See also: قرع and فرع

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Morphologically from the root ف ر غ (f-r-ḡ).

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Verb

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فَرَغَ (faraḡa) I (non-past يَفْرُغُ (yafruḡu), verbal noun فُرُوغ (furūḡ) or فَرَاغ (farāḡ))
فَرِغَ (fariḡa) I (non-past يَفْرَغُ (yafraḡu), verbal noun فُرُوغ (furūḡ) or فَرَاغ (farāḡ))

  1. (intransitive) to be empty, to be vacant[1]
  2. (intransitive) to be exhausted, to wind up[1]
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  • Maltese: forogħ

Etymology 2

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Morphologically from the root ف ر غ (f-r-ḡ).

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فَرَّغَ (farraḡa) II (non-past يُفَرِّغُ (yufarriḡu), verbal noun تَفْرِيغ (tafrīḡ))

  1. (transitive) to empty, to void[1]
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Etymology 3

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Morphologically from the root ف ر غ (f-r-ḡ).

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Adjective

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فَرِغ (fariḡ) (feminine فَرِغَة (fariḡa), elative أَفْرَغ (ʔafraḡ))

  1. empty, vacant[1]
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرغ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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