متفرق

Arabic

Etymology

active participle of تَفَرَّقَ (tafarraqa, “to disperse, to scatter”), from the root ف ر ق (f-r-q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ta.far.riq/

Adjective

مُتَفَرِّق • (mutafarriq)

1. scattered, sporadic, intermittent
2. diverse; different; separate; dispersed

Declension

Declension of adjective مُتَفَرِّق (mutafarriq)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَفَرِّق mutafarriq	الْمُتَفَرِّق al-mutafarriq	مُتَفَرِّقَة mutafarriqa	الْمُتَفَرِّقَة al-mutafarriqa
Nominative	مُتَفَرِّقٌ mutafarriqun	الْمُتَفَرِّقُ al-mutafarriqu	مُتَفَرِّقَةٌ mutafarriqatun	الْمُتَفَرِّقَةُ al-mutafarriqatu
Accusative	مُتَفَرِّقًا mutafarriqan	الْمُتَفَرِّقَ al-mutafarriqa	مُتَفَرِّقَةً mutafarriqatan	الْمُتَفَرِّقَةَ al-mutafarriqata
Genitive	مُتَفَرِّقٍ mutafarriqin	الْمُتَفَرِّقِ al-mutafarriqi	مُتَفَرِّقَةٍ mutafarriqatin	الْمُتَفَرِّقَةِ al-mutafarriqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَفَرِّقَيْن mutafarriqayn	الْمُتَفَرِّقَيْن al-mutafarriqayn	مُتَفَرِّقَتَيْن mutafarriqatayn	الْمُتَفَرِّقَتَيْن al-mutafarriqatayn
Nominative	مُتَفَرِّقَانِ mutafarriqāni	الْمُتَفَرِّقَانِ al-mutafarriqāni	مُتَفَرِّقَتَانِ mutafarriqatāni	الْمُتَفَرِّقَتَانِ al-mutafarriqatāni
Accusative	مُتَفَرِّقَيْنِ mutafarriqayni	الْمُتَفَرِّقَيْنِ al-mutafarriqayni	مُتَفَرِّقَتَيْنِ mutafarriqatayni	الْمُتَفَرِّقَتَيْنِ al-mutafarriqatayni
Genitive	مُتَفَرِّقَيْنِ mutafarriqayni	الْمُتَفَرِّقَيْنِ al-mutafarriqayni	مُتَفَرِّقَتَيْنِ mutafarriqatayni	الْمُتَفَرِّقَتَيْنِ al-mutafarriqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مُتَفَرِّقَات mutafarriqāt	الْمُتَفَرِّقَات al-mutafarriqāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مُتَفَرِّقَاتٌ mutafarriqātun	الْمُتَفَرِّقَاتُ al-mutafarriqātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مُتَفَرِّقَاتٍ mutafarriqātin	الْمُتَفَرِّقَاتِ al-mutafarriqāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مُتَفَرِّقَاتٍ mutafarriqātin	الْمُتَفَرِّقَاتِ al-mutafarriqāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mütəfərriq
• → Ottoman Turkish: متفرق (müteferrik)
  • Turkish: müteferrik

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “متفرق”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “متفرق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “متفرق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَفَرِّق (mutafarriq)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ta.faɾ.ˈɾiq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.fär.rɪ́q]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.fär.rɪ́q]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.fär.rɪ́q]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.fär.ríq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.t̪ʰæ.fæɹ.ɹéɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.fäɾ.ɾíq]

Readings
Classical reading?	mutafarriq
Dari reading?	mutafarriq
Iranian reading?	motafarreğ
Tajik reading?	mutafarriq

Adjective

متفرق • (motafarreq)

1. dispersed, scattered

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “متفرق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim