See also: قرئ, فري, قری, قرى, and فری

Arabic edit

Root
ق ر و (q-r-w)

Noun edit

قَرِيّ (qariyym (plural أَقْرِيَة (ʔaqriya) or قُرْيَان (quryān) or أَقْرَاء (ʔaqrāʔ))

  1. channel, creek wherein water flows down mountains
  2. thick but not sour milk

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Verb edit

قِرِّي (qirrī) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of قَرَّ (qarra)

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قَرِّي (qarrī) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of قَرَّ (qarra)

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قُرِّي (qurrī) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of قَرَّ (qarra)

Hijazi Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ق ر ء
3 terms

From an alternative form of Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, to read).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

قري (giri) I (non-past يقرا (yigra))

  1. to read
    Synonyms: قرا (gara), (classicized form) قرأ (garaʔ)
    قريت الكتاب
    girīt al-kitāb
    I read the book
Usage notes edit

Speakers alternate between the past forms for the verb "to read" قري (giri) and قرا (gara), while the present and imperative are the same for both forms. the classicized form with the final hamza قرأ (garaʔ) is also used.

Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of قري (giri)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قريت (girīt) قريت (girīt) قري (giri) قرينا (girīna) قريتوا (girītu) قريوا (giryu)
f قريتي (girīti) قرْيَت (giryat)
non-past m أقرا (ʔagra) تقرا (tigra) يقرا (yigra) نقرا (nigra) تقروا (tigru) يقروا (yigru)
f تقري (tigri) تقرا (tigra)
imperative m اقرا (agra) اقروا (agru)
f اقري (agri)

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

قري (gurri)

  1. second-person feminine singular imperative of قَرّ (garr)