فرقة المطافئ
Arabic
Etymology
Literally, "company of the fire extinguishers", from فِرْقَة (firqa, “company, band, group, unit, division, etc.”) + الْمَطَافِئ (al-maṭāfiʔ, “the fire extinguishers”).
Noun
فِرْقَة الْمَطَافِئ • (firqat al-maṭāfiʾ) f (plural فِرَق الْمَطَافِئ (firaq al-maṭāfiʔ))
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | فِرْقَة الْمَطَافِئ firqat al-maṭāfiʔ |
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| nominative | — | فِرْقَةُ الْمَطَافِئِ firqatu l-maṭāfiʔi |
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| accusative | — | فِرْقَةَ الْمَطَافِئِ firqata l-maṭāfiʔi |
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| genitive | — | فِرْقَةِ الْمَطَافِئِ firqati l-maṭāfiʔi |
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| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | — | فِرْقَتَيْ الْمَطَافِئ firqatay al-maṭāfiʔ |
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| nominative | — | فِرْقَتَا الْمَطَافِئِ firqatā l-maṭāfiʔi |
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| accusative | — | فِرْقَتَيْ الْمَطَافِئِ firqatay al-maṭāfiʔi |
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| genitive | — | فِرْقَتَيْ الْمَطَافِئِ firqatay al-maṭāfiʔi |
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| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | فِرَق الْمَطَافِئ firaq al-maṭāfiʔ |
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| nominative | — | فِرَقُ الْمَطَافِئِ firaqu l-maṭāfiʔi |
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| accusative | — | فِرَقَ الْمَطَافِئِ firaqa l-maṭāfiʔi |
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| genitive | — | فِرَقِ الْمَطَافِئِ firaqi l-maṭāfiʔi |
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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