Quranic root
فرت
f · r · t
The core lexical orientation is sweet, palatable water.
The central usage describes water as sweet and thirst-relieving. Related Classical Arabic usage includes a verb meaning “to become sweet” and extensions of فُرَاتٌ as the Euphrates and, poetically, the sea.
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- Mufradāt · row 1097
- Lane · entry 33622
- Lane · entry 33624
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
فُرَاتٌ
furātun
- Part of speech
- Adjective
- Quran occurrences
- 3 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Sweet and thirst-quenching, of water.
An adjectival وصف of water, used with both singular and plural nouns; the sense emphasizes water that relieves thirst by its sweetness.
- Lane · entry 33624
- Mufradāt · row 1097
Selected Quran examples
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 3 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 12 Classical meanings
فَرُتَ
To be or become sweet, of water.
A Form I verbal usage; the infinitive فُرُوتَةٌ is also reported.
- Lane · entry 33622
فَرَتَ
To act viciously or unrighteously, or to commit adultery or fornication.
A Form I verbal usage equated with فَجَرَ; variant vocalizations and the infinitive فَرْتٌ are reported.
- Lane · entry 33622
فَرِتَ
To become weak in intellect after having possessed ample intelligence.
A reported verbal usage with a change in intellectual capacity as its result.
- Lane · entry 33622
فِرْتٌ
A span: the space measured by extending the thumb and forefinger.
A variant of فِتْر, reportedly formed by transposition; it denotes the corresponding measure.
- Lane · entry 33623
فُرَاتٌ
The Euphrates, the celebrated river.
As a geographical name; الفُرَاتَانِ denotes the Euphrates together with the Tigris or, in another reported usage, the Dujayl.
- Lane · entry 33624
فُرَاتٌ
The sea.
A rare poetic appellation, attested in a verse describing pearls.
- Lane · entry 33624
فَرْتَنَا
A fornicatress or adulteress.
A feminine lexical usage; the word’s derivational relation to فَرَتَ is reported with disagreement over whether ن is radical.
- Lane · entry 33625
فَرْتَنَا
A female slave.
A separately reported lexical usage of the same form.
- Lane · entry 33625
ابْنُ الفَرْتَنَا
The son of a female slave who is a fornicatress.
A conventional kinship expression built with الفَرْتَنَا.
- Lane · entry 33625
ابْنُ فَرْتَنَا
A low, ignoble, mean, or sordid person.
A conventional expression with the form ابنُ فَرْتَنَا.
- Lane · entry 33625
فَرْتَنَا
The name of a certain woman.
A proper-name usage.
- Lane · entry 33625
فَرْتَنَا
The young one of a hyena.
A rare animal-designation usage.
- Lane · entry 33625
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic adjective فُرَاتٌ meaning sweet water should not be conflated with the separate Classical noun used as the geographical name of the Euphrates or with its rare poetic use for the sea.
The derivational analysis of فَرْتَنَا is reported as disputed, although its listed lexical usages are preserved.