فرقة الإطفاء

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, "company of the extinguishing", from فِرْقَة (firqa, company, band, group, unit, division, etc.) + الْإِطْفَاء (al-ʔiṭfāʔ, the extinguishing).

Noun

فِرْقَة الْإِطْفَاء • (firqat al-ʾiṭfāʾ) f (plural فِرَق الْإِطْفَاء (firaq al-ʔiṭfāʔ))

  1. fire brigade, fire department

Declension

References

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