فرصة

See also: فرضة

Arabic

Root
ف ر ص (f-r-ṣ)

Etymology

From 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fur.sˤa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

1. chance, occasion, opportunity

   Synonym: نُهْزَة (nuhza)

   استغل الفرصة عندما تأتي، فقد لا تعود مرة أخرى.

   Istaghil al-fursah ʿindamā tātī, faqad lā taʿūd marrah ʾukhrā.

   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

• Gulf Arabic: فرصة (furṣa)
• Hijazi Arabic: فرصة (furṣa)
• → Azerbaijani: fürsət
• → Persian: فرصت (forsat)
  • → Bashkir: форсат (forsat)
  • → Bengali: ফুরসত (furśot)
  • → Gujarati: ફુરસદ (phursad)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: फ़ुर्सत (fursat)

    Urdu: فرصت (fursat)

  • → Kannada: ಪುರುಸತ್ತು (purusattu)
  • → Kazakh: мұрсат (mūrsat)
  • → Uyghur: پۇرسەت (purset)
  • → Uzbek: fursat
• → Swahili: fursa
• → Ottoman Turkish: فرصت (fırsat)
  • Turkish: fırsat
  • → Serbo-Croatian: фу̀рса̄т, fùrsāt

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊrsˤə/

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