بريء

Arabic

Root
ب ر ء (b-r-ʔ)

Adjective

بَرِيء • (barīʔ) (feminine بَرِيئَة (barīʔa), masculine plural بَرِيئُون (barīʔūn) or أَبْرِيَاء (ʔabriyāʔ) or بُرَآء (buraʔāʔ) or بُرَاء (burāʔ) or بِرَاء (birāʔ), feminine plural بَرِيئَات (barīʔāt), elative أَبْرَأ (ʔabraʔ))

1. pure, guiltless, innocent
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:112:

     وَمَن يَكْسِبْ خَطِيئَةً أَوْ إِثْمًا ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِهِ بَرِيئًا فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلَ بُهْتَانًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا

     waman yaksib ḵaṭīʔatan ʔaw ʔiṯman ṯumma yarmi bihi barīʔan faqadi ḥtamala buhtānan waʔiṯman mmubīnan

     But whoever earns an offense or a sin and then blames it on an innocent [person] has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.

2. disassociated
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 59:16:

     كَمَثَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَانِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ ٱكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِنْكَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللّٰهَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

     kamaṯali š-šayṭāni ʔiḏ qāla lilʔinsāni kfur falammā kafara qāla ʔinnī barīʔun minka ʔinnī ʔaḵāfu llāha rabba l-ʕālamīna

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3. recovered, cured

Declension

Declension of adjective بَرِيء (barīʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَرِيء barīʔ	الْبَرِيء al-barīʔ	بَرِيئَة barīʔa	الْبَرِيئَة al-barīʔa
Nominative	بَرِيءٌ barīʔun	الْبَرِيءُ al-barīʔu	بَرِيئَةٌ barīʔatun	الْبَرِيئَةُ al-barīʔatu
Accusative	بَرِيئًا barīʔan	الْبَرِيءَ al-barīʔa	بَرِيئَةً barīʔatan	الْبَرِيئَةَ al-barīʔata
Genitive	بَرِيءٍ barīʔin	الْبَرِيءِ al-barīʔi	بَرِيئَةٍ barīʔatin	الْبَرِيئَةِ al-barīʔati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَرِيئَيْن barīʔayn	الْبَرِيئَيْن al-barīʔayn	بَرِيئَتَيْن barīʔatayn	الْبَرِيئَتَيْن al-barīʔatayn
Nominative	بَرِيئَانِ barīʔāni	الْبَرِيئَانِ al-barīʔāni	بَرِيئَتَانِ barīʔatāni	الْبَرِيئَتَانِ al-barīʔatāni
Accusative	بَرِيئَيْنِ barīʔayni	الْبَرِيئَيْنِ al-barīʔayni	بَرِيئَتَيْنِ barīʔatayni	الْبَرِيئَتَيْنِ al-barīʔatayni
Genitive	بَرِيئَيْنِ barīʔayni	الْبَرِيئَيْنِ al-barīʔayni	بَرِيئَتَيْنِ barīʔatayni	الْبَرِيئَتَيْنِ al-barīʔatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَرِيئِين‎; أَبْرِيَاء‎; بُرَآء‎; بُرَاء‎; بِرَاء barīʔīn‎; ʔabriyāʔ‎; buraʔāʔ‎; burāʔ‎; birāʔ	الْبَرِيئِين‎; الْأَبْرِيَاء‎; الْبُرَآء‎; الْبُرَاء‎; الْبِرَاء al-barīʔīn‎; al-ʔabriyāʔ‎; al-buraʔāʔ‎; al-burāʔ‎; al-birāʔ	بَرِيئَات barīʔāt	الْبَرِيئَات al-barīʔāt
Nominative	بَرِيئُونَ‎/بَرِيؤُونَ‎; أَبْرِيَاءُ‎; بُرَآءُ‎; بُرَاءٌ‎; بِرَاءٌ barīʔūna‎; ʔabriyāʔu‎; buraʔāʔu‎; burāʔun‎; birāʔun	الْبَرِيئُونَ‎/الْبَرِيؤُونَ‎; الْأَبْرِيَاءُ‎; الْبُرَآءُ‎; الْبُرَاءُ‎; الْبِرَاءُ al-barīʔūna‎; al-ʔabriyāʔu‎; al-buraʔāʔu‎; al-burāʔu‎; al-birāʔu	بَرِيئَاتٌ barīʔātun	الْبَرِيئَاتُ al-barīʔātu
Accusative	بَرِيئِينَ‎; أَبْرِيَاءَ‎; بُرَآءَ‎; بُرَاءً‎; بِرَاءً barīʔīna‎; ʔabriyāʔa‎; buraʔāʔa‎; burāʔan‎; birāʔan	الْبَرِيئِينَ‎; الْأَبْرِيَاءَ‎; الْبُرَآءَ‎; الْبُرَاءَ‎; الْبِرَاءَ al-barīʔīna‎; al-ʔabriyāʔa‎; al-buraʔāʔa‎; al-burāʔa‎; al-birāʔa	بَرِيئَاتٍ barīʔātin	الْبَرِيئَاتِ al-barīʔāti
Genitive	بَرِيئِينَ‎; أَبْرِيَاءَ‎; بُرَآءَ‎; بُرَاءٍ‎; بِرَاءٍ barīʔīna‎; ʔabriyāʔa‎; buraʔāʔa‎; burāʔin‎; birāʔin	الْبَرِيئِينَ‎; الْأَبْرِيَاءِ‎; الْبُرَآءِ‎; الْبُرَاءِ‎; الْبِرَاءِ al-barīʔīna‎; al-ʔabriyāʔi‎; al-buraʔāʔi‎; al-burāʔi‎; al-birāʔi	بَرِيئَاتٍ barīʔātin	الْبَرِيئَاتِ al-barīʔāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “بريء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بريء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen