How to say "team" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningteam
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَرِيق
farīqפריק
فريق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קבוצה
kvutsaكْڤُوتْسَا
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ف-ر-قHebrew root
פ-ר-קFarīq and Hebrew פרק (perek, "chapter, joint"; לפרק, "to take apart") share the root פ-ר-ק/ف-ر-ق, "to divide, separate out." Arabic pushed the noun toward a group split off for a purpose — a team; Hebrew kept the more abstract "a division, a section."
Related Hebrew word:פרקperekپِرِك
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In a phrase
فَرِيق كُرَة الْقَدَم
farīq kurat al-qadamפריק כרת אל-קדםthe football team
Plural
فِرَق
firaqפרקbroken plural CiCaC