فريد

See also: فرید

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ر د (f-r-d); compare فَرَدَ (farada, “to be single, to be alone; to be singular, to be unique”) and فَرُدَ (faruda, “(same)”).

Adjective

فَرِيد • (farīd) (feminine فَرِيدَة (farīda))

1. alone, single
2. sole, only
3. lonely
4. solitary
5. singular, unique, matchless, unrivaled, unparalleled, nonpareil, peerless, incomparable, nonesuch
6. one and only
7. particularly endowed with (+ genitive)

Declension

Declension of adjective فَرِيد (farīd)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فَرِيد farīd	الْفَرِيد al-farīd	فَرِيدَة farīda	الْفَرِيدَة al-farīda
Nominative	فَرِيدٌ farīdun	الْفَرِيدُ al-farīdu	فَرِيدَةٌ farīdatun	الْفَرِيدَةُ al-farīdatu
Accusative	فَرِيدًا farīdan	الْفَرِيدَ al-farīda	فَرِيدَةً farīdatan	الْفَرِيدَةَ al-farīdata
Genitive	فَرِيدٍ farīdin	الْفَرِيدِ al-farīdi	فَرِيدَةٍ farīdatin	الْفَرِيدَةِ al-farīdati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	فَرِيدَيْن farīdayn	الْفَرِيدَيْن al-farīdayn	فَرِيدَتَيْن farīdatayn	الْفَرِيدَتَيْن al-farīdatayn
Nominative	فَرِيدَانِ farīdāni	الْفَرِيدَانِ al-farīdāni	فَرِيدَتَانِ farīdatāni	الْفَرِيدَتَانِ al-farīdatāni
Accusative	فَرِيدَيْنِ farīdayni	الْفَرِيدَيْنِ al-farīdayni	فَرِيدَتَيْنِ farīdatayni	الْفَرِيدَتَيْنِ al-farīdatayni
Genitive	فَرِيدَيْنِ farīdayni	الْفَرِيدَيْنِ al-farīdayni	فَرِيدَتَيْنِ farīdatayni	الْفَرِيدَتَيْنِ al-farīdatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	فَرِيدَات farīdāt	الْفَرِيدَات al-farīdāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	فَرِيدَاتٌ farīdātun	الْفَرِيدَاتُ al-farīdātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	فَرِيدَاتٍ farīdātin	الْفَرِيدَاتِ al-farīdāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	فَرِيدَاتٍ farīdātin	الْفَرِيدَاتِ al-farīdāti

Synonyms

• (alone, sole, lonely, solitary, singular, incomparable): فَرْد (fard), وَحِيد (waḥīd)

Related terms

• فَرَدَ (farada), فَرْد (fard, noun), مُفْرَد (mufrad), مُفْرَدَات (mufradāt)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: Fərid

References

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