدَّمَ.

     yaqraʔūna l-qurʔāna lā yujāwizu tarāqiya-hum, yamruqūna mina d-dīni kamā yamruqu s-sahmu mina r-ramiyyati, yunẓaru ʔilā naṣli-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā riṣāfi-hī fa-mā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā naḍiyyi-hī - wa-huwa qidḥu-hū - fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, ṯumma yunẓaru ʔilā quḏaḏi-hī fa-lā yūjadu fī-hi šayʔun, qad sabaqa al-farṯa wa-d-dama.

     They recite the Qurʾān but it does not go beyond their clavicles and they will desert the creed as an arrow goes through a target’s body, so one would, on looking at the arrow’s blade, see nothing on it; then one would look at its sinew and see nothing, then one would look at its arrowshaft and see nothing, then one would look at its fletching and would see nothing, for the arrow, by its speed, has even obviated entrails and blood.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:66:

     وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً نُسْقِيكُمْ مِمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِلشَّارِبِينَ.

     waʔinna la-kum fī l-ʔanʕāmi la-ʕibratan nusqīkum mimmā fī buṭūni-hī min bayni farṯin wa-damin labanan ḵāliṣan sāʔiḡan li-š-šāribīna.

     And verily in cattle will ye learn. From what is within their bodies between entrails and blood, we produce milk to quench your thirst, very pleasant to the drinkers.

Declension

Declension of noun فَرْث (farṯ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْث farṯ	الْفَرْث al-farṯ	فَرْث farṯ
Nominative	فَرْثٌ farṯun	الْفَرْثُ al-farṯu	فَرْثُ farṯu
Accusative	فَرْثًا farṯan	الْفَرْثَ al-farṯa	فَرْثَ farṯa
Genitive	فَرْثٍ farṯin	الْفَرْثِ al-farṯi	فَرْثِ farṯi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْثَيْن farṯayn	الْفَرْثَيْن al-farṯayn	فَرْثَيْ farṯay
Nominative	فَرْثَانِ farṯāni	الْفَرْثَانِ al-farṯāni	فَرْثَا farṯā
Accusative	فَرْثَيْنِ farṯayni	الْفَرْثَيْنِ al-farṯayni	فَرْثَيْ farṯay
Genitive	فَرْثَيْنِ farṯayni	الْفَرْثَيْنِ al-farṯayni	فَرْثَيْ farṯay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُرُوث furūṯ	الْفُرُوث al-furūṯ	فُرُوث furūṯ
Nominative	فُرُوثٌ furūṯun	الْفُرُوثُ al-furūṯu	فُرُوثُ furūṯu
Accusative	فُرُوثًا furūṯan	الْفُرُوثَ al-furūṯa	فُرُوثَ furūṯa
Genitive	فُرُوثٍ furūṯin	الْفُرُوثِ al-furūṯi	فُرُوثِ furūṯi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فرث”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 327
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فرث”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2358