فرصة

See also: فرضة

Arabic

Etymology 1

    While it would be tempting to connect to the root ف ر ص (f r ṣ) related to slitting, being the timespan in which one’s camels have access to a body of water shared with other herders, Aramaic פורסא / ܦܘܪܣܐ (pursā, “way out, knack, strategy, scheme”), from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros), acknowledging its pervasive colloquial use, should be believed to have developed its semantics to a “chance, opportunity, occasion” as well and therefore served as the source of the present Arabic term.

    Alternative forms

    • فُرْسَة (fursa), فُصْرَة (fuṣra)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fur.sˤa/

    Noun

    فُرْصَة • (furṣa) f (plural فُرَص (furaṣ))

    1. chance, occasion, opportunity
      Synonyms: نُهْزَة (nuhza), نَوْبة (nawba)
      اِسْتَغِل الْفُرْصَةَ عِنْدَمَا تَأْتِي، فَقَدْ لَا تَعُودُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.
      istaḡil al-furṣata ʕindamā taʔtī, faqad lā taʕūdu marratan ʔuḵrā.
      Seize the opportunity when it comes; it may not come again.
    Declension
    Declension of noun فُرْصَة (furṣa)
    singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal فُرْصَة
    furṣa     		الْفُرْصَة
    al-furṣa     		فُرْصَة
    furṣat
    nominative فُرْصَةٌ
    furṣatun     		الْفُرْصَةُ
    al-furṣatu     		فُرْصَةُ
    furṣatu
    accusative فُرْصَةً
    furṣatan     		الْفُرْصَةَ
    al-furṣata     		فُرْصَةَ
    furṣata
    genitive فُرْصَةٍ
    furṣatin     		الْفُرْصَةِ
    al-furṣati     		فُرْصَةِ
    furṣati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal فُرْصَتَيْن
    furṣatayn     		الْفُرْصَتَيْن
    al-furṣatayn     		فُرْصَتَيْ
    furṣatay
    nominative فُرْصَتَانِ
    furṣatāni     		الْفُرْصَتَانِ
    al-furṣatāni     		فُرْصَتَا
    furṣatā
    accusative فُرْصَتَيْنِ
    furṣatayni     		الْفُرْصَتَيْنِ
    al-furṣatayni     		فُرْصَتَيْ
    furṣatay
    genitive فُرْصَتَيْنِ
    furṣatayni     		الْفُرْصَتَيْنِ
    al-furṣatayni     		فُرْصَتَيْ
    furṣatay
    plural basic broken plural triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal فُرَص
    furaṣ     		الْفُرَص
    al-furaṣ     		فُرَص
    furaṣ
    nominative فُرَصٌ
    furaṣun     		الْفُرَصُ
    al-furaṣu     		فُرَصُ
    furaṣu
    accusative فُرَصًا
    furaṣan     		الْفُرَصَ
    al-furaṣa     		فُرَصَ
    furaṣa
    genitive فُرَصٍ
    furaṣin     		الْفُرَصِ
    al-furaṣi     		فُرَصِ
    furaṣi
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Root
    ف ر ص (f r ṣ)
    3 terms

    From فَرَصَ (faraṣa, “to slit up”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fir.sˤa/

    Noun

    فِرْصَة • (firṣa) f (plural فِرَاص (firāṣ))

    1. a rag to wipe the catamenia, pad
    Declension
    Declension of noun فِرْصَة (firṣa)
    singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal فِرْصَة
    firṣa     		الْفِرْصَة
    al-firṣa     		فِرْصَة
    firṣat
    nominative فِرْصَةٌ
    firṣatun     		الْفِرْصَةُ
    al-firṣatu     		فِرْصَةُ
    firṣatu
    accusative فِرْصَةً
    firṣatan     		الْفِرْصَةَ
    al-firṣata     		فِرْصَةَ
    firṣata
    genitive فِرْصَةٍ
    firṣatin     		الْفِرْصَةِ
    al-firṣati     		فِرْصَةِ
    firṣati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal فِرْصَتَيْن
    firṣatayn     		الْفِرْصَتَيْن
    al-firṣatayn     		فِرْصَتَيْ
    firṣatay
    nominative فِرْصَتَانِ
    firṣatāni     		الْفِرْصَتَانِ
    al-firṣatāni     		فِرْصَتَا
    firṣatā
    accusative فِرْصَتَيْنِ
    firṣatayni     		الْفِرْصَتَيْنِ
    al-firṣatayni     		فِرْصَتَيْ
    firṣatay
    genitive فِرْصَتَيْنِ
    firṣatayni     		الْفِرْصَتَيْنِ
    al-firṣatayni     		فِرْصَتَيْ
    firṣatay
    plural basic broken plural triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal فِرَاص
    firāṣ     		الْفِرَاص
    al-firāṣ     		فِرَاص
    firāṣ
    nominative فِرَاصٌ
    firāṣun     		الْفِرَاصُ
    al-firāṣu     		فِرَاصُ
    firāṣu
    accusative فِرَاصًا
    firāṣan     		الْفِرَاصَ
    al-firāṣa     		فِرَاصَ
    firāṣa
    genitive فِرَاصٍ
    firāṣin     		الْفِرَاصِ
    al-firāṣi     		فِرَاصِ
    firāṣi

    References

    • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 957
    • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 243, referring for the Aramaic emphatic state being reflected by Arabic ـَة f (-a) to Hoffmann, Georg (1878), “Bibliographische Anzeigen: I Gregorii Bar Ebhraya in evangelium Iohannis commentarius. E Thesauro mysteriorum desumptum edidit R. Schwartz. Gottingae, in aedibus Dietrichianis. MDCCCLXXVIII. 28 pp. 8. II Gregorii Abulfaragii Bar Ebhraya in actus apostolorum et epistulas catholicas adnotationes Syriace e recognitione Martini Klamroth. Diss. inaug. Gottingae, in aedibus Dietrichianis. MDCCCLXXVIII. 30 pp. 8”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎[1] (in German), volume 32, page 760
    • Freytag, Georg (1835), “فرصة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 334
    • Landberg, Carlo, editor (1942), Glossaire daṯînois‎[3] (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 2422

    Gulf Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    فُرْصة • (furṣa) (dual فُرْصِتين (furṣitēn), plural فُرَص (furaṣ))

    1. chance, opportunity
    2. (K-12) recess
      Synonym: (a recess at a tertiary education institute (a break)) بريك (brēk)

    Hijazi Arabic

    Root
    ف ر ص
    1 term

    Etymology

    From Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fur.sˤa/, [fʊr.sˤa]

    Noun

    فُرْصَة • (furṣa) f (plural فُرَص (furaṣ))

    1. chance, opportunity
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