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فَارٌّ

Root: فر

Full Definition

فَارٌّ and فَرٌّ and and فَرُورَةٌ and فَرَّارٌ and فُرَرَةٌ are epithets from فَرَّ signifying as expl. in the first sentence of this art.: [the first and second meaning Fleeing; or turning away or aside, to elude, and fleeing: the third, fifth, and sixth, fleeing, &c., much: and the fourth, fleeing, &c., very much:] but فَرٌّ is applied to one and to two and to more, and to a female; it has no dual nor pl. [nor fem. form]; the sing. [and dual] and pl. [and mase. and fem.] are alike; as it is an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet; and it may be a pl. [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] of فَارٌّ, like as رَكْبٌ is of رَاكِبٌ, and صَحْبٌ of صَاحِبٌ, or شَرْبٌ of شَارِبٌ: it is related in the trad. respecting the Flight that Surákah Ibn-Málik, when he saw the Prophet and Aboo-Bekr fleeing to El-Medeeneh, and they passed by him, said, هٰذَانِ فَرٌّ قُرَيشٍ أَفَلَا أَرُدُّ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ فَرَّهَا, meaning [These two are] the two fugitives [of Kureysh: shall I not turn back to Kureysh their fugitives?].
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