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فَقِير

penniless

AdjectiveRoot ف-ق-ر

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Feminine
فَقِيرَة
Masculine plural
فَقِيرِين، فُقَرَاء، فُقُر
Feminine plural
فَقِيرَات
Elative
أَفْقَر
more / most …

Most common words from the same root

Noun
فِقْرَة
vertebra
Verb · Form VIII
اِفْتَقَرَ
to be perforated
Noun
فَقِير
poor man

فَقِير in English

Adjective

  1. penniless, poverty-stricken
  2. wretched
  3. in need
    يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُO Mankind! It is you who are in dire need of God; but God is Free of all needs, the Most Worthy of all praise!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:15

Words from the root ف-ق-ر

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

فَقَرَ · present يَفْقُرُ
Form I · The plain action

to dig; to pierce, to perforate

فَقْر
Verbal noun
فَقْر
Verbal noun
poverty
فَقْر
Verbal noun
فَاقِر
Active participle
مَفْقُور
Passive participle
فَقُرَ · present يَفْقُرُ
Form I · The plain action

to be or become poor

فَقَارَة
Verbal noun
فَقِير
Active participle · Adjective
penniless
فَقِير
Active participle
poor man
فَقَرَ · present يَفْقُرُ
Form I · The plain action

to break one's neck or spine

فَقْر
Verbal noun
فَاقِر
Active participle
مَفْقُور
Passive participle
فَقِرَ · present يَفْقَرُ
Form I · The plain action

to have pain in the vertebrae from injury or illness

فَقَر
Verbal noun
فَقِر
Active participle
فَقِير
Active participle
فَقَّرَ · present يُفَقِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to dig; to pierce, to perforate

تَفْقِير
Verbal noun
مُفَقِّر
Active participle
مُفَقَّر
Passive participle
أَفْقَرَ · present يُفْقِرُ
Form IV · Causative

to impoverish, to render poor; to take back, to receive back

إِفْقَار
Verbal noun
مُفْقِر
Active participle
مُفْقَر
Passive participle
اِفْتَقَرَ · present يَفْتَقِرُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be perforated; to be or become poor; to want, to need, to require

اِفْتِقَار
Verbal noun
مُفْتَقِر
Active participle
مُفْتَقَر
Passive participle
فِقْرَة
Noun
vertebra
فُقَّارَة
Noun · f.
foggara
فَقَارِيَّات
Noun
Vertebrata

فَقِير: plural and other forms

Singularفَقِير
Feminineفَقِيرَة
Masculine pluralفَقِيرِين، فُقَرَاء، فُقُر
Feminine pluralفَقِيرَات
Elative (more / most)أَفْقَر

فَقِير in a sentence

Dictionary examples

in need

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُO Mankind! It is you who are in dire need of God; but God is Free of all needs, the Most Worthy of all praise!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:15

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