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فُرَادٌ

Root: فرد

Full Definition

فُرَادٌ [is most properly regarded as a quasi-pl. n., rather than as a pl., of فَرْدٌ; and فُرَادُ is similar to it in meaning]. One says, جَاؤُوا فُرَاداً, and فُرَادَى , with tenween and without it, and فُرَادَ, like ثُلَاثَ and رُبَاعَ, and فَرَادَ , and فِرَاداً [a pl. of ,] and فَرْدَى , [and , perhaps thus by poetic license, see an ex. in a verse cited voce مُرْسِمٌ,] They came one by one; one at a time; one after another: AZ relates that the Kilábees said, جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَاداً [Ye came to us one by one; or one after another]: and هُمْ فُرَادٌ وَأَزْوَاجٌ [They are separate persons and pairs], with tenween: and the Arabs said قَوْمٌ فُرَادُ, imperfectly decl., likened to ثُلاَثُ and رُبَاعُ, [A party composed of separate persons, disposed by ones, or one after another,] and فُرَادَى , which latter is said by Fr to be a pl.: and the sing. [he adds] is فَرَدٌ and and فَرِيدٌ and فَرْدَانُ : but , or , (so in the K accord. to the TA, [in the CK فُرْدٌ,]) in this sense, [i. e. in the pl. sense] is not allowable.
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