frach فراش
Moroccan Darija · noun
“frach” (فراش) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning furniture, household furnishings.
Meanings
- furniture, household furnishings
- bedding, mattress and blankets
- bed (where one lies)
Usage
Frach refers to what furnishes the house: originally mattresses, couches and blankets, hence the broad sense of "furniture" or "furnishings". People speak of the frach of a new house or the frach of the living room. The word also keeps the sense of "bedding" and "bed": "mrid f lfrach" means "bedridden, confined to bed". It is a collective noun and is generally used in the singular. A well-known proverb, a variant of which is attested here, says that you end up with no shelter when you leave without being invited.
Example
راه حسني شي فراش لدار جديدة
rah 5assni chi frach ldar jdida
“I need some furniture for the new house.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “frach” but also “frash” and “ferach”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “frach” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “bed, place to sleep”; “bedding, mattress”: frach in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “bed, sleeping place”; “bedding, mattress”: frach in Tunisian.