فرو

See also: قرو

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ر ي (f-r-y) meaning "to slice or pierce into skin", "to slit or cut", "to rent", "to butcher" "to skin or scalp", "to fashion a garment".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /farw/

Noun

فَرْو • (farw) m (collective, singulative فَرْوَة f (farwa), plural فِرَاء (firāʔ))

1. pelt, fur

Declension

Declension of noun فَرْو (farw)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْو farw	الْفَرْو al-farw	فَرْو farw
Nominative	فَرْوٌ farwun	الْفَرْوُ al-farwu	فَرْوُ farwu
Accusative	فَرْوًا farwan	الْفَرْوَ al-farwa	فَرْوَ farwa
Genitive	فَرْوٍ farwin	الْفَرْوِ al-farwi	فَرْوِ farwi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْوَة farwa	الْفَرْوَة al-farwa	فَرْوَة farwat
Nominative	فَرْوَةٌ farwatun	الْفَرْوَةُ al-farwatu	فَرْوَةُ farwatu
Accusative	فَرْوَةً farwatan	الْفَرْوَةَ al-farwata	فَرْوَةَ farwata
Genitive	فَرْوَةٍ farwatin	الْفَرْوَةِ al-farwati	فَرْوَةِ farwati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْوَتَيْن farwatayn	الْفَرْوَتَيْن al-farwatayn	فَرْوَتَيْ farwatay
Nominative	فَرْوَتَانِ farwatāni	الْفَرْوَتَانِ al-farwatāni	فَرْوَتَا farwatā
Accusative	فَرْوَتَيْنِ farwatayni	الْفَرْوَتَيْنِ al-farwatayni	فَرْوَتَيْ farwatay
Genitive	فَرْوَتَيْنِ farwatayni	الْفَرْوَتَيْنِ al-farwatayni	فَرْوَتَيْ farwatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْوَات farwāt	الْفَرْوَات al-farwāt	فَرْوَات farwāt
Nominative	فَرْوَاتٌ farwātun	الْفَرْوَاتُ al-farwātu	فَرْوَاتُ farwātu
Accusative	فَرْوَاتٍ farwātin	الْفَرْوَاتِ al-farwāti	فَرْوَاتِ farwāti
Genitive	فَرْوَاتٍ farwātin	الْفَرْوَاتِ al-farwāti	فَرْوَاتِ farwāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِرَاء firāʔ	الْفِرَاء al-firāʔ	فِرَاء firāʔ
Nominative	فِرَاءٌ firāʔun	الْفِرَاءُ al-firāʔu	فِرَاءُ firāʔu
Accusative	فِرَاءً firāʔan	الْفِرَاءَ al-firāʔa	فِرَاءَ firāʔa
Genitive	فِرَاءٍ firāʔin	الْفِرَاءِ al-firāʔi	فِرَاءِ firāʔi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فرو”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2390
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “فرو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 961

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fu.ɾoː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾoː], [fʊ.ɾoː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾoː], [fʊ.ɾoː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾoː], [fʊ.ɾoː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾʊː], [fu.ɾʊː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fo.ɹuː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fu.ɾɵ]

Readings
Classical reading?	furō
Dari reading?	farō, furō
Iranian reading?	foru
Tajik reading?	furü

Adverb

فرو • (foru)

1. down
2. under
3. below