فرقة الإطفاء
Arabic
Etymology
Literally, "company of the extinguishing", from فِرْقَة (firqa, “company, band, group, unit, division, etc.”) + الْإِطْفَاء (al-ʔiṭfāʔ, “the extinguishing”).
Noun
فِرْقَة الْإِطْفَاء • (firqat al-ʾiṭfāʾ) f (plural فِرَق الْإِطْفَاء (firaq al-ʔiṭfāʔ))
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | فِرْقَة الْإِطْفَاء firqat al-ʔiṭfāʔ |
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| nominative | — | فِرْقَةُ الْإِطْفَاءِ firqatu l-ʔiṭfāʔi |
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| accusative | — | فِرْقَةَ الْإِطْفَاءِ firqata l-ʔiṭfāʔi |
— |
| genitive | — | فِرْقَةِ الْإِطْفَاءِ firqati l-ʔiṭfāʔi |
— |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | — | فِرْقَتَيْ الْإِطْفَاء firqatay al-ʔiṭfāʔ |
— |
| nominative | — | فِرْقَتَا الْإِطْفَاءِ firqatā l-ʔiṭfāʔi |
— |
| accusative | — | فِرْقَتَيْ الْإِطْفَاءِ firqatay al-ʔiṭfāʔi |
— |
| genitive | — | فِرْقَتَيْ الْإِطْفَاءِ firqatay al-ʔiṭfāʔi |
— |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | فِرَق الْإِطْفَاء firaq al-ʔiṭfāʔ |
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| nominative | — | فِرَقُ الْإِطْفَاءِ firaqu l-ʔiṭfāʔi |
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| accusative | — | فِرَقَ الْإِطْفَاءِ firaqa l-ʔiṭfāʔi |
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| genitive | — | فِرَقِ الْإِطْفَاءِ firaqi l-ʔiṭfāʔi |
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References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرقة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN