ق ر ء

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate to Hebrew ק־ר־א (q-r-') and Classical Syriac ܩ-ܪ-ܐ (q-r-ʾ), from Proto-Semitic *ḳ-r-ʔ.

Root

ق ر ء • (q-r-ʔ)

related to reading, uttering, vocalizing, reciting; calling, inviting
related to drawing together, matching, collecting, joining together pieces
related to study, investigation, discovery, reviewing, citing, recollecting, bringing back, holding on especially to information
related to timing, especially reoccurring, continuing, periodic

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

Form I: قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to read, to recite”)
- Verbal noun: قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa)
- Active participle: قَارِئ (qāriʔ)
- Passive participle: مَقْرُوء (maqrūʔ)
Form II: قَرَّأَ (qarraʔa)
- Verbal noun: تَقْرِيء (taqrīʔ)
- Active participle: مُقَرِّئ (muqarriʔ)
- Passive participle: مُقَرَّأ (muqarraʔ)
Form III: قَارَأَ (qāraʔa)
- Verbal noun: مُقَارَأَة (muqāraʔa), قِرَاء (qirāʔ)
- Active participle: مُقَارِئ (muqāriʔ)
- Passive participle: مُقَارَأ (muqāraʔ)
Form IV: أَقْرَأَ (ʔaqraʔa)
- Verbal noun: إِقْرَاء (ʔiqrāʔ)
- Active participle: مُقْرِئ (muqriʔ)
- Passive participle: مُقْرَأ (muqraʔ)
Form V: تَقَرَّأَ (taqarraʔa)
- Verbal noun: تَقَرُّؤ (taqarruʔ)
- Active participle: مُتَقَرِّئ (mutaqarriʔ)
- Passive participle: مُتَقَرَّأ (mutaqarraʔ)
Form VII: اِنْقَرَأَ (inqaraʔa, “to be read”)
- Verbal noun: اِنْقِرَاء (inqirāʔ)
- Active participle: مُنْقَرِئ (munqariʔ)
Form VIII: اِقْتَرَأَ (iqtaraʔa)
- Verbal noun: اِقْتِرَاء (iqtirāʔ)
- Active participle: مُقْتَرِئ (muqtariʔ)
- Passive participle: مُقْتَرَأ (muqtaraʔ)
Form X: اِسْتَقْرَأَ (istaqraʔa, “to examine, to investigate”)
- Verbal noun: اِسْتِقْرَاء (istiqrāʔ)
- Active participle: مُسْتَقْرِئ (mustaqriʔ)
- Passive participle: مُسْتَقْرَأ (mustaqraʔ)

Nouns and adjectives

اِسْتَقْرَأَ (istaqraʔa)
- اِسْتِقْرَاء (istiqrāʔ)
  - اِسْتِقْرَائِيّ (istiqrāʔiyy)
قُرْآن (qurʔān)
- الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān)
- قُرْآنِيّ (qurʔāniyy)