Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
Two and three star generals
English translation:
ألوية و أفرقة / ألوية و فرقاء
Added to glossary by
Leen Mohammad
Jul 7, 2019 13:22
4 yrs ago
Arabic term
Saudi Arabia
Two and three star generals
Arabic to English
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Military / Defense
Two and three star generals
Two and three star generals..
Proposed translations
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| 5 | ألوية و أفرقة / ألوية و فرقاء |
Ebrahim Mohammed
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| 4 | لواءات وفرقاء/جنرالات بنجمتين أو ثلاث نجوم |
Susan McMillan
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Proposed translations
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Ebrahim Mohammed
Germany
Germany
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Germany
professional and timely manner
Native in: Arabic (Variants: UAE, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan, Syrian, Libyan, Kuwaiti, Algerian, Jordanian, Tunisian, Iraqi, Sudanese, Egyptian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Yemeni, Saudi ) 
Works in: English to Arabic, German to Arabic, Arabic
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ألوية و أفرقة / ألوية و فرقاء
two-star general لواء
https://glosbe.com/en/ar/two-star general
جمع رتبة لواء هو ألوية
http://www.alkawnnews.com/index.php?page=article&id=22277
three-star general: فريق
جمع فريق فريق هو أفْرِقاءُ، وأفْرِقَة
(والفَريقُ، كأميرٍ: أكثَرُ منْها وفي الصّحاح: منْهُم، وفي المُحْكَمِ منه
ج: أفْرِقاءُ، وأفْرِقَة، وفُروقٌ بالضّمِّ.
http://www.wata.cc/forums/showthread.php?2125-ما-جمع-فريق-يا...
"أميل لاستخدام الجمع "أفرقة" لانها على وزن "ألوية
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four-star general عميد
https://glosbe.com/en/ar/two-star general
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wish you all the best
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"يمكن استخدام الجمع "فرقاء" و هي على وزن "عمداء" , و لكنها شائعة بواسائل الإعلام بمعنى "الخصوم السياسيين
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Susan McMillan
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Legal, Financial, Govt and NGO
Native in: English
Works in: Arabic to English, English
لواءات وفرقاء/جنرالات بنجمتين أو ثلاث نجوم
Leen, without knowing which country the generals are from or which branch of the military, I can't be entirely precise. But in most militaries of the world, a two-star is a major general (لواء) and a three-star is a lieutenant general (فريق):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_general
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_general
If you scroll down to the insignia, you'll see that most MGs have two stars on their insignia and most LGs have three stars, regardless of country or military branch.
To be honest, I don't know if لواءات is the best plural of لواء to use when talking about the military rank, or if it should be ألوية or أوليات. One way to avoid that problem is to go with نرالات بنجمتين أو ثلاث نجوم. You can see examples of similar usage in this article:
https://www.france24.com/ar/20080624-us-army-to-get-its-firs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_general
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_general
If you scroll down to the insignia, you'll see that most MGs have two stars on their insignia and most LGs have three stars, regardless of country or military branch.
To be honest, I don't know if لواءات is the best plural of لواء to use when talking about the military rank, or if it should be ألوية or أوليات. One way to avoid that problem is to go with نرالات بنجمتين أو ثلاث نجوم. You can see examples of similar usage in this article:
https://www.france24.com/ar/20080624-us-army-to-get-its-firs...
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