How to say "mattress, bedding" in Arabic
CognateMeaningmattress, bedding
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فِرَاش
firāshפראש
فراش
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מזרן
mizranمِزْرَان
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ف-ر-شHebrew root
פ-ר-שRoot ف-ر-ش matches Hebrew פ-ר-ש 'to spread out' — the regular שׂ↔ش shift, as in עשר/عشر. A firāsh is literally 'the spread-out thing' you sleep on; Hebrew kept the same root in מִפְרָשׂ, a ship's sail — another spread-out sheet, just catching wind instead of dreams.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مَرْتَبَة
martabaמרתבהA different word: martaba is the Cairo mattress.
In a phrase
نَامَ عَلَى الْفِرَاش
nāma ʿalā l-firāshנאם עלא אל-פראשHe slept on the mattress.
Plural
فُرُش
furushפרשbroken plural CuCuC — like كِتَاب→كُتُب