فرشة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ف ر ش (f r š); compare فَرَشَ (faraša, “to spread on the floor, spread out”).

Noun

فَرْشَة • (farša) f (plural فَرْشَات (faršāt))

1. carpet
2. mat
3. mattress
4. bed

Declension

Declension of noun فَرْشَة (farša)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْشَة farša	الْفَرْشَة al-farša	فَرْشَة faršat
Nominative	فَرْشَةٌ faršatun	الْفَرْشَةُ al-faršatu	فَرْشَةُ faršatu
Accusative	فَرْشَةً faršatan	الْفَرْشَةَ al-faršata	فَرْشَةَ faršata
Genitive	فَرْشَةٍ faršatin	الْفَرْشَةِ al-faršati	فَرْشَةِ faršati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْشَتَيْن faršatayn	الْفَرْشَتَيْن al-faršatayn	فَرْشَتَيْ faršatay
Nominative	فَرْشَتَانِ faršatāni	الْفَرْشَتَانِ al-faršatāni	فَرْشَتَا faršatā
Accusative	فَرْشَتَيْنِ faršatayni	الْفَرْشَتَيْنِ al-faršatayni	فَرْشَتَيْ faršatay
Genitive	فَرْشَتَيْنِ faršatayni	الْفَرْشَتَيْنِ al-faršatayni	فَرْشَتَيْ faršatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْشَات faršāt	الْفَرْشَات al-faršāt	فَرْشَات faršāt
Nominative	فَرْشَاتٌ faršātun	الْفَرْشَاتُ al-faršātu	فَرْشَاتُ faršātu
Accusative	فَرْشَاتٍ faršātin	الْفَرْشَاتِ al-faršāti	فَرْشَاتِ faršāti
Genitive	فَرْشَاتٍ faršātin	الْفَرْشَاتِ al-faršāti	فَرْشَاتِ faršāti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فرچه (fırça), فورچه (furça), from Byzantine Greek βρούτσα (broútsa), from Vulgar Latin *bruscia, a Germanic borrowing, equalling German Bürste.

Noun

فُرْشَة • (furša) f (plural فُرَش (furaš))

1. brush

Declension

Declension of noun فُرْشَة (furša)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُرْشَة furša	الْفُرْشَة al-furša	فُرْشَة furšat
Nominative	فُرْشَةٌ furšatun	الْفُرْشَةُ al-furšatu	فُرْشَةُ furšatu
Accusative	فُرْشَةً furšatan	الْفُرْشَةَ al-furšata	فُرْشَةَ furšata
Genitive	فُرْشَةٍ furšatin	الْفُرْشَةِ al-furšati	فُرْشَةِ furšati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُرْشَتَيْن furšatayn	الْفُرْشَتَيْن al-furšatayn	فُرْشَتَيْ furšatay
Nominative	فُرْشَتَانِ furšatāni	الْفُرْشَتَانِ al-furšatāni	فُرْشَتَا furšatā
Accusative	فُرْشَتَيْنِ furšatayni	الْفُرْشَتَيْنِ al-furšatayni	فُرْشَتَيْ furšatay
Genitive	فُرْشَتَيْنِ furšatayni	الْفُرْشَتَيْنِ al-furšatayni	فُرْشَتَيْ furšatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُرَش furaš	الْفُرَش al-furaš	فُرَش furaš
Nominative	فُرَشٌ furašun	الْفُرَشُ al-furašu	فُرَشُ furašu
Accusative	فُرَشًا furašan	الْفُرَشَ al-furaša	فُرَشَ furaša
Genitive	فُرَشٍ furašin	الْفُرَشِ al-furaši	فُرَشِ furaši

Synonyms

• فُرْشَاة (furšāh)

References

• Procházka, Stephan (2009) “Turkish Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 592
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فرشة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 784
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرشة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 825