Arabic word sheet
فَرِيقٌ
a group, a party (of people)
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ف ر ق
Meaning and usage
Group, party
A body of people standing apart from the others. Said of a fairly large group, detached from a larger whole.
جَلَسَ فَرِيقٌ مِنَ الطُّلَّابِ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ.
A group of students sat in the garden.
Part of a whole
A portion of something that has been divided or scattered; said of things as well as of people.
Team modern usage
In present-day usage, a group of people who play or work together.
فَازَ فَرِيقُ الْمَدْرَسَةِ فِي الْمُبَارَاةِ.
The school team won the match.
Plural
أَفْرِقَةٌ / أَفْرِقَاءُ
Word family
What the root means ف ر ق
The root carries the idea of parting what was together. From it come “to separate”, “to scatter”, “to disperse”, “to part company”, “band” and “difference”; a group is what stands apart from the rest.
to separate
فَرَقَ
to scatter, to divide
فَرَّقَ
to disperse
تَفَرَّقَ
to part company
اِفْتَرَقَ
band, troop
فِرْقَةٌ
difference, separation
فَرْقٌ
Synonyms
group, portion
It means any fraction of a whole, however small, whereas the headword implies a large group standing well apart.
group, company
جَمَاعَةٌ
It stresses that the people are gathered together, not that they stand apart from the others.