فرع

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فرع

/fa.ra.ʕa/
/far.ra.ʕa/
/fa.raʕ/

verb فَرَعَ · faraʕa · يَفْرَعُ · فَرْع · فُرُوع

to ascend, to mount, to overtop; to descend
to excel, to surpass, to outdo

verb فَرَّعَ · farraʕa · يُفَرِّعُ · تَفْرِيع · مُفَرِّع

to branch out
to derive, to deduce
to slaughter for offering, to sacrifice (a فَرَع (faraʕ)) فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ «يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْعَتَائِرُ وَٱلْفَرَائِعُ؟» قَالَ «مَنْ شَاءَ عَتَرَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَعْتِرْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَرَّعَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يُفَرِّعْ فِي الْغَنَمِ أُضْحِيَتُهَا»

noun فَرْع · farʕ · فُرُوع · أَفْرُع · الْفَرْع

branch, twig, shoot, limb
Opposite: أَصْل
top of a branch; top
section, subdivision
derivation, derivative
noun from verb verbal noun of فَرَعَ (faraʕa) (form I)
branching out
ramification; corollary
branch office البَنْكُ لَدَيْهِ العَدِيدُ مِنَ الفُرُوعِ الْمَنْتَشِرَةِ فِي مُخْتَلِفِ الْمُدُنِ وَالْمَنَاطِقِ.
branch line
branch wire
long hair

noun فَرَع · faraʕ · فَرَعَة · فُرُع · فَرَائِع

collective firstling of a camel or goat or sheep فِي كُلِّ سَائِمَةٍ فَرَعٌ تَغْذُوهُ مَاشِيَتُكَ حَتَّى إِذَا ٱسْتَحْمَلَ
collective louse

In English

branch woody part of a tree arising from the trunk

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فرع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}