Arabic vocabulary
فَرَغَcompleted in Arabic
فَرَغَ is how you say “completed” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Root ف ر غ (f-r-gh)verb (form I)Pronounced faragha
Meaning of completed in Arabic
- to finish, be done with; become free from a task or occupation — said especially of finishing work or business (فرغ من الشغل); matches the sense 'completed'
- to be or become empty, vacant, void, or devoid of something — the general sense, said of a thing or a vessel; syn. خلا
- to apply oneself exclusively to something; to make it one's sole object — construed with لَ or إِلَى, syn. قصد; used this way in the Qur'an (55:31)
- (of water) to pour out or be poured forth; (tropical) to die — the death sense pictures the body as emptied of its soul
Stem I فَرَغَ covers both literal emptiness and the extended sense of finishing or being free from a task, which is why the existing gloss reads 'completed'. The Qur'an uses it (55:31, سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ) for 'applying Oneself exclusively' to a matter, while the related causative أَفْرَغَ appears in the 'pour patience upon us' verses (2:250, 7:126).
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Common questions
- How do you say "completed" in Arabic?
- فَرَغَ (faragha) — literally 'he became free (of work)', i.e. he finished or completed it.
- What is the difference between فَرَغَ and أَفْرَغَ؟
- فَرَغَ (form I) means to become empty or free of something, such as finishing a task; أَفْرَغَ (form IV) is the causative — to pour something out or cast it, like pouring water or casting molten metal.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
فَإِذَا فَرَغُوا تَلَتْ طَائِفَةٌ أُخْرَى عَلَى عَدَدِهِمْ آيَةً ثَانِيَةً،
When they finished, another group recited a second verse according to their number.
فَرَغُوا — they finished. A past-tense verb 'finished', third-person masculine plural, with the 'they' subject shown by the plural ending fused on. It sits inside the 'when' clause as the completed event that cues the next step. Its plural matches the reciters.
From: Public Preaching →فَإِذَا فَرَغُوا أَخَذَ هَذَا الْإِمَامُ الْغَرِيبُ الشَّأْنُ فِي إِيرَادِ خُطْبَتِهِ عَجَلًا مُبْتَدِرًا،
When they had finished, this imam of uncommon standing hurriedly began to deliver his sermon.
فَرَغُوا — they finished. A past-tense verb 'finished', third-person masculine plural, with the 'they' subject shown by the plural ending. It sits inside the 'when' clause as the completed event that triggers the imam's turn. Its plural refers to the reciters.
From: Public Preaching →
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