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فَجْر

dawn

Noun · masculineRoot ف-ج-ر

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Also written فجر: فَجَّرَ (to create an outlet or passage)

Highlights

Verbal noun of
فَجَرَ
to act immorally

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form VII
to go off
Verb · Form II
to create an outlet or passage
Noun
فَجْر
اَلْفَجْر : ellipsis of صَلَاة الْفَجْر
Verb · Form I
فَجَرَ
to act immorally
Verb · Form I
فَجَرَ
to cleave

فَجْر in English

Noun · masculine

Verbal noun of فَجَرَ (to act immorally): the act or idea of the verb.

  1. dawn, daybreak; dayspring
    فِي الْفَجْرِ الْبَاكِرِ، كَانَتِ الشُّوَارِعُ هَادِئَةً وَخَالِيَةً مِنَ الزُّحَامِ.In the early dawn, the streets were quiet and free from traffic.
    سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِAbdulala Maududi: All peace is that night until the rise of dawn.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 97:5
  2. dawn, beginning, outset, start figurative

Words from the root ف-ج-ر

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

فَجَرَ · present يَفْجُرُ

to act immorally, to be wicked, to sin

فُجُور
Verbal noun
wickedness
فَاجِر
Active participle · Adjective
active participle of فَجَرَ
مَفْجُور
Passive participle
فَجَرَ · present يَفْجُرُ

to cleave, to break up, to dig up

Verbal noun
dawn
فَجْر
Verbal noun
اَلْفَجْر : ellipsis of صَلَاة الْفَجْر
فَجْر
Verbal noun
sinning
فَاجِر
Active participle
مَفْجُور
Passive participle
فَجَّرَ · present يُفَجِّرُ

to create an outlet or passage (for water); to let pour forth; to cleave, to split

تَفْجِير
Verbal noun
مُفَجِّر
Active participle
مُفَجَّر
Passive participle
أَفْجَرَ · present يُفْجِرُ
Form IV · Causative

to commit adultery, to fornicate

إِفْجَار
Verbal noun
مُفْجِر
Active participle
تَفَجَّرَ · present يَتَفَجَّرُ

to gush out, to spurt forth; to break out, to erupt, to burst out

تَفَجُّر
Verbal noun
مُتَفَجِّر
Active participle
اِنْفَجَرَ · present يَنْفَجِرُ

to go off, to discharge, to burst; to burst forth; to explode, to detonate

اِنْفِجَار
Verbal noun
مُنْفَجِر
Active participle
مُنْفَجَر
Passive participle

فَجْر in a sentence

Dictionary examples

dawn

فِي الْفَجْرِ الْبَاكِرِ، كَانَتِ الشُّوَارِعُ هَادِئَةً وَخَالِيَةً مِنَ الزُّحَامِ.In the early dawn, the streets were quiet and free from traffic.

dawn

سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّى مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِAbdulala Maududi: All peace is that night until the rise of dawn.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 97:5

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