فرشة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ف ر ش‎ (f r š); compare فَرَشَ‎ (faraša, “to spread on the floor, spread out”).

Noun

فَرْشَة • (farša) f (plural فَرْشَات‎ (faršāt))

Declension

Declension of noun فَرْشَة (farša)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْشَة farša	الْفَرْشَة‎ al-farša	فَرْشَة faršat
Nominative	فَرْشَةٌ faršatun	الْفَرْشَةُ‎ al-faršatu	فَرْشَةُ faršatu
Accusative	فَرْشَةً faršatan	الْفَرْشَةَ‎ al-faršata	فَرْشَةَ faršata
Genitive	فَرْشَةٍ faršatin	الْفَرْشَةِ‎ al-faršati	فَرْشَةِ faršati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْشَتَيْن‎ faršatayn	الْفَرْشَتَيْن‎ al-faršatayn	فَرْشَتَيْ‎ faršatay
Nominative	فَرْشَتَانِ‎ faršatāni	الْفَرْشَتَانِ‎ al-faršatāni	فَرْشَتَا‎ faršatā
Accusative	فَرْشَتَيْنِ‎ faršatayni	الْفَرْشَتَيْنِ‎ al-faršatayni	فَرْشَتَيْ‎ faršatay
Genitive	فَرْشَتَيْنِ‎ faršatayni	الْفَرْشَتَيْنِ‎ al-faršatayni	فَرْشَتَيْ‎ faršatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْشَات‎ faršāt	الْفَرْشَات‎ al-faršāt	فَرْشَات‎ faršāt
Nominative	فَرْشَاتٌ‎ faršātun	الْفَرْشَاتُ‎ al-faršātu	فَرْشَاتُ‎ faršātu
Accusative	فَرْشَاتٍ‎ faršātin	الْفَرْشَاتِ‎ al-faršāti	فَرْشَاتِ‎ faršāti
Genitive	فَرْشَاتٍ‎ faršātin	الْفَرْشَاتِ‎ al-faršāti	فَرْشَاتِ‎ faršāti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فرچه‎ (fırça), فورچه‎ (furça), from Byzantine Greek βρούτσα (broútsa), from Vulgar Latin *bruscia, a Germanic borrowing, equalling German Bürste.

Noun

فُرْشَة • (furša) f (plural فُرَش‎ (furaš))

brush

Declension

Declension of noun فُرْشَة (furša)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُرْشَة furša	الْفُرْشَة‎ al-furša	فُرْشَة furšat
Nominative	فُرْشَةٌ furšatun	الْفُرْشَةُ‎ al-furšatu	فُرْشَةُ furšatu
Accusative	فُرْشَةً furšatan	الْفُرْشَةَ‎ al-furšata	فُرْشَةَ furšata
Genitive	فُرْشَةٍ furšatin	الْفُرْشَةِ‎ al-furšati	فُرْشَةِ furšati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُرْشَتَيْن‎ furšatayn	الْفُرْشَتَيْن‎ al-furšatayn	فُرْشَتَيْ‎ furšatay
Nominative	فُرْشَتَانِ‎ furšatāni	الْفُرْشَتَانِ‎ al-furšatāni	فُرْشَتَا‎ furšatā
Accusative	فُرْشَتَيْنِ‎ furšatayni	الْفُرْشَتَيْنِ‎ al-furšatayni	فُرْشَتَيْ‎ furšatay
Genitive	فُرْشَتَيْنِ‎ furšatayni	الْفُرْشَتَيْنِ‎ al-furšatayni	فُرْشَتَيْ‎ furšatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُرَش‎ furaš	الْفُرَش‎ al-furaš	فُرَش‎ furaš
Nominative	فُرَشٌ‎ furašun	الْفُرَشُ‎ al-furašu	فُرَشُ‎ furašu
Accusative	فُرَشًا‎ furašan	الْفُرَشَ‎ al-furaša	فُرَشَ‎ furaša
Genitive	فُرَشٍ‎ furašin	الْفُرَشِ‎ al-furaši	فُرَشِ‎ furaši

Synonyms

فُرْشَاة‎ (furšāh)

References

Procházka, Stephan (2009), “Turkish Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 592
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “فرشة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 784
Wehr, Hans (1979), “فرشة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 825

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