# فرد
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

فَرَدَ or فَرُدَ • (farada or faruda) I (non-past يَفْرُدُ (yafrudu), verbal noun فُرُود (furūd))
* to be single, be alone
* to be singular, be unique

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

فَرَدَ • (farada) I (non-past يَفْرُدُ (yafrudu), verbal noun فُرُود (furūd))
* to withdraw, retire, segregate

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

فَرَدَ • (farada) I (non-past يَفْرِدُ (yafridu), verbal noun فَرْد (fard))
* to spread, spread out, extend, stretch
* to roll out (as dough), unfold

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

فَرَّدَ • (farrada) II (non-past يُفَرِّدُ (yufarridu), verbal noun تَفْرِيد (tafrīd))
* to individualize, separate into units, make odd or unequal go another, isolate, seclude oneself

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

فَرْد • (fard) (feminine فَرْدَة (farda) or فَرْدَى (fardā), common plural فُرَادَى (furādā), masculine plural أَفْرَاد (ʔafrād), feminine plural فَرْدَات (fardāt))
* alone, single
* sole, only
* lonely
* solitary
* singular, unique, matchless, unrivaled, unparalleled, nonpareil, peerless, incomparable, nonesuch
* one and only
* odd, uneven (number)

##### Synonyms

* (alone, sole, lonely, solitary, singular, incomparable): فَرِيد (farīd)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: fərd
* → Middle Armenian: ֆարտ (fart)

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

#### Noun

فَرْد • (fard) m (plural أَفْرَاد (ʔafrād))
* one, a single person, individual, somebody, someone
* soldier, private
* member (of a group)
    هُنَاكَ يَجْلِسُ جَمِيعُ أَفْرَادٍ الْعَائِلَةِ حَوْلَ السُّفْرَةِ.hunāka yajlisu jamīʕu ʔafrādin al-ʕāʔilati ḥawla s-sufrati.There are all the family (members) sitting around the dining table.
* (linguistics) singular

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

#### Noun

فَرْد • (fard) m (plural فِرَاد (firād))
* one, one of a couple, one of a pair

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

#### Noun

فَرْد • (fard) m (plural فُرُود (furūd) or فُرُودَة (furūda))
* pistol

##### Descendants

* → Afar: fardí
* → Amharic: ፈርጥ (färṭ)

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

#### Noun

فَرْد • (fard) m
* verbal noun of فَرَدَ (farada, “to spread, to unfold”) (form I)
* spreading, unfolding

##### Declension
## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَرْد (fard).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [faɾð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fäɹd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fäɹd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [fäɹd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [fäɹd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [fæɹd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [fäɹd̪]

### Noun

فرد • (fard) (plural افراد (afrâd) or فراد (ferâd))
* individual

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فرد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic فَرْد (fard).

### Noun

فرد • (fard) m (plural فرودة (frūde))
* pistol, gun
* spray gun